MusicBrainz Metadata Vocabulary The MusicBrainz Metadata Vocabulary described using W3C RDF Schema and the Web Ontology Language. The vocabulary provides terms for describing music, i.e. artists, albums, and tracks. 2010-01-27 08:28 Artist An artist. This is a generic term which is applied to solo articles, groups, and also "various artists". The Musicbrainz II database schema will refine the model to further distinguish between artists/band members and groups. Album A compact disk. This is a generic term which applies not only to actual albums but also CD singles, EPs, etc. Track A track on a compact disk. The term is not limited to simply music as it could cover a spoken word track, an audio book, etc. Album Release Type Release status for an album, e.g. official, bootleg, etc. Release Type A type of Album release. There are several sub-classes of this type that explicitly define all of the release types that MusicBrainz currently understands. Album A collection of tracks from the same Artist (solo artist or group) A CD Single A CD single, typically contains tracks from a single artist, but not exclusively. EP "Extended Play" format CD Compilation A collection of tracks from several artists Soundtrack A soundtrack album, e.g. for a film, TV show, play, etc Spokenword A spoken word album. Note that this is distinct from AudioBook and Interview both of which have their own release types. Interview An Interview Audiobook An audiobook Live Album A live performance by an Artist Remix album An album of remixes, or a remix of an existing album Other Other types of album release. Catch-all for anything not covered by the other types. Album Release Status Release status for an album, e.g. official, bootleg, etc. Status Type Album release status. There are several sub-classes of this type that explicitly define all of the statuses that MusicBrainz currently understands. Offical Release An offical album release. Bootleg CD A bootleg album release Promotional Release A promotional album release Artist Type Type of an Artist, e.g. person or group. Artist Type There are two sub-classes of this type that explicitly define whether the artist is a person or a group. Person The artist is a Person. Group The artist is a group. Begin Date The date of birth of an artist or the date of formation of a group Also used for the begin of a relationship between two artists (e.g. ar:memberOfBand). End Date The date of death of an artist or the date a group dissolved Also used for the end of a relationship between two artists (e.g. ar:memberOfBand). Duration Duration of a track. In milliseconds Creator The creator (artist) of an album or a track Title The name of an artist or group / the title of an album / the title of a track connection to an Artist connects an artist-to-artist-relationship (blank node) to the second artist collaborated with Member of Band married to involved with is Parent is Sibling Performing Artist Instrumental Artist Vocal Artist Performing Orchestra Conductor Composer Lyricist Producer Album Tracklist Tag Contains the music brainz tag (in most cases the genre of an album) as a literal. i.e. rock, classical, ...