Type: noun
Pronunciation: /mew-zik met-uh-day-tuh-stan-durdz/
Also spelled or known as: Music Data Standards
Plural: Music Metadata Standards
Related: DDEX, ISRC, ISWC, Music Metadata
What does Music Metadata Standards mean? Agreed rules, formats, and data structures used to identify, describe, exchange, and manage information about musical works, sound recordings, releases, contributors, ownership, and rights.
Music metadata standards help record labels, publishers, distributors, streaming services, collection societies, and rights organizations exchange consistent and accurate data. They may govern fields such as artist names, titles, identifiers, contributors, ownership shares, release dates, territories, and licensing information.
Music Metadata Standards synonyms: Music Data Standards, Metadata Specifications, Music Information Standards
Example sentence: “The distributor adopted music metadata standards to improve royalty reporting and catalog accuracy.”
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