Documentation Index - MusicBrainz

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Contents

1 Beginner?
2 Howtos
3 StyleGuidelines
4 Artist
5 Label
6 Release
7 Track
8 AdvancedRelationships
9 Annotation
10 Edits
11 FAQs

Beginner?

Read the BeginnersGuide! ;)

Howtos

HowTo's: A collection of tutorials. Lightweight, short and user-orientated step by step instructions.

HowEditingWorks and the different EditTypes: A general introduction and detailed descriptions of each type of edit that you can possibly make to MusicBrainz data.

HowVotingWorks: Also quite rudimentary. It explains the decision mechanism of the ModBot.

StyleGuidelines

See the Official MusicBrainz Style Guidelines.

Artist

Official Documentation: Artist

Overview | Release Artist | Track Artist | Primary Artist | Secondary Artist | Featuring Artist | Fictitious Artist | Special Purpose Artist

Attributes: ID | Name | Sort Name | Alias | Begin Date | End Date | Comment | Annotation

Style: Release Artist Style | Track Artist Style | Featuring Artist Style | Sortname Style | Same Artist With Different Names | Different Artists With Same Name | Band With Main Performer Name

Misc: Merge Misspelled Artists | Editing Suggestions | Subscriptions / Lists: International Artists

Label

Official Documentation: Label

Overview | Special Purpose Label

Attributes: ID | Name | Sort Name | Alias | Code | Begin Date | End Date | Comment | Annotation | Country | Type

Editing Help: How to identify labels? | How labels work in MusicBrainz? | FAQ

Different labels with same name or code | Subscriptions | Useful resources

Release

Official Documentation: Release

Overview | Single Artist Release | Various Artists Release | Split Release | Multi-Disc Release

Attributes: ID | Title | Artist | Group | Type | Status | Language | Annotation | Disc ID | Cover Art

Release Event: Date | Country | Label | Catalog Number | Barcode | Format

Editing: All release related edit types | What defines a unique release | How to merge releases | ...and why you should merge rather than delete

Track

Official Documentation: Track

Overview | Data Track | Hidden Track & Pregap Track

Attributes: ID | Title | Artist | Duration | Annotation | PUID

All track related edit types | Tracks with multiple artists

Style: Featuring Artist Style | Versus Style | Remix Style | Data Track Style | Untitled Track Style | Part Number Style | Extra Title Information Style

AdvancedRelationships

Official Documentation: Advanced Relationships

Annotation

Official Documentation: Annotations

Overview | Artist Annotations | Release Annotations | Track Annotations | Label Annotations

Misc: How annotations work? | FAQ

Edits

Edit Types:

Label Edit Type | Relationship Edit Type | Other Edit Type

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions: General FAQ | Account FAQ | Editing FAQ | Voting FAQ | Misencoding FAQ

Advanced Editing: Annotation FAQ | Label FAQ | Classical Music FAQ

Products: Picard FAQ

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