Ideally URLs for data for page files and Musedata Stage 2 files represent single files containing what are originally multiple files in the Musedata database. Such as multiple pages for Page files, and multiple parts for Stage 2 files.
Since this is happening at the speed of molasses running uphill in January (in the Arctic), a URL abbreviation system has been developed to represent multiple links to individual files for a multipage PDF, or multiple files representing each instrumental part.
The basic abbreviation is to add a comma to include multiple files in the same directory/folder. For example these can be see on the Musedata index of data for PDF files: http://bit.ly/musedata-menu, current in column I named DATA_URL.
Another useful addition would be to allow letter prefixes, since merged parts such as 01 and 02 can be merged onto a single staff, which is often called s01, where s means the "score". In addition, p01 is often used for "part" 1, which has added cue notes from other instruments.
If there are more letters in the prefix, or postfix letters (which are uncommon), then there would be no multiple-files shortcuts and they would have to be single-comma encoded.
Ideally URLs for data for page files and Musedata Stage 2 files represent single files containing what are originally multiple files in the Musedata database. Such as multiple pages for Page files, and multiple parts for Stage 2 files.
Since this is happening at the speed of molasses running uphill in January (in the Arctic), a URL abbreviation system has been developed to represent multiple links to individual files for a multipage PDF, or multiple files representing each instrumental part.
The basic abbreviation is to add a comma to include multiple files in the same directory/folder. For example these can be see on the Musedata index of data for PDF files: http://bit.ly/musedata-menu, current in column
InamedDATA_URL.Here is an example:
which means two file URLs:
In addition, there are ranges of files allowed by placing two commas between two files at the start and ending of a numeric sequence:
This represents 8 files:
A new feature would be to allow for cross-movement enumerations:
which would expand to 50 files (i.e., 50 pages):
Another useful addition would be to allow letter prefixes, since merged parts such as
01and02can be merged onto a single staff, which is often calleds01, wheresmeans the "score". In addition,p01is often used for "part" 1, which has added cue notes from other instruments.Hypothetical example:
which would expand to
If there are more letters in the prefix, or postfix letters (which are uncommon), then there would be no multiple-files shortcuts and they would have to be single-comma encoded.