Release
A MusicBrainz release represents the unique release (i.e. issuing) of a product on a specific date with specific release information such as the country, label, barcode, packaging, etc. If you walk into a store and purchase an album or single, they're each represented in MusicBrainz as one release.
Gid
-A surrogate key in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
Name
Barcode
-The barcode, if the release has one. The most common types found on releases are 12-digit UPCs and 13-digit EANs.
Comment
-The disambiguation comments are fields in the database used to help distinguish identically named artists, labels and other entities. They are visible in the pages for the entities, and also appear in the search results next to their names.
Edits_pending
is a count of pending changes to the AR
Quality
Data quality indicates how good the data for a release is. It is not a mark of how good or bad the music itself is - for that, use ratings.
Last_update
-last_update date
Date
The date the release was issued.
Country
The country the release was issued in.
Language
The language a release's track list is written in. The possible values are taken from the ISO 639-3 standard.
MBID
One of MusicBrainz' aims is to be the universal lingua franca for music by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification; this music identification is performed through the use of MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs).
In a nutshell, an MBID is a 36 character Universally Unique Identifier that is permanently assigned to each entity in the database, i.e. artists, release groups, releases, recordings, works, labels, areas, places and URLs. MBIDs are also assigned to Tracks, though tracks do not share many other properties of entities. For example, the artist Queen has an artist MBID of 0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3, and their song Bohemian Rhapsody has a recording MBID of ebf79ba5-085e-48d2-9eb8-2d992fbf0f6d.
Label
Labels are one of the most complicated and controversial parts of the music industry. The main reason for that being that the term itself is not clearly defined and refers to at least two overlapping concepts: imprints, and the companies that control them. Fortunately, in many cases the imprint and the company controlling it have the same name.
Gid
-A surrogate key in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.
Name
-The official name of the label.
The label name should be represented as found on media sleeves, including use of characters from non latin charsets, stylized characters, etc.
Sort_name
-The disambiguation comments are fields in the database used to help distinguish identically named artists, labels and other entities. They are visible in the pages for the entities, and also appear in the search results next to their names.
Label_code
-The label code is the "LC" code of the label.
Begin_date_year
Begin_date_month
Begin_date_day
Ended
The exact meaning of the begin and end dates depends on the type of label. Note that it's usually hard to know if an imprint has folded or is just on hold, and in generally the end date should only be entered if there's a clear indication of its demise.
Comment
Edit_pending
Last_update
IPI code
An IPI (interested party information) code is an identifying number assigned by the CISAC database for musical rights management.
ISNI code
The International Standard Name Identifier for the label.
Alias
Aliases are used to store alternate names or misspellings.
Country
The country of origin for the label.
Release A MusicBrainz release represents the unique release (i.e. issuing) of a product on a specific date with specific release information such as the country, label, barcode, packaging, etc. If you walk into a store and purchase an album or single, they're each represented in MusicBrainz as one release. Gid -A surrogate key in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database. Name Barcode -The barcode, if the release has one. The most common types found on releases are 12-digit UPCs and 13-digit EANs. Comment -The disambiguation comments are fields in the database used to help distinguish identically named artists, labels and other entities. They are visible in the pages for the entities, and also appear in the search results next to their names. Edits_pending
Last_update -last_update date Date The date the release was issued. Country The country the release was issued in. Language The language a release's track list is written in. The possible values are taken from the ISO 639-3 standard. MBID One of MusicBrainz' aims is to be the universal lingua franca for music by providing a reliable and unambiguous form of music identification; this music identification is performed through the use of MusicBrainz Identifiers (MBIDs). In a nutshell, an MBID is a 36 character Universally Unique Identifier that is permanently assigned to each entity in the database, i.e. artists, release groups, releases, recordings, works, labels, areas, places and URLs. MBIDs are also assigned to Tracks, though tracks do not share many other properties of entities. For example, the artist Queen has an artist MBID of 0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3, and their song Bohemian Rhapsody has a recording MBID of ebf79ba5-085e-48d2-9eb8-2d992fbf0f6d.
Label Labels are one of the most complicated and controversial parts of the music industry. The main reason for that being that the term itself is not clearly defined and refers to at least two overlapping concepts: imprints, and the companies that control them. Fortunately, in many cases the imprint and the company controlling it have the same name. Gid -A surrogate key in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database. Name -The official name of the label. The label name should be represented as found on media sleeves, including use of characters from non latin charsets, stylized characters, etc. Sort_name -The disambiguation comments are fields in the database used to help distinguish identically named artists, labels and other entities. They are visible in the pages for the entities, and also appear in the search results next to their names. Label_code -The label code is the "LC" code of the label. Begin_date_year Begin_date_month Begin_date_day Ended The exact meaning of the begin and end dates depends on the type of label. Note that it's usually hard to know if an imprint has folded or is just on hold, and in generally the end date should only be entered if there's a clear indication of its demise. Comment Edit_pending Last_update IPI code An IPI (interested party information) code is an identifying number assigned by the CISAC database for musical rights management. ISNI code The International Standard Name Identifier for the label. Alias Aliases are used to store alternate names or misspellings. Country The country of origin for the label.