Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of FloriansDiplomaThesis

Timestamp:

06/24/08 11:14:44 (16 years ago)

Author:

fmittag

Comment:

updates to artist aliases

FloriansDiplomaThesis

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 = Music Ontology =
 
-== Artist ==
+== Artist collaboration ==
 
 At first glance, one might say that only one class Artist is sufficient, but it quickly reveals its limits. A few examples:
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 Discogs has the following [http://www.discogs.com/help/submission-guidelines-release-artist.html guidelines for artists], which say that "''Artists which commonly collaborate together should be listed as one artist''" and "''Do NOT attempt to split artists who regularly collaborate. (Regular collaboration consists of 3 or more collaborations (different releases), excluding remix EPs)''".
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+== Artist Aliases ==
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+A different problem is the one of the [http://musicbrainz.org/doc/SameArtistWithDifferentNames same artist having different names]. The problem is rather easy with music groups, because it can be modelled accurately by two different music groups having the same members.[[BR]]
+But with solo artists (persons) one has to distinguish name variations (DJ Tiësto, Tiësto, Tiesto, ...) and different names (aliases) under which he releases stuff ([http://www.discogs.com/artist/Drumfire Drumfire] is an alias of [http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Tiësto DJ Tiësto])
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+http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ArtistAlias