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music-examples

2007-12-15T20:34:18Z

JChris: /* Music Blogs */

= Music Examples =
An attempt to gather together examples of pages describing, linking to, or referring to music.

== Participants ==
* [[User:RodBegbie | Rod Begbie]]
* [[User:DeanEro | Dean Hudson, Sub Pop Records]]
* [[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]], [http://blog.digitalbazaar.com Digital Bazaar], Inc.

== The Problem ==

Publishers of audio files annotate them with visible data about the audio, so users know who they're from and whether or not they want the files.

A format that semantically marked up existing info about audio would allow software such as a CD playing program to parse and index that information from the respective web page (c/f [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB CDDB]).

== Introduction ==

Examples of what people actually publish on the Web when discussing, linking to and referring to musical artists and their works. This is focused predominantly on the descriptions of artists and their releases. Track information is better covered in the more general [[media-info-examples]].

For the purposes of this discussion "artist" refers to the performing artist. That is, the individual or group that performed on a particular sound recording rather than the writer or composer of a song (in many cases, they're one in the same). This distinction has to do with the association between performers and particular sound recordings and the nuts and bolts of music copyright-- it's in no way an assertion about the definition of artistry.

Releases refer to collections sound recordings that are packaged together and made available together. Singles, EPs and albums would all be releases.

== Emphasis on Practical, Simple, and Minimal ==

Since all previous known attempts at this problem area have ended up quite complex and over-designed, this attempt will place simplicity and minimalism first and foremost.

Thus for now, this document is deliberately restricted to examples that are:
* ''Actual'' examples in practice on the Web '''with URLs''' to the originals (note, all *-examples pages should be like this, but previous attempts at documenting media info examples have mostly ignored this requirement, and thus it is necessary to be explicit).
* Representative of ''very common'' publishing behavior on the Web. This focus on common, representative examples is essential. If possible, include an estimate of the number of similar examples. E.g. ~10k.
* Simple and minimalist. As simple as possible. Go read [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats#the_microformats_principles the microformats principles] right now before proceeding any further.

Any examples added which do not conform to these requirements will be deleted.

Any generic analysis will also be deleted. Analysis before examples is premature. Once there are sufficient media-info-examples, and hopefully a simple/clean listing of [[media-info-formats]], we'll hopefully start a [[media-info-brainstorming]] page to do aggregate analysis of the examples.

== Table of Contents ==

__TOC__

== Real World Examples ==

=== Commerce Sites ===

* [http://audiofind.ru/ AudioFind]
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre (link), style (link), release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), price, artist rating, album rating, cover image
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, rating, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://bigpondmusic.com Telstra BigPond]
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre, release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), subscriber price, non-subscriber price, cover image
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist, album, price, add to pop-list (link), sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.bitmunk.com/ Bitmunk]
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068744 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, album title, publisher, release date, genre (link), summary, long description, payees, total price, sample (link), tracks, web-based purchase (link), cover image, p2p-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068746 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, song title, composer, publisher, release date, genres, album, payees, total price, web-based purchase (link), p2p-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Music Unlimited]
** Album Example (unavailable without signing in)
** Song Example (unavailable without signing in)

* [http://downloadpunk.com Download Punk]
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), physical-based purchase (link), web-based purchase (link), cover image
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fye.com FYE]
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), format, release date, label (link), UPC, product id, genre, styles, cover image, regular price, store price, savings, physical-based purchase (link), tracks, description, reviews, production credits
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist

* [http://imusic.libero.it/ iMusic]
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, release date, publisher, number of tracks, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, length, sample (link), release date, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://musicdownload.aon.at/v7/ AON Music ]
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), album, cover image, price, format, bitrate, label, genre, number of tracks, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, format, price, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.msn.com MSN]
** [http://music.msn.com/album/?album=50538895 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, release date, label, album rating, cover image,
** Song Example (store wasn't working correctly - no song info found)

* [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/Call?htmltemplate=./index.htm TDC Online]
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), length, release date, label, format, cover image, web-based purchase (link), price, tracks
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.audiolunchbox.com Audio Lunchbox]
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), release date (link), cover image, format, bitrate, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), sample (flash applet), tracks
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), sample (flash applet)

* [http://www.chaosmusic.com/music/ Chaos Music]
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, format, release date, price, physical-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), tracks, description, availability
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.connect-europe.com Sony Connect]
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre (link), release date, label, length, publisher, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.digirama.co.nz/ Digirama]
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), label, cover image, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), license, related albums, also bought, reviews, tracks
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.emusic.com eMusic]
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), sample (link), save to playlist (link), genre (link), styles (link), label (link), album rating, reviews, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), tracks, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fnacmusic.com/ FNAC]
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, length, add to playlist (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks, price, genre
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), add to playlist (link), track number, title, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, catalog ID, SKU, label, price, price in points, summary, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.misrolas.com/ MisRolas]
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, number of tracks, album rating, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks, reviews
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), artist, price, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link)

* [http://www.mtv.com MTV]
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title (link), artist (link), cover image, release date, label, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), video sample (link)

* [http://www.musica360.com/ Musica360]
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, samples (flash), cover image, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.musicload.de/ Musicload]
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884260_2 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), track list, comments
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884261_4 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), comments

* [http://www.musicmatch.com Musicmatch] (Merged with Yahoo! Jukebox)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnet.com MusicNet] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnow.com AOL Music Now] (Merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.napster.com Napster]
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, track count, label, sample (link), share (link), web-based purchase (link), review, track list
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, track number, album title, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.nate.com Nate.com] (Appears to be Korean, cannot find album examples)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.nextradiosolutions.com Next Radio] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.partymob.com/edl/browse/?tab=music PartyMob]
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?album=2089814 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), total length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?track=234418 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information

* [http://www.peerimpact.com Peer Impact]
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, purchase (application link), format, track count, genre, release date, label, track list
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449# Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist (link), length, price

* [http://www.puretracks.com Pure Tracks]
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, label, total length, disc count, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information, track list
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Song Example] (in popup window)
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist, length, price, web-based purchase (link), label (popup)

* [http://www.reggaecountry.com Reggae Country]
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, label, web-based purchse (link), price, track list
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title, artist, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://www.rhapsody.com Real/Rhapsody]
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, sample (link), label, release date, track list
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title

* [http://www.ruckusnetwork.com Ruckus]
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, genre, label, track list
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length

* [http://www.sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, catalog id, label, price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title

* [http://www.soundbuzz.com Soundbuzz] (Requires MS IE6)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starbucks.com Starbucks] (Requires Flash 8 player)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starzik.com/starzik.php Starzik SARL]
** Album Example (hidden url)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre, label, release date, length, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link), track list
** Song Example (hidden url, separate from album example)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album title, genre, label, release date, length, creators, composer, performance artist, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.streetcds.com/ Street CDs] (parked domain name)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.synacor.com/content/index.php Synacor] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.telecomitalia.com/ Telecom Italia] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.terra.es/pixbox/ Pixbox (Terra) ] (Windows application)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.thecellcity.com CellCity]
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=fuzzyquery&CDMdepartment=music&cdmalbum=What's%20The%20Word%20Vol.%201&CDMReturnURL=/music/albumdetails.shtml] Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, label, release date, genre, track list
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=GetProductDetail&CDMProductID=A00001148172&CDMReturnURL=/music/product_detail.shtml Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.top100.cn top100.cn]
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/specialall/S0027876000.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), label (link), genre (link), long description, track list
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/SongFiles/0027876/M0027876001.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), description, comments

* [http://www.virgin.com/downloads Virgin Digital] (merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.virginmega.fr/ Virgin] (Requires Windows)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.wippit.com/default.aspx Wippit]
** [http://www.wippit.com/AlbumDet.aspx?StrId=28724&StrCatType=S Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, genre (link), format, release date, track list, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.wippit.com/DetailItem.aspx?StrItemID=28724&StrMediaID=724904&StrMediaType=S Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), genre, format, release date, size, track number, file type, price, web-based purchase link

* [http://www.yanga.ru Yanga]
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), release date, label, price, web-based purchase (link), rating, track list
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title, length, rating, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.yeahronimo.nl Yeahronimo (Commodoreworld)]
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.somesongs.com/ somesongs]
** Has song title (linked to more info), artist (linked to more info), play link (to mp3), and rating

* [http://magnatune.com/genres/rock/ Magnatune]
** Has artist (linked to more info), artist description, album title (linked to more info), lofi streaming link (to m3u), hifi streaming link (to m3u), link to more info, link to license info, link to purchase info.

* [http://www.songfight.org/ SONG FIGHT!]
** Has theme, artist/play link (to mp3).

* [http://www.yes.com/ Yes.com]
** Music played in last hour ([http://www.yes.com/lookup.php?s=WERS example])
*** Flash page with track play time, artist, title, cover art. Affiliate linked to iTunes music store.
** Top 100 Chart ([http://www.yes.com/top100.php?s=WXKS example])
*** HTML page with chart position, last week's chart position, artist, title (affiliate link to iTunes music store)

* MySpace (examples: [http://myspace.com/theradioknives] [http://www.myspace.com/singsinguk] [http://www.myspace.com/arcticmonkeys])
** Artist pages containing embedded flash players. Song title starts song playing on embedded player. Download link optionally links to mp3.
** Link to artist's homepage, band members, influences, biography.

* [http://musicbrainz.org MusicBrainz.org]
** MusicBrainz provides a catalog of music metadata such as the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistName artist name], the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ReleaseTitle release title], and the list of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Track tracks] that appear on a release.
** Since 2005, users have the option to further relate each of these entities using a detailed set of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AdvancedRelationships relationships] (i.e. who played which instrument on a release/track).
** Examples: [http://musicbrainz.org/browseartists.html browse] and [http://musicbrainz.org/search.html search] the catalog

* [http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tagging.html Vorbis Comment Recommendations]
** Comment fields development by the Ogg/Vorbis community to consistently describe audio files.

* [http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html iTunes RSS extensions]
** The DTD used to add richer data to media available in podcasts via the iTunes Music Store.

* [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Also has extremely detailed submission guidelines that probably qualify for a media-info format.

* [http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Examples [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead Radiohead], [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/OK+Computer OK Computer] [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/_/Paranoid+Android Paranoid Android]. Has links to track mp3 downloads for examples on [http://www.last.fm/music/Of+Montreal Of Montreal].

=== Music Journalism ===
* TODO: Links to NME, Rolling Stone, Paste, Q, Pitchfork
* TODO: Links to collaborative music review sites

=== Music Blogs ===
* Lists of music blogs:
** [http://wiki.monkeyfilter.com/index.php?title=MP3_Blog_Listing monkeyfilter.com MP3 Blog Listing]
** [http://musicblog.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Blog_Directory musicblog.wikia.com Music Blog Directory]
** [http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001044.html hublog.hubmed.org]
* Actual music blogs (just a few of them):
** [http://music.for-robots.com/ Music For Robots]
** [http://www.saidthegramophone.com/ Said the Gramophone]
* Microformats in use:
** link to the mp3 file, with link text in the form of "Title" - Artist or Artist - "Title". This seems to be the most common microformat out there in use for actually linking to music. A bookmarklet which reads this microformat and makes a playlist of the page is available. [http://grabb.it/pages/playable Make It Play] reads any links to mp3 files from the page and provides a playlist interface. The code is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

=== Artist pages ===
Particularly, pages which provide information about performing artists.
* Official artist sites:
** [http://www.theshinsmusic.com/about.html The Shins Official Site] Bio page-- lifted from allmusic.com
** [http://www.bandofhorses.com Band of Horses Official Site]
* Artist pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=355 The Shins on subpop.com]
** [http://www.subpop.com/mock/sleater_kinney.html A pass at the mark-up of the future for subpop.com artist pages] (sorry, no stylesheet)
** [http://matadorrecords.com/cat_power/ Cat Power on matadorrecords.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/197/ Dangerdoom on epitaph.com]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=98 Arcade Fire on mergerecords.com]
* Unofficial fan-run artist pages (TODO)
* Links to artists' myspace/tagworld/imeem pages:
** [http://www.myspace.com/theshins The Shins on MySpace]
** [http://www.myspace.com/thetrashies The Trashies on MySpace]
** [http://tagworld.com/bandofhorses Band of Horses on TagWorld]
** [http://scanners.imeem.com/ Scanners' on Imeem]
* Other high-traffic, non-artist run sites (AMG, last.fm, VH1.com, eMusic):
** [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins The Shins last.fm page]
** [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:1e821v0jzzca Beatles on AllMusic]
** [http://www.emusic.com/artist/10557/10557751.html Ornette Coleman on eMusic]
** [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/black_sabbath/artist.jhtml Black Sabbath on VH1.com]
* Music Journalism Artist Features
** [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/ Spin.com Artist of the day]

=== Record Label pages ===
Label sites (like many artist sites) tend to not be the best examples of minimal, semantic mark up. They are, nonetheless, important and prevalent enough to list.
* Major label homepages
** [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records]
** [http://www.interscope.com/ Interscope Records]
** [http://www.sonymusic.com/home.html Sony Records] Pretty much all of the Sony sub-labels (Epic, Sony Nashville, etc.) use the same template with differing content.
** [http://www.bmgclassics.com/index.jsp BMG Classics]
** [http://www.umrg.com/ Universal Motown]
* Independent record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com Sub Pop Records]
** [http://www.matadorrecords.com Matador Records]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/ Epitaph Records]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/ Merge Records]
** [http://www.barsuk.com/home Barsuk Records]
** [http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/index2.html Suicide Squeeze Records]
** [http://www.fatwreck.com/ Fat Wreck Chords]
** [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/ Road Runner Records]
** [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/ Alternative Tentacles Records]

=== Release Sites ===
Pages and/or small sites devoted to a specific release by an artist. These generally include release descriptions, track listings and album art. They may have links to downloadable or streamable media as well. Another note: artist bios are, in some cases, release specific-- from a label perspective they are often re-written every time an active artist has a new major release.
* Release sites created by record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/rogue_wave/descended/ Rogue Wave, Descended Like Vultures]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/kinski/alpine_static/kinski_alpine_static.html Kinski, Alpine Static]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/fruitbats/spelled_in_bones/ Fruit Bats, Spelled in Bones]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/mudhoney/under_a_billion_suns/ Mudhoney, Under A Billion Suns]
* Release pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/discography.php?cat=true&display_type=discog_single&title=Cansei+De+Ser+Sexy Cansei de Ser Sexy release page on subpop.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/470 Pick a Bigger Weapon release page on epitaph.com]

=== Music database sites ===
* TODO: Musicbrainz, AMG, Muse, etc.

=== Social sites ===
* TODO: Last.fm, Myspace, LiveJournal?
* [http://www.wikimusicguide.com WikiMusicGuide]

music-examples

2007-12-15T20:33:30Z

JChris: /* Music Blogs */ Added link to Make it Play microformat parser.

= Music Examples =
An attempt to gather together examples of pages describing, linking to, or referring to music.

== Participants ==
* [[User:RodBegbie | Rod Begbie]]
* [[User:DeanEro | Dean Hudson, Sub Pop Records]]
* [[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]], [http://blog.digitalbazaar.com Digital Bazaar], Inc.

== The Problem ==

Publishers of audio files annotate them with visible data about the audio, so users know who they're from and whether or not they want the files.

A format that semantically marked up existing info about audio would allow software such as a CD playing program to parse and index that information from the respective web page (c/f [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB CDDB]).

== Introduction ==

Examples of what people actually publish on the Web when discussing, linking to and referring to musical artists and their works. This is focused predominantly on the descriptions of artists and their releases. Track information is better covered in the more general [[media-info-examples]].

For the purposes of this discussion "artist" refers to the performing artist. That is, the individual or group that performed on a particular sound recording rather than the writer or composer of a song (in many cases, they're one in the same). This distinction has to do with the association between performers and particular sound recordings and the nuts and bolts of music copyright-- it's in no way an assertion about the definition of artistry.

Releases refer to collections sound recordings that are packaged together and made available together. Singles, EPs and albums would all be releases.

== Emphasis on Practical, Simple, and Minimal ==

Since all previous known attempts at this problem area have ended up quite complex and over-designed, this attempt will place simplicity and minimalism first and foremost.

Thus for now, this document is deliberately restricted to examples that are:
* ''Actual'' examples in practice on the Web '''with URLs''' to the originals (note, all *-examples pages should be like this, but previous attempts at documenting media info examples have mostly ignored this requirement, and thus it is necessary to be explicit).
* Representative of ''very common'' publishing behavior on the Web. This focus on common, representative examples is essential. If possible, include an estimate of the number of similar examples. E.g. ~10k.
* Simple and minimalist. As simple as possible. Go read [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats#the_microformats_principles the microformats principles] right now before proceeding any further.

Any examples added which do not conform to these requirements will be deleted.

Any generic analysis will also be deleted. Analysis before examples is premature. Once there are sufficient media-info-examples, and hopefully a simple/clean listing of [[media-info-formats]], we'll hopefully start a [[media-info-brainstorming]] page to do aggregate analysis of the examples.

== Table of Contents ==

__TOC__

== Real World Examples ==

=== Commerce Sites ===

* [http://audiofind.ru/ AudioFind]
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre (link), style (link), release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), price, artist rating, album rating, cover image
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, rating, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://bigpondmusic.com Telstra BigPond]
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre, release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), subscriber price, non-subscriber price, cover image
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist, album, price, add to pop-list (link), sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.bitmunk.com/ Bitmunk]
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068744 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, album title, publisher, release date, genre (link), summary, long description, payees, total price, sample (link), tracks, web-based purchase (link), cover image, p2p-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068746 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, song title, composer, publisher, release date, genres, album, payees, total price, web-based purchase (link), p2p-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Music Unlimited]
** Album Example (unavailable without signing in)
** Song Example (unavailable without signing in)

* [http://downloadpunk.com Download Punk]
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), physical-based purchase (link), web-based purchase (link), cover image
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fye.com FYE]
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), format, release date, label (link), UPC, product id, genre, styles, cover image, regular price, store price, savings, physical-based purchase (link), tracks, description, reviews, production credits
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist

* [http://imusic.libero.it/ iMusic]
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, release date, publisher, number of tracks, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, length, sample (link), release date, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://musicdownload.aon.at/v7/ AON Music ]
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), album, cover image, price, format, bitrate, label, genre, number of tracks, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, format, price, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.msn.com MSN]
** [http://music.msn.com/album/?album=50538895 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, release date, label, album rating, cover image,
** Song Example (store wasn't working correctly - no song info found)

* [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/Call?htmltemplate=./index.htm TDC Online]
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), length, release date, label, format, cover image, web-based purchase (link), price, tracks
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.audiolunchbox.com Audio Lunchbox]
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), release date (link), cover image, format, bitrate, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), sample (flash applet), tracks
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), sample (flash applet)

* [http://www.chaosmusic.com/music/ Chaos Music]
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, format, release date, price, physical-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), tracks, description, availability
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.connect-europe.com Sony Connect]
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre (link), release date, label, length, publisher, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.digirama.co.nz/ Digirama]
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), label, cover image, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), license, related albums, also bought, reviews, tracks
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.emusic.com eMusic]
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), sample (link), save to playlist (link), genre (link), styles (link), label (link), album rating, reviews, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), tracks, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fnacmusic.com/ FNAC]
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, length, add to playlist (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks, price, genre
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), add to playlist (link), track number, title, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, catalog ID, SKU, label, price, price in points, summary, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.misrolas.com/ MisRolas]
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, number of tracks, album rating, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks, reviews
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), artist, price, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link)

* [http://www.mtv.com MTV]
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title (link), artist (link), cover image, release date, label, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), video sample (link)

* [http://www.musica360.com/ Musica360]
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, samples (flash), cover image, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.musicload.de/ Musicload]
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884260_2 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), track list, comments
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884261_4 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), comments

* [http://www.musicmatch.com Musicmatch] (Merged with Yahoo! Jukebox)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnet.com MusicNet] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnow.com AOL Music Now] (Merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.napster.com Napster]
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, track count, label, sample (link), share (link), web-based purchase (link), review, track list
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, track number, album title, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.nate.com Nate.com] (Appears to be Korean, cannot find album examples)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.nextradiosolutions.com Next Radio] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.partymob.com/edl/browse/?tab=music PartyMob]
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?album=2089814 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), total length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?track=234418 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information

* [http://www.peerimpact.com Peer Impact]
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, purchase (application link), format, track count, genre, release date, label, track list
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449# Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist (link), length, price

* [http://www.puretracks.com Pure Tracks]
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, label, total length, disc count, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information, track list
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Song Example] (in popup window)
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist, length, price, web-based purchase (link), label (popup)

* [http://www.reggaecountry.com Reggae Country]
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, label, web-based purchse (link), price, track list
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title, artist, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://www.rhapsody.com Real/Rhapsody]
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, sample (link), label, release date, track list
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title

* [http://www.ruckusnetwork.com Ruckus]
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, genre, label, track list
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length

* [http://www.sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, catalog id, label, price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title

* [http://www.soundbuzz.com Soundbuzz] (Requires MS IE6)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starbucks.com Starbucks] (Requires Flash 8 player)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starzik.com/starzik.php Starzik SARL]
** Album Example (hidden url)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre, label, release date, length, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link), track list
** Song Example (hidden url, separate from album example)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album title, genre, label, release date, length, creators, composer, performance artist, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.streetcds.com/ Street CDs] (parked domain name)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.synacor.com/content/index.php Synacor] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.telecomitalia.com/ Telecom Italia] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.terra.es/pixbox/ Pixbox (Terra) ] (Windows application)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.thecellcity.com CellCity]
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=fuzzyquery&CDMdepartment=music&cdmalbum=What's%20The%20Word%20Vol.%201&CDMReturnURL=/music/albumdetails.shtml] Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, label, release date, genre, track list
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=GetProductDetail&CDMProductID=A00001148172&CDMReturnURL=/music/product_detail.shtml Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.top100.cn top100.cn]
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/specialall/S0027876000.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), label (link), genre (link), long description, track list
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/SongFiles/0027876/M0027876001.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), description, comments

* [http://www.virgin.com/downloads Virgin Digital] (merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.virginmega.fr/ Virgin] (Requires Windows)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.wippit.com/default.aspx Wippit]
** [http://www.wippit.com/AlbumDet.aspx?StrId=28724&StrCatType=S Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, genre (link), format, release date, track list, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.wippit.com/DetailItem.aspx?StrItemID=28724&StrMediaID=724904&StrMediaType=S Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), genre, format, release date, size, track number, file type, price, web-based purchase link

* [http://www.yanga.ru Yanga]
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), release date, label, price, web-based purchase (link), rating, track list
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title, length, rating, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.yeahronimo.nl Yeahronimo (Commodoreworld)]
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.somesongs.com/ somesongs]
** Has song title (linked to more info), artist (linked to more info), play link (to mp3), and rating

* [http://magnatune.com/genres/rock/ Magnatune]
** Has artist (linked to more info), artist description, album title (linked to more info), lofi streaming link (to m3u), hifi streaming link (to m3u), link to more info, link to license info, link to purchase info.

* [http://www.songfight.org/ SONG FIGHT!]
** Has theme, artist/play link (to mp3).

* [http://www.yes.com/ Yes.com]
** Music played in last hour ([http://www.yes.com/lookup.php?s=WERS example])
*** Flash page with track play time, artist, title, cover art. Affiliate linked to iTunes music store.
** Top 100 Chart ([http://www.yes.com/top100.php?s=WXKS example])
*** HTML page with chart position, last week's chart position, artist, title (affiliate link to iTunes music store)

* MySpace (examples: [http://myspace.com/theradioknives] [http://www.myspace.com/singsinguk] [http://www.myspace.com/arcticmonkeys])
** Artist pages containing embedded flash players. Song title starts song playing on embedded player. Download link optionally links to mp3.
** Link to artist's homepage, band members, influences, biography.

* [http://musicbrainz.org MusicBrainz.org]
** MusicBrainz provides a catalog of music metadata such as the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistName artist name], the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ReleaseTitle release title], and the list of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Track tracks] that appear on a release.
** Since 2005, users have the option to further relate each of these entities using a detailed set of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AdvancedRelationships relationships] (i.e. who played which instrument on a release/track).
** Examples: [http://musicbrainz.org/browseartists.html browse] and [http://musicbrainz.org/search.html search] the catalog

* [http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tagging.html Vorbis Comment Recommendations]
** Comment fields development by the Ogg/Vorbis community to consistently describe audio files.

* [http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html iTunes RSS extensions]
** The DTD used to add richer data to media available in podcasts via the iTunes Music Store.

* [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Also has extremely detailed submission guidelines that probably qualify for a media-info format.

* [http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Examples [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead Radiohead], [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/OK+Computer OK Computer] [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/_/Paranoid+Android Paranoid Android]. Has links to track mp3 downloads for examples on [http://www.last.fm/music/Of+Montreal Of Montreal].

=== Music Journalism ===
* TODO: Links to NME, Rolling Stone, Paste, Q, Pitchfork
* TODO: Links to collaborative music review sites

=== Music Blogs ===
* Lists of music blogs:
** [http://wiki.monkeyfilter.com/index.php?title=MP3_Blog_Listing monkeyfilter.com MP3 Blog Listing]
** [http://musicblog.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Blog_Directory musicblog.wikia.com Music Blog Directory]
** [http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001044.html hublog.hubmed.org]
* Actual music blogs (just a few of them):
** [http://music.for-robots.com/ Music For Robots]
** [http://www.saidthegramophone.com/ Said the Gramophone]
* Microformats in use:
** link to the mp3 file, with link text in the form of "Title" - Artist or Artist - "Title". This seems to be the most common microformat out there in use for actually linking to music. A bookmarklet which reads this microformat and make a playlist of the page is available. [http://grabb.it/pages/playable Make It Play] reads any links to mp3 files from a page and provides a playlist interface. The code is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.

=== Artist pages ===
Particularly, pages which provide information about performing artists.
* Official artist sites:
** [http://www.theshinsmusic.com/about.html The Shins Official Site] Bio page-- lifted from allmusic.com
** [http://www.bandofhorses.com Band of Horses Official Site]
* Artist pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=355 The Shins on subpop.com]
** [http://www.subpop.com/mock/sleater_kinney.html A pass at the mark-up of the future for subpop.com artist pages] (sorry, no stylesheet)
** [http://matadorrecords.com/cat_power/ Cat Power on matadorrecords.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/197/ Dangerdoom on epitaph.com]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=98 Arcade Fire on mergerecords.com]
* Unofficial fan-run artist pages (TODO)
* Links to artists' myspace/tagworld/imeem pages:
** [http://www.myspace.com/theshins The Shins on MySpace]
** [http://www.myspace.com/thetrashies The Trashies on MySpace]
** [http://tagworld.com/bandofhorses Band of Horses on TagWorld]
** [http://scanners.imeem.com/ Scanners' on Imeem]
* Other high-traffic, non-artist run sites (AMG, last.fm, VH1.com, eMusic):
** [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins The Shins last.fm page]
** [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:1e821v0jzzca Beatles on AllMusic]
** [http://www.emusic.com/artist/10557/10557751.html Ornette Coleman on eMusic]
** [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/black_sabbath/artist.jhtml Black Sabbath on VH1.com]
* Music Journalism Artist Features
** [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/ Spin.com Artist of the day]

=== Record Label pages ===
Label sites (like many artist sites) tend to not be the best examples of minimal, semantic mark up. They are, nonetheless, important and prevalent enough to list.
* Major label homepages
** [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records]
** [http://www.interscope.com/ Interscope Records]
** [http://www.sonymusic.com/home.html Sony Records] Pretty much all of the Sony sub-labels (Epic, Sony Nashville, etc.) use the same template with differing content.
** [http://www.bmgclassics.com/index.jsp BMG Classics]
** [http://www.umrg.com/ Universal Motown]
* Independent record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com Sub Pop Records]
** [http://www.matadorrecords.com Matador Records]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/ Epitaph Records]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/ Merge Records]
** [http://www.barsuk.com/home Barsuk Records]
** [http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/index2.html Suicide Squeeze Records]
** [http://www.fatwreck.com/ Fat Wreck Chords]
** [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/ Road Runner Records]
** [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/ Alternative Tentacles Records]

=== Release Sites ===
Pages and/or small sites devoted to a specific release by an artist. These generally include release descriptions, track listings and album art. They may have links to downloadable or streamable media as well. Another note: artist bios are, in some cases, release specific-- from a label perspective they are often re-written every time an active artist has a new major release.
* Release sites created by record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/rogue_wave/descended/ Rogue Wave, Descended Like Vultures]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/kinski/alpine_static/kinski_alpine_static.html Kinski, Alpine Static]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/fruitbats/spelled_in_bones/ Fruit Bats, Spelled in Bones]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/mudhoney/under_a_billion_suns/ Mudhoney, Under A Billion Suns]
* Release pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/discography.php?cat=true&display_type=discog_single&title=Cansei+De+Ser+Sexy Cansei de Ser Sexy release page on subpop.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/470 Pick a Bigger Weapon release page on epitaph.com]

=== Music database sites ===
* TODO: Musicbrainz, AMG, Muse, etc.

=== Social sites ===
* TODO: Last.fm, Myspace, LiveJournal?
* [http://www.wikimusicguide.com WikiMusicGuide]

music-examples

2007-12-15T20:29:42Z

JChris: /* Music Blogs */ added link to Said the Gramophone

= Music Examples =
An attempt to gather together examples of pages describing, linking to, or referring to music.

== Participants ==
* [[User:RodBegbie | Rod Begbie]]
* [[User:DeanEro | Dean Hudson, Sub Pop Records]]
* [[User:ManuSporny | Manu Sporny]], [http://blog.digitalbazaar.com Digital Bazaar], Inc.

== The Problem ==

Publishers of audio files annotate them with visible data about the audio, so users know who they're from and whether or not they want the files.

A format that semantically marked up existing info about audio would allow software such as a CD playing program to parse and index that information from the respective web page (c/f [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB CDDB]).

== Introduction ==

Examples of what people actually publish on the Web when discussing, linking to and referring to musical artists and their works. This is focused predominantly on the descriptions of artists and their releases. Track information is better covered in the more general [[media-info-examples]].

For the purposes of this discussion "artist" refers to the performing artist. That is, the individual or group that performed on a particular sound recording rather than the writer or composer of a song (in many cases, they're one in the same). This distinction has to do with the association between performers and particular sound recordings and the nuts and bolts of music copyright-- it's in no way an assertion about the definition of artistry.

Releases refer to collections sound recordings that are packaged together and made available together. Singles, EPs and albums would all be releases.

== Emphasis on Practical, Simple, and Minimal ==

Since all previous known attempts at this problem area have ended up quite complex and over-designed, this attempt will place simplicity and minimalism first and foremost.

Thus for now, this document is deliberately restricted to examples that are:
* ''Actual'' examples in practice on the Web '''with URLs''' to the originals (note, all *-examples pages should be like this, but previous attempts at documenting media info examples have mostly ignored this requirement, and thus it is necessary to be explicit).
* Representative of ''very common'' publishing behavior on the Web. This focus on common, representative examples is essential. If possible, include an estimate of the number of similar examples. E.g. ~10k.
* Simple and minimalist. As simple as possible. Go read [http://microformats.org/wiki/microformats#the_microformats_principles the microformats principles] right now before proceeding any further.

Any examples added which do not conform to these requirements will be deleted.

Any generic analysis will also be deleted. Analysis before examples is premature. Once there are sufficient media-info-examples, and hopefully a simple/clean listing of [[media-info-formats]], we'll hopefully start a [[media-info-brainstorming]] page to do aggregate analysis of the examples.

== Table of Contents ==

__TOC__

== Real World Examples ==

=== Commerce Sites ===

* [http://audiofind.ru/ AudioFind]
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre (link), style (link), release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), price, artist rating, album rating, cover image
** [http://audiofind.ru/music/album/-/Lost%20Angel/Destination/?id=591 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, rating, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://bigpondmusic.com Telstra BigPond]
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, genre, release date, label, summary, web-based purchase (link), subscriber price, non-subscriber price, cover image
** [http://bigpondmusic.com/Album/The-Decemberists/The-Crane-Wife.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist, album, price, add to pop-list (link), sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.bitmunk.com/ Bitmunk]
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068744 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, album title, publisher, release date, genre (link), summary, long description, payees, total price, sample (link), tracks, web-based purchase (link), cover image, p2p-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.bitmunk.com/showdetails?action=view&cwid=6068746 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, song title, composer, publisher, release date, genres, album, payees, total price, web-based purchase (link), p2p-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Music Unlimited]
** Album Example (unavailable without signing in)
** Song Example (unavailable without signing in)

* [http://downloadpunk.com Download Punk]
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), physical-based purchase (link), web-based purchase (link), cover image
** [http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fye.com FYE]
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), format, release date, label (link), UPC, product id, genre, styles, cover image, regular price, store price, savings, physical-based purchase (link), tracks, description, reviews, production credits
** [http://www.fye.com/Not-Too-Late-Music_stcVVproductId7456462VVcatId458211VVviewprod.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, artist

* [http://imusic.libero.it/ iMusic]
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, release date, publisher, number of tracks, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://imusic.libero.it/compilation.php?icom_id=105902&ptipo=pus&pid=171437 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, length, sample (link), release date, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://musicdownload.aon.at/v7/ AON Music ]
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), album, cover image, price, format, bitrate, label, genre, number of tracks, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://www.omds.de/servlets/2452685121527Dispatch/31/Call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&lmtype=ALBUM&albumid=2310333 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, format, price, sample (link), add bookmark (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://music.msn.com MSN]
** [http://music.msn.com/album/?album=50538895 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, release date, label, album rating, cover image,
** Song Example (store wasn't working correctly - no song info found)

* [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/Call?htmltemplate=./index.htm TDC Online]
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), length, release date, label, format, cover image, web-based purchase (link), price, tracks
** [http://musik.tdconline.dk/servlets/2452306090224Dispatch/19/call?htmltemplate=./album/viewalbum.htm&trackid=5010526 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.audiolunchbox.com Audio Lunchbox]
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), release date (link), cover image, format, bitrate, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), sample (flash applet), tracks
** [http://www.audiolunchbox.com/album?a=75751 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, price, price in credits, web-based purchase (link), sample (flash applet)

* [http://www.chaosmusic.com/music/ Chaos Music]
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre, format, release date, price, physical-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link), tracks, description, availability
** [http://chaos.com/product.asp?intProductID=739720&intArtistID=167488 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.connect-europe.com Sony Connect]
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, genre (link), release date, label, length, publisher, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks
** [http://store.connect-europe.com/albumDetailPage.do?albumId=3260785 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.digirama.co.nz/ Digirama]
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), label, cover image, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), license, related albums, also bought, reviews, tracks
** [http://www.digirama.co.nz/AlbumDetails.aspx?MediaID=578456 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.emusic.com eMusic]
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), sample (link), save to playlist (link), genre (link), styles (link), label (link), album rating, reviews, length, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www-v3.emusic.com/album/10917/10917324.html Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), tracks, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.fnacmusic.com/ FNAC]
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, length, add to playlist (link), web-based purchase (link), tracks, price, genre
** [http://www.fnacmusic.com/album/7088f214-6187-4845-afdc-6391e103f67d.aspx Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), add to playlist (link), track number, title, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, catalog ID, SKU, label, price, price in points, summary, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-942394 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title

* [http://www.misrolas.com/ MisRolas]
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), cover image, release date, number of tracks, album rating, price, web-based purchase (link), tracks, reviews
** [http://www.misrolas.com/downloadmusic/album.php?id=1316 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), artist, price, web-based purchase (link), add to wishlist (link)

* [http://www.mtv.com MTV]
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title (link), artist (link), cover image, release date, label, tracks, physical-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/my_chemical_romance/albums.jhtml?albumId=1367908 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, sample (link), video sample (link)

* [http://www.musica360.com/ Musica360]
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, samples (flash), cover image, tracks, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://musica360.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=232 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.musicload.de/ Musicload]
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884260_2 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), track list, comments
** [http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=1884261_4 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), price, rating, genre, length, quality, release date, label, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), comments

* [http://www.musicmatch.com Musicmatch] (Merged with Yahoo! Jukebox)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnet.com MusicNet] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.musicnow.com AOL Music Now] (Merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.napster.com Napster]
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, track count, label, sample (link), share (link), web-based purchase (link), review, track list
** [http://www.napster.com/view/album/index.html?id=12376484 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: artist (link), title, track number, album title, length, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.nate.com Nate.com] (Appears to be Korean, cannot find album examples)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.nextradiosolutions.com Next Radio] (Service Provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.partymob.com/edl/browse/?tab=music PartyMob]
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?album=2089814 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), total length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.partymob.com/edl/details/default.aspx?track=234418 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, length, release date, format, quality, genre, sample (link), price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information

* [http://www.peerimpact.com Peer Impact]
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, purchase (application link), format, track count, genre, release date, label, track list
** [http://www2.peerimpact.com/contentstorage-xml/album30.do?templateName=WEB-INF/conversion-templates/album30.vm&albumId=89449# Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist (link), length, price

* [http://www.puretracks.com Pure Tracks]
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, label, total length, disc count, release date, price, web-based purchase (link), DRM information, track list
** [http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.aspx?pid=emi_094638723653 Song Example] (in popup window)
*** Information displayed: track number, sample (link), title, artist, length, price, web-based purchase (link), label (popup)

* [http://www.reggaecountry.com Reggae Country]
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, label, web-based purchse (link), price, track list
** [http://www.reggaecountry.com/Shopping/Browse.aspx?mode=item&category=209&item=35745 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title, artist, length, web-based purchase (link), price

* [http://www.rhapsody.com Real/Rhapsody]
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, title, sample (link), label, release date, track list
** [http://www.rhapsody.com/harryconnickjr/chansonduvieuxcarrconnickonpiano3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample (link), track number, title

* [http://www.ruckusnetwork.com Ruckus]
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist, release date, genre, label, track list
** [http://wapps.ruckus.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ruckus.woa/2/wo/bQ5EBCLVYbWMuHOuCRElwM/0.0.27.15.13.1.16.3.3 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: track number, title, length

* [http://www.sanity.com.au Sanity]
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, catalog id, label, price, web-based purchase (link), track list
** [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/rockpop.asp?sku=-943269 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title

* [http://www.soundbuzz.com Soundbuzz] (Requires MS IE6)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starbucks.com Starbucks] (Requires Flash 8 player)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.starzik.com/starzik.php Starzik SARL]
** Album Example (hidden url)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre, label, release date, length, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link), track list
** Song Example (hidden url, separate from album example)
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album title, genre, label, release date, length, creators, composer, performance artist, format, bitrate, size, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.streetcds.com/ Street CDs] (parked domain name)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.synacor.com/content/index.php Synacor] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.telecomitalia.com/ Telecom Italia] (Service provider)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.terra.es/pixbox/ Pixbox (Terra) ] (Windows application)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.thecellcity.com CellCity]
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=fuzzyquery&CDMdepartment=music&cdmalbum=What's%20The%20Word%20Vol.%201&CDMReturnURL=/music/albumdetails.shtml] Album Example]
*** Information displayed: artist, label, release date, genre, track list
** [http://www.thecellcity.com/4DACTION/CDMProductQuery?CDMCommand=GetProductDetail&CDMProductID=A00001148172&CDMReturnURL=/music/product_detail.shtml Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.top100.cn top100.cn]
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/specialall/S0027876000.htm Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), release date, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), label (link), genre (link), long description, track list
** [http://www.top100.cn/product/SongFiles/0027876/M0027876001.htm Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), label (link), genre (link), price, sample (link), web-based purchase (link), description, comments

* [http://www.virgin.com/downloads Virgin Digital] (merged with Napster)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.virginmega.fr/ Virgin] (Requires Windows)
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.wippit.com/default.aspx Wippit]
** [http://www.wippit.com/AlbumDet.aspx?StrId=28724&StrCatType=S Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), price, genre (link), format, release date, track list, web-based purchase (link)
** [http://www.wippit.com/DetailItem.aspx?StrItemID=28724&StrMediaID=724904&StrMediaType=S Song Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), album (link), genre, format, release date, size, track number, file type, price, web-based purchase link

* [http://www.yanga.ru Yanga]
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Album Example]
*** Information displayed: title, artist (link), genre (link), release date, label, price, web-based purchase (link), rating, track list
** [http://yanga.ru/music/album/-/Duke%20Ellington/Jack%20The%20Bear/?id=28510 Song Example]
*** Information displayed: sample, track number, title, length, rating, price, web-based purchase (link)

* [http://www.yeahronimo.nl Yeahronimo (Commodoreworld)]
** Album Example
*** Information displayed:
** Song Example
*** Information displayed:

* [http://www.somesongs.com/ somesongs]
** Has song title (linked to more info), artist (linked to more info), play link (to mp3), and rating

* [http://magnatune.com/genres/rock/ Magnatune]
** Has artist (linked to more info), artist description, album title (linked to more info), lofi streaming link (to m3u), hifi streaming link (to m3u), link to more info, link to license info, link to purchase info.

* [http://www.songfight.org/ SONG FIGHT!]
** Has theme, artist/play link (to mp3).

* [http://www.yes.com/ Yes.com]
** Music played in last hour ([http://www.yes.com/lookup.php?s=WERS example])
*** Flash page with track play time, artist, title, cover art. Affiliate linked to iTunes music store.
** Top 100 Chart ([http://www.yes.com/top100.php?s=WXKS example])
*** HTML page with chart position, last week's chart position, artist, title (affiliate link to iTunes music store)

* MySpace (examples: [http://myspace.com/theradioknives] [http://www.myspace.com/singsinguk] [http://www.myspace.com/arcticmonkeys])
** Artist pages containing embedded flash players. Song title starts song playing on embedded player. Download link optionally links to mp3.
** Link to artist's homepage, band members, influences, biography.

* [http://musicbrainz.org MusicBrainz.org]
** MusicBrainz provides a catalog of music metadata such as the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistName artist name], the [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ReleaseTitle release title], and the list of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Track tracks] that appear on a release.
** Since 2005, users have the option to further relate each of these entities using a detailed set of [http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AdvancedRelationships relationships] (i.e. who played which instrument on a release/track).
** Examples: [http://musicbrainz.org/browseartists.html browse] and [http://musicbrainz.org/search.html search] the catalog

* [http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tagging.html Vorbis Comment Recommendations]
** Comment fields development by the Ogg/Vorbis community to consistently describe audio files.

* [http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html iTunes RSS extensions]
** The DTD used to add richer data to media available in podcasts via the iTunes Music Store.

* [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Also has extremely detailed submission guidelines that probably qualify for a media-info format.

* [http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]
** Extensive database with labels, artists, albums, etc. Examples [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead Radiohead], [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/OK+Computer OK Computer] [http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/_/Paranoid+Android Paranoid Android]. Has links to track mp3 downloads for examples on [http://www.last.fm/music/Of+Montreal Of Montreal].

=== Music Journalism ===
* TODO: Links to NME, Rolling Stone, Paste, Q, Pitchfork
* TODO: Links to collaborative music review sites

=== Music Blogs ===
* Lists of music blogs:
** [http://wiki.monkeyfilter.com/index.php?title=MP3_Blog_Listing monkeyfilter.com MP3 Blog Listing]
** [http://musicblog.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Blog_Directory musicblog.wikia.com Music Blog Directory]
** [http://hublog.hubmed.org/archives/001044.html hublog.hubmed.org]
* Actual music blogs (just a few of them):
** [http://music.for-robots.com/ Music For Robots]
** [http://www.saidthegramophone.com/ Said the Gramophone]

=== Artist pages ===
Particularly, pages which provide information about performing artists.
* Official artist sites:
** [http://www.theshinsmusic.com/about.html The Shins Official Site] Bio page-- lifted from allmusic.com
** [http://www.bandofhorses.com Band of Horses Official Site]
* Artist pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=355 The Shins on subpop.com]
** [http://www.subpop.com/mock/sleater_kinney.html A pass at the mark-up of the future for subpop.com artist pages] (sorry, no stylesheet)
** [http://matadorrecords.com/cat_power/ Cat Power on matadorrecords.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/197/ Dangerdoom on epitaph.com]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=98 Arcade Fire on mergerecords.com]
* Unofficial fan-run artist pages (TODO)
* Links to artists' myspace/tagworld/imeem pages:
** [http://www.myspace.com/theshins The Shins on MySpace]
** [http://www.myspace.com/thetrashies The Trashies on MySpace]
** [http://tagworld.com/bandofhorses Band of Horses on TagWorld]
** [http://scanners.imeem.com/ Scanners' on Imeem]
* Other high-traffic, non-artist run sites (AMG, last.fm, VH1.com, eMusic):
** [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins The Shins last.fm page]
** [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:1e821v0jzzca Beatles on AllMusic]
** [http://www.emusic.com/artist/10557/10557751.html Ornette Coleman on eMusic]
** [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/black_sabbath/artist.jhtml Black Sabbath on VH1.com]
* Music Journalism Artist Features
** [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/ Spin.com Artist of the day]

=== Record Label pages ===
Label sites (like many artist sites) tend to not be the best examples of minimal, semantic mark up. They are, nonetheless, important and prevalent enough to list.
* Major label homepages
** [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records]
** [http://www.interscope.com/ Interscope Records]
** [http://www.sonymusic.com/home.html Sony Records] Pretty much all of the Sony sub-labels (Epic, Sony Nashville, etc.) use the same template with differing content.
** [http://www.bmgclassics.com/index.jsp BMG Classics]
** [http://www.umrg.com/ Universal Motown]
* Independent record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com Sub Pop Records]
** [http://www.matadorrecords.com Matador Records]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/ Epitaph Records]
** [http://www.mergerecords.com/ Merge Records]
** [http://www.barsuk.com/home Barsuk Records]
** [http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/index2.html Suicide Squeeze Records]
** [http://www.fatwreck.com/ Fat Wreck Chords]
** [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/ Road Runner Records]
** [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/ Alternative Tentacles Records]

=== Release Sites ===
Pages and/or small sites devoted to a specific release by an artist. These generally include release descriptions, track listings and album art. They may have links to downloadable or streamable media as well. Another note: artist bios are, in some cases, release specific-- from a label perspective they are often re-written every time an active artist has a new major release.
* Release sites created by record labels:
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/rogue_wave/descended/ Rogue Wave, Descended Like Vultures]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/kinski/alpine_static/kinski_alpine_static.html Kinski, Alpine Static]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/fruitbats/spelled_in_bones/ Fruit Bats, Spelled in Bones]
** [http://www.subpop.com/bands/mudhoney/under_a_billion_suns/ Mudhoney, Under A Billion Suns]
* Release pages on label sites:
** [http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/discography.php?cat=true&display_type=discog_single&title=Cansei+De+Ser+Sexy Cansei de Ser Sexy release page on subpop.com]
** [http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/470 Pick a Bigger Weapon release page on epitaph.com]

=== Music database sites ===
* TODO: Musicbrainz, AMG, Muse, etc.

=== Social sites ===
* TODO: Last.fm, Myspace, LiveJournal?
* [http://www.wikimusicguide.com WikiMusicGuide]

User talk:WebOrganics

2007-05-14T17:18:27Z

JChris: question about Track Title

<h1>WebOrganics Talk</h1>

WebOrganics talk is a page where I explore my ideas, you could call this a study page a brainstorm on my own. Anything I put here is '''not''' part of any [[process|microformats process]] and not to be regarded as such. Please feel free to email me any comments, criticism, changes that could work better or make more sense, or just to tell me that I am wrong :)

you can download a vcard at [[User_talk:WebOrganics#Contact_or_get_involved|the bottom of this page]]

==10 meaningful words==

'''Martin McEvoy''' [http://weborganics.co.uk/ WebOrganics] 07:47, 12 May 2007 (PDT)

===The Idea===

To display visible Keywords similar to invisible Keywords that an author would place in the head of their document e.g

<pre><meta name="keywords" content="your keywords,go here,separated by a comma,but not a space" /></pre>

I'm not putting my keywords in the head of the document but in another largely ignored part of a website the footer.

The Idea is to tag your website or blog with 10 meaningful words about your website or more precisely descriptive words about the things that relate to your website the most. A similar idea is used when you are asked to tag your blog when you add a new blog to [http://technorati.com/ technorati].

The hope is that if you type these 10 keywords into a search engine or directory then the result will be your website.

Example this is what my website [http://weborganics.co.uk/ WebOrganics] has in the footer:

<pre><ol class="xoxo">
<li>
<dl>
<dt>10 <a href="http://tantek.com/presentations/2005/09/elements-of-xhtml/">Meaningful</a> Words</dt>
<dd class="info">
<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/" rel="tag">Semantic</a>
<a href="http://www.molly.com/2005/11/14/web-standards-and-the-new-professionalism/" rel="tag">Standards</a>
<a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/Overview.html" rel="tag">Accessibility</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation" rel="tag">Implementation</a>
<a href="http://microformats.org/wiki/introduction" rel="tag">Microformats</a>
<a href="http://www.adammathes.com/academic/computer-mediated-communication/folksonomies.html" rel="tag">Folksonomy</a>
<a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/" rel="tag">Rails</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software" rel="tag">Open</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_search_engine" rel="tag">Organic</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design" rel="tag">Universal</a>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ol></pre>

I have a visible maybe new microformat '''meaningful''' in my <nowiki><dt></nowiki> tag my description term also a link to an article that explains this , the <nowiki><a></nowiki> tag's have similar links to my keywords, all the <nowiki><a></nowiki> atributes are paired with the '''<nowiki>rel="tag"</nowiki>''' microformat, the idea is that this is simple.

===Does it work?===

search these 10 keywords. Semantic Standards Accessibility Implementation Microformats Folksonomy Rails Open Organic Universal

* [http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal/ Yahoo]

* [http://www.google.com/search?q=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal/ Google]

* [http://search.aol.com/aol/search?invocationType=topsearchbox.webhome&query=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal/ AOL]

* [http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal++&kgs=0&kls=0 AltaVista]

* [http://www.metacrawler.com/info.metac/search/web/Semantic%252BStandards%252BAccessibility%252BImplementation%252BMicroformats%252BFolksonomy%252BRails%252BOpen%252BOrganic%252BUniversal MetaCrawler]

* [http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/Semantic%252BStandards%252BAccessibility%252BImplementation%252BMicroformats%252BFolksonomy%252BRails%252BOpen%252BOrganic%252BUniversal/ Dogpile]

* [http://www.alexa.com/search?q=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal&x=10&y=11/ Alexa]

* [http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=iso88591&q=Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal++&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref/ All The Web]

* [http://www.technorati.com/blogs/Semantic+Standards+Accessibility+Implementation+Microformats+Folksonomy+Rails+Open+Organic+Universal/ Technorati Directory]

===Summary===

Interesting points:

* '''Meaningful''' words mean something!... do they?
* A good use would be in [[tagcloud-brainstorming|Tag Clouds]]
* Can '''people''' be taged in a similar way? '''<nowiki>rel="meaningful"</nowiki>''' [http://gmpg.org/xfn/ XFN]
* Maybe its just a good example of [[posh]] in action.

I know the evidence is un-conclusive but it '''is''' something to think about eh...

<h1>hCollection</h1>

==hCollection 0.0.4==

Martin McEvoy [http://weborganics.co.uk/ WebOrganics] 12:05, 13 May 2007 (GMT)

Using [http://dublincore.org/groups/collections/collection-application-profile/#colproperties DC CD AP] Terms to describe a collection.

===Collection===
Terms are:
* hcollection, the root of the collection (dc:collection)
** id attribute, is used as a physical id of a collection to be included in "parts"
** title, the title of the collection (dc:title)
** type, what type of collection it is. (dc:type)
** url, a link to the collection using <nowiki><a></nowiki> with the class attribute "url" (dc:identifier *A URI for the collection*.)

<pre>
<div class="hcollection" id="h">
<span class="type">Album</span>:
<span class="title">
<a class="url"
href="http://www.downloadpunk.com/?webaction=AlbumDetail&albumid=13202">Fifty Million People Can't Be Wrong</a>
</span>
</div>
</pre>

Another example

<pre>
<div class="hcollection" id="s">
<span class="title">
<span class="type">
<a class="url" href="http://Stamps.com...">Stamp Book</a>
</span>
</span>
</div>
</pre>

===Add to collection===
Add a Part to our collection terms are:

* part-of, this is the root element of our collection part. (dcterms:isPartOf)
** part-of-title, This is the collection part title
** part-of-type, what type of part it is.
** url, a link to the collection part with the class attribute "url".
** Class include using the [[include | Include Pattern]], links the part to a collection

<pre>
<span class="part-of">
<span class="part-of-type">Track</span> 1
<span class="part-of-title"><a class="url" href="http://track1...>Reason Ain't Our Long Suit</a>
<a class="include" href="#h"></a>
</span>
</span>
</pre>

Another Example: Minimal

<pre>
<div class="part-of">
<span class="part-of-title">Penny Black</span>
<span class"part-of-type">Stamp</span>
<a class="include" href="#s"></a>
</div>
</pre>

===Summary===

hCollection seems to me very verbose I think that this may all be done by using just '''hcollection''' and '''part-of''' it would be much simpler to use, and easier to adopt.

this may be better to use:
<pre>
<div class="hcollection" id="s">Stamp Book</div>
</pre>

and,

<pre>
<a class="incldue part-of" href="s">A stamp</a>
</pre>

does this work?...

====Issues====

* '''title''' is a common part of many Microformats, '''title''' may not be necessary.
* '''url''' is also a common part of many Microformats, '''url''' may not be necessary.
* class '''include''' has issues see here - [[include-pattern-feedback | Include pattern feedback ]]

===See also===

* [[collection-description|Collection Description]]
* [[grouping-examples|Grouping Examples]]

<h1>hSpiff</h1>

==hSpiff 0.0.2==

Martin McEvoy [http://weborganics.co.uk/ WebOrganics] 08:48, 13 May 2007 (PDT)

Based on [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html XSPF Version 1] XML Shareable Playlist Format ("spiff")

hSpiff is not intended to reflect [[hatom|hAtom]] which is intended to describe blog posts but more specifically intended as a way to describe media and playlists.

===Abstract===

<cite>http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.3</cite>

[1] An XSPF playlist describes a sequence of objects to be rendered.

Objects might be audio, video, text, playlists, or any other media type.

The function of a playlist is to identify the objects and communicate their order.

<cite>[http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.1 XSPF section 1]</cite>

[2] There is no XML format for playlists that can measure up to the standards of the formats for web pages (HTML), weblogs (RSS/Atom), and web graphs (RDF/XML). It is evident that there is a need, because XML is the preferred data description language of the moment and as a result the tools and skills to use it are ubiquitous.

===Schemata===

===hSpiff===

'''Hypertext Shareable Playlist Format'''

<pre><div class="hspiff"></pre>

====playlist-title====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.1 4.1.1.2.1]

A human-readable title for the playlist. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><h1 class="playlist-title">Title</h1></pre>

====creator====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.2 4.1.1.2.2]

Human-readable name of the entity (author, authors, group, company, etc) that authored the playlist. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><span class="creator">Creator</span></pre>

====playlist-note====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.3 4.1.1.2.3] annotation

A human-readable comment on the playlist. This is character data, not HTML, and it may not contain markup. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><div class="playlist-note">Text and html here only text will be phrased</div></pre>

====playlist-info====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.4 4.1.1.2.4]

Remove this as playlist-title with <nowiki>class="url"</nowiki> serves the same purpose

URI of a web page to find out more about this playlist. Likely to be homepage of the author, and would be used to find out more about the author and to find more playlists by the author. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><span class="playlist-info">http://yourweb.whatever/html</span></pre>

====url====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.5 4.1.1.2.5]

Source URI for this playlist. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><h1 class="playlist-title"><a class="url" href="http://yourweb.whatever/html">Title</a></h1></pre>

====id====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.6 4.1.1.2.6]

Canonical ID for this playlist. Likely to be a hash or other location-independent name. MUST be a legal URI. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><h1 class="playlist-title"><a class="url" href="http://yourweb.whatever/html" id="album">Title</a></h1></pre>

====image====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.7 4.1.1.2.7]

URI of an image to display in the absence of a //playlist/trackList/image element. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><img class="image" scr="http://yourweb.whatever/image/jpeg" /></pre>

class="photo" is more "microformaty"

====playlist-date====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.8 4.1.1.2.8]

Creation date (not last-modified date) of the playlist, formatted as a XML schema dateTime. xspf:playlist elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><abbr class="playlist-date" title="2007-01-06">6th January, 2007</abbr></pre>

===playlist-track===
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1 4.1.1.2.14.1.1]

<pre><div class="playlist-track"></pre>

====track-title====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.3 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.3]

<pre><h1 class="track-title">Track</h1></pre>

-- Should this be an h2 tag? Semantic HTML indicates only one h1 tag per document. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree - I'm a microformats novice and perhaps this spec allows the use of h1, h2, h3 etc in this place. -- JChris

====track-url====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.2 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.2]

Canonical ID for this resource. Likely to be a hash or other location-independent name, such as a MusicBrainz identifier.

MUST be a legal URI. xspf:track elements MAY contain zero or more identifier elements.

<pre><h1 class="track-title"><a class="track-url" href="http://yourweb.whatever/tracks/track1.mp3">Track</a></h1></pre>

====album====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.8 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.8]

Human-readable name of the collection from which the resource which defines the duration of track rendering comes.

For a song originally published as a part of a CD or LP, this would be the title of the original release.

This value is primarily for fuzzy lookups, though a user-agent may display it. xspf:track elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre><a class="include" href="#album"></a></pre>

Class include using the [[include | Include Pattern]], links the track to a playlist

Should we use [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.10 Attribution] here instead of include.

<pre><a class="attribution" href="#album"></a></pre>

or

<pre><a class="album-attribution" href="#album"></a></pre>

does this have the meaning this track is attributed to this album

====track-num====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.9 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.9]

<pre><span class="track-num">1</span></pre>

Integer with value greater than zero giving the ordinal position of the media on the xspf:album.

This value is primarily for fuzzy lookups, though a user-agent may display it. xspf:track elements MAY contain exactly one.

It MUST be a valid XML Schema nonNegativeInteger.

====track-duration====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.10 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.10]

<pre><abbr class="track-duration" title="210">3 minutes 30 seconds</abbr></pre>

do we do this in milliseconds 210000, I say no not friendly to humans, prasers can add "000" to the second value.

The time to render a resource, in milliseconds. It MUST be a valid XML Schema [http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dt-nonNegativeInteger nonNegativeInteger].
This value is only a hint -- different XSPF generators will generate slightly different values.
A user-agent MUST NOT use this value to determine the rendering duration, since the data will likely be low quality. xspf:track elements MAY contain exactly one duration element

===attributes===
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.11.1 1.1.2.14.1.1.1.11.1]
** removed rel value has no meaning here [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.11.1.1 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.11.1.1 rel] Martin McEvoy [http://weborganics.co.uk/ WebOrganics] 05:36, 14 May 2007 (PDT)

====type====
* [http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.12.2 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.12.2]

Value of the metadata element. This is character data, not HTML, and it may not contain markup. xspf:track elements MAY contain exactly one.

<pre>
<h1 class="track-title">
<a class="url" href="http://yourweb.whatever/tracks/track1.mp3" type="application/mp3">Track</a>
</h1>
</pre>

====track-clip====
*[http://xspf.org/xspf-v1.html#rfc.section.4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.13 4.1.1.2.14.1.1.1.13]

The extension element allows non-XSPF XML to be included in XSPF documents.

The purpose is to allow nested XML, which the meta and link elements do not. xspf:track elements MAY contain zero or more extension elements.

* xspf example
<pre><playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:cl="http://example.com">
<trackList>
<track>
<extension application="http://example.com">
<cl:clip start="25000" end="34500"/>
</extension>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist></pre>

* hspiff

<pre><span class="track-clip">
<abbr class="start" title="210">3.30</abbr>
<abbr class="end" title="345">5.75</abbr>
</span></pre>

==Contact or get involved==

<div class="vcard"><span class="fn"><span class="given-name">Martin</span> <span class="family-name"> McEvoy</span></span>
<span class="org">'''WebOrganics'''</span>.
* http://weborganics.co.uk/
** <div>Email: <span class="email">info@weborganics.co.uk</span></div>

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