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AcoustID
an acoustic fingerprint system built entirely on open-source technology.
Advanced Relationship (or AR)
See: Relationship
Alias
Name variants, originally used to improve search results. They have since been enhanced to facilitate internationalization.
Annotation
A text field used to store information that doesn't fit into the strict structural data schema of MusicBrainz.
Artist
Generally, any individual (or group of individuals) contributing to the works described in the MusicBrainz Database.
Why "generally"? Because the Artist entity developed out of a one-artist-per-name approach rather than a one-artist-per-physical-person/group approach.
See: guidelines for Artists with multiple names.
Artist credit (or AC)
An artist's name as it appears on a particular release, generally used to display minor name variations (not "performance names") and collaborations, although there are no specific Style guidelines currently in place.
Artist type
Indicates whether a particular artist is a (for example) an individual or a group.
Attribute, "Relationship Attribute"
Casually, "attribute" is sometimes used interchangeably with "property". Used in that sense, "gender" might be called either an attribute or a property of an "artist".
Specific to MusicBrainz, an attribute is information that further describes or modifies a relationship.
Example: "live" is one of the possible attributes of a performance relationship.
The way they are implemented in the database makes them much more flexible than "properties".
Auto-editor (or Automod)
An experienced MusicBrainz editor who has been given certain elevated privleges.
Bot
An automated process, often controlled by an editor, that submits edits to the database.
Editor-controlled bots are subject to the Bot CoC.
CD stub
a release submitted anonymously, stored outside the main database.
CSG
The Classical Style Guide, as set of guidelines for entering classical releases in MusicBrainz
Disambiguation comment
used to help distinguish (disambiguate) identically named artists, labels and other entities
Disc ID
A (nearly) unique identifier for optical discs calculated from the TOC, represented as a string of ascii characters
Example: XzPS7vW.HPHsYemQh0HBUGr8vuU-
Dynamic Attribute
A proposed enhancement to the current implementation of attributes.
Edit
An individual change made to the data stored by MusicBrainz
Edit note
A comment attached to an edit by an editor or by ModBot
Editor
A contributor to the MusicBrainz database (or to the wiki)
Entity
An "object" in the database (such as an Artist or Release), which can be linked to other entities using relationships
Fingerprint
A unique identifier for a recording, generated from the content of the recording itself.
See also: Acoustic fingerprint
FRBR
The Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, a model for bibliographic data, proposed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Internationalization (or "i18n")
The process of developing a less English-centric system, in favor of a language-neutral one.
Abbreviated "i18n", from "i[eighteen more letters]n".
Imprint
A logo used by record companies to "brand" a particular release.
Distributors, parent corporations and other parties might also put their logo on a release. Determining which logo is the "label" can be tricky. See How to identify labels.
ISRC
International Standard Recording Code, a unique identifier for recordings, encoded into a digital recordings as a fingerprint, represented as a string of alpha-numeric characters.
Example: GBAJC0002983
ISWC
International Standard Work Code, a unique identifier for compositions, represented as a string of alpha-numeric characters.
Example: T-070.181.551-1
Label
Usually a MusicBrainz "label" corresponds to an imprint/logo. However, the "label" entity can also be used to store information about the companies and corporations that control those imprints.
So for example, a "holding company" will be stored in MusicBrainz using a "label" entity, but will generally not have its own catalog.
Label Code
A code sometimes printed on a release, which uniquely identifies a record company or label, usually formatted as "LC-xxxx" (where "xxxx" is a four or five digit number)
MBID
MusicBrainz Identifier, a unique identifier assigned to each entity in the database when it is created.
Example: 66c662b6-6e2f-4930-8610-912e24c63ed1
Medium
The physical means by which a release is transmitted/distributed, such as a CD. Each physical disc in a set is considered a separate medium.
Each medium has
  • A title
  • A format (e.g. "Compact Disc" or "12 inch vinyl")
  • A position (e.g. "Disc Two")
  • A tracklist
Metadata
This can refer either to "descriptive metadata" (i.e. information about information) or to "structural medatata" (i.e. information about how information is stored). The contents of the MusicBrainz database are primarily "descriptive metadata".
ModBot
A bot used by the MusicBrainz Server to perform a variety of automated functions
Moderator
An older MusicBrainz term for Editor. cf. automod
Multi-disc release
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".
See also: NGS (History), NGS Roadmap, Preparing for NGS, Release Announcement, Release Notes
Non-Album Track (NAT)
The pre-NGS precursor to Stand-Alone Recordings.
Performance name
An assumed name used by an artist, such as a "pen name", "stage name", "alter ego" or the like. A pseudonym.
PUID
"Portable Unique IDentifier", an audio fingerprint
Recording
For the purposes of MusicBrainz, a "recording" is maybe closer to a "mix" than to a "master".
Think of it as an abstract container that holds information about a piece of recorded audio. It might not have a perfect 1:1 correspondence with a real-world "thing", although in a perfect world it would correspond 1:1 with an ISRC.
Relationship
Originally referred to as "Advanced Relationships".
A relationship is a link between two entities in a database.
Release
For the purposes of MusicBrainz, a "release" is
Casually, "release" might refer to a
Release date
The date that a release was released in a particular region. Not the date on which the release was recorded or performed, and not the copyright date.
Release Group
A "container" used to group an original release with its variants and reissues.
Each release belongs to one and only one release group.
Sort name
A re-formatting of an artist's name, used to facilitate alphabetically ordered lists.
Standalone recording (or SAR)
A recording which does not appear on a release. Before NGS, these were "Non-album Tracks" or NATs.
Tags
1. Commonly refers to ID3 tags, which are metadata embedded in an audio file
2. May also refer to "folksonomy tagging", a system for collaboratively describing or classifying things.
TOC
"Table of Contents", the area of an optical disc that describes the tracklist in terms of track durations
Work
The FRBR defines the work entity as "a distinct intellectual or artistic creation".