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- AcoustID
- an acoustic fingerprint system built entirely on open-source technology
- Advanced Relationship
- See: Relationship
- Alias
- Name variants, generally used to improve search results
- Annotation
- A text field that can be added to any existing entity, used to add information that doesn't fit into the strict structural data schema of MusicBrainz
- Artist
- Any individual (or group of individuals) contributing to the works described in the MusicBrainz Database
- Artist credit
- An artist's name as it appears on a particular release, generally used to display minor name variations (not "performance names") and collaborations
- Artist name
- The official name of an artist, following artist name style
- Artist type
- Indicates whether a particular artist is a (for example) an individual or a group
- CD stub
- An entity used to store incomplete, anonymously submitted releases outside the main database
- Begin and End Dates
- Indicates a date or range of dates relevant to a particular relationship or entity
- Disambiguation comment
- used to help distinguish (disambiguate) identically named artists, labels and other entities
- Disc ID
- Edit
- Edit note
- Edit type
- Editor
- Entity
- An "object" in the database (such as an Artist or Release), which can be linked to other entities using relationships
- Fingerprint
- used to uniquely identify audio recordings
- See also: Acoustic fingerprint
- Label
- Label Code
- Label country
- Label type
- Legal name
- Medium
- Medium format
- Multi-disc release
- MBID
- NGS
- "Next Generation Schema" refers to the updated database schema released on 18 May 2011.
- The update, with a corresponding revision of the style guidelines, was considered a major milestone in the development of Musicbrainz. Hence, it's not uncommon to describe certain relationships, style-related practices and UI elements as being either "pre-" or "post-NGS".