Uploaded image for project: 'MusicBrainz Server'
  1. MusicBrainz Server
  2. MBS-8393

Extend dynamic attributes to all entities

    XMLWordPrintable

    Details

    • Type: New Feature
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Normal
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: None
    • Component/s: Schema Change
    • Labels:
      None

      Description

      We have dynamic attributes for works, but never got as far as extending them to other entities.

      Possible ideas for things which could use dynamic attributes on releases (I'm sure I could find plenty of ideas for other entities too):

      • Number of copies (number) - For limited editions
      • Mono/stereo (fixed list) - Generally useful for older releases which came in two editions, a mono and a stereo version. Discogs has this in their formats list (http://www.discogs.com/help/submission-guidelines-release-format.html)
      • UK single number (fixed list: CD1, CD2, rarely also CD3) - UK singles used to regularly come in multiple editions but there's no easy way to getting this info for things like tagging (you have to try and parse it out of the disambiguation).
      • JASRAC license numbers (text: 7 digit number prefixed with "R-", "T-" or "V-", possibly more)
      • SPARS code (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_code) (fixed list)
      • Code 39 barcodes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_39) (text) - This would give us a way to implement MBS-3850 without having to change the current behaviour of the barcode field, which would be good, because these are very obscure compared to normal barcodes. We could even go as far as defining the existing field as only EANs/UPCs (related: MBS-7419).
      • Distribution codes (http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/Distribution_Codes) (text)
      • Price (as printed on the release) (text?) - Japanese releases have the minimum retail price printed on them (http://nippop.com/features/Saihan_Seido___Japan_s_Resale_Price_Maintenance_System/). It's not so common for music releases outside of Japan, but things like books and magazines (which sometimes have free CDs) would most likely have a price printed on them. If we were to add this, we would need to consider how it interacts with digital releases. VGMdb stores prices.

      There are also some things supported by Discogs (http://www.discogs.com/help/submission-guidelines-release-barcode.html) which sometimes get pasted into annotations because we don't have any proper fields to store them:

      • Mastering SID code (text)
      • Mould SID code (text)
      • Matrix / Runout (text)
      • Label Code (text) - We can store this on labels, but that doesn't tell us what is on the release itself. There have been cases of label codes changing, if there are multiple labels, we don't know which ones' label code is on the release, nor do we even know if there is a label code printed on the release.

      Other requests which could probably be implemented the same way:

        Attachments

          Issue Links

          is a dependency of

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-1372 Add MAPL system logo attribute to releases

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Open

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. MBS-1735 Medium catalogue numbers

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Reopened

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-757 Add JASRAC ID to artists

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Closed

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-752 Allow indicating the language(s) of a release's liner notes

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-753 SPARS code support

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-754 Add "Matrix Number" for Recordings

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-755 new artist attribute : minc artist code

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-756 MusicBrainz Releases should collect ISBNs

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-758 New column for BPM (beats per minute) for recordings

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-759 Add Hornbostel-Sachs attribute for instruments

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-764 Recording attributes: Mono/Stereo ?

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-779 Add SESAC ID as an artist/label attribute

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-788 Support storing mould and mastering SID codes

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-789 Add JASRAC license numbers to releases

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-790 Support storing the number of copies of limited editions of releases

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-891 Add a way to mark a recording/release as having explicit or clean lyrics

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. STYLE-893 Allow label code for releases

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          Task - A task that needs to be done. MBS-9585 Consider migrating barcodes to release attributes

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Open

          Task - A task that needs to be done. STYLE-526 Add "Catalogue number prefix" as a label alias type

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

          Task - A task that needs to be done. STYLE-781 Add "Matrix" and "Runout" for Releases/Mediums

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked
          is duplicated by

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. MBS-8879 Artist attributes

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Closed
          resolves

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MBS-9868 No error message if work key is not entered

          • Normal - Loss of function, or other unwanted behavior.
          • Blocked

            Activity

              People

              • Assignee:
                yvanzo yvanzo
                Reporter:
                nikki nikki
              • Votes:
                18 Vote for this issue
                Watchers:
                20 Start watching this issue

                Dates

                • Created:
                  Updated:

                  Packages

                  Version Package