Musicbrainz.org and wikidata.org
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musicbrainz.org is a user‑edited music database that stores releases, release groups, recordings, works, labels and instruments using UUIDs for disambiguation and exposes a JSON API that requires a User‑Agent header; data is mostly CC0, funding comes from Google and Spotify, and cover art is hosted via archive.org. wikidata.org stores facts as item–property–value and supports SPARQL queries. examples include handling CD edge cases (pre‑gap and 99‑track tricks), catalog/barcode fields, and a popular tagger called Picard; one editor reports ~31,000 edits.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:18About me
- 6:15Data Structure
- 8:00Linking to other databases
- 9:28Release groups
- 10:20Barcodes
- 13:12Recordings
- 13:54Works
- 15:06Labels
- 15:36Forums
- 16:12Query API
- 16:31Wikidata
- 16:54Daft Punk
- 19:25Act My ID
- 20:11Questions
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