Wikidata:WikiProject Music/2022 review proposal

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Hi, after severals talks with @Moebeus, (in the project talk page and this one, now closed), I propose a list of changes to apply in the descriptions of project. Some of them are to upgrade or clarify the current text. Additionaly, I also include new aspects not considered until now in the project that produced to me doubts about how to proceed with them. Fortunately, most of them have been answered by Moebeus and we only need to document and share with project participants.

To make it easier to understand the relationships between entities, I have prepared a graph that, once revised, could be part of the documentation.

Finally, I apport a list of further actions to do in the WD content in order to align or to fix the present information with the new schema.

Sections

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1. In "Overview section"

PRESENT VERSION

Note that most items do not yet use such a specific ontology as described in this table. In particular, items about songs are likely to be about both the composition and track; items about singles are likely to conflate the single release and the track; and items about albums may also include identifiers for individual versions of the album.

  • Artists are grouped into humans, fictional characters and ensembles (musical groups). Ensembles should have one or more members (real or fictional).
  • Compositions comprise the abstract musical creative works which form the basis for performances and audio recordings/tracks.
  • Tracks comprise individual audio and video entities, such as tracks on a CD and music videos.
  • Releases comprise any publications of recorded audio or video, such as studio albums, compilation albums, EPs, mixtapes and singles. These may have editions, particular versions which differ in some way. Releases usually contain one or more tracks.
  • Labels comprise the brands and companies directly associated with releases.

If a Wikipedia article is about a single with only one track, or mainly discusses one track of that single, then it should be connected to the item about the composition. Otherwise, it should be connected to the item about the release.

NEW VERSION

Note that most items do not yet use such a specific ontology as described in this table. In particular, items about songs are likely to be about both the composition and track; items about singles are likely to conflate the single release and the track; and items about albums may also include identifiers for individual versions of the album.

  • Artists are grouped into humans, fictional characters and ensembles (musical groups). Ensembles should have one or more members (real or fictional).
  • Compositions comprise the abstract musical creative works which form the basis for performances and audio or video recordings/tracks. Not to be confused with its performance. When a new version of a composition is made or arranged by the composer or a performer, a new composition must be created.
  • Tracks comprise individual audio and video recording entities., such as tracks on a CD and music videos There is a track for each different recorded performance of a composition. That is, for each performer, version or performance of which there is a recording, we may have a specific track.
  • Unrecorded performances includes those live performances at concerts, music festivals, operas, etc. which have not been recorded, but which are part of an event and the repertoire of an artist.
  • Releases comprise any publications of recorded audio or video, such as studio albums, compilation albums, EPs, mixtapes and singles. These may have editions, particular versions which differ in some way. Releases usually contain one or more "tracks".
  • Group release Any release may have one or more "versioned releases" of it, with the same list of tracks, but different distribution format, cover, re-edition, etc.
  • Labels comprise the brands and companies directly associated with releases.

If a Wikipedia article is about a single with only one track, or mainly discusses one track of that single, then it should be connected to the item about the composition. Otherwise, it should be connected to the item about the release.

2. In person & group sections
  • Define clearly which property to use for person in a music group: member of (P463) or part of (P361). I propose P361, because is the inverse property of P527, which is the only option for group item to list its components.
  • Add property critical catalogue (P9969), specially applicable to classical music.
3. In composition section
3.1 Special case Anthems.
national anthem (Q23691) are a compositions that represents a country or sovereign state (or regional). One composition may be shared by several countries and may change along time. Therefore, as Moebeus suggested in the project talk page, the information on the anthem-territories where used relationship and its chronology, should be in the item of the country/region/etc. instead of being properties of the anthem items. Actually, I check that information in country items are richer than in anthem compositions (and not allways the same)
So, the pourpose is to do not use information about P17, P155, P156 in anthem item and get this information via backlink (as in https://w.wiki/5KaC).
4. In tracks section
5. New "Release Group"
Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
titleP1476Monolingual textoriginal title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance workThe Dark Side of the Moon <title> The Dark Side of the Moon-
form of creative workP7937Itemform of art, album type, musical form, type of musical work/composition and form of creative work: structure of a creative workThe Dark Side of the Moon <form of creative work> studio album-
performerP175Itemperforming artist, music artist, musician, musical group, musical ensemble, singer, various artists, actor, artist, actress, by performer and voice actor: Release- or track artist. To list individual contributors, see contributor to the creative work or subject (P767).The Dark Side of the Moon <performer> Pink Floydcharacter role
contributor to the creative work or subjectP767Itemcontributor, session musician and coauthor: Use contributor to the creative work or subject (P767) to list all contributing musicians with instrument (P1303) as a qualifier to say which instrument each musician played on that recording.The Dark Side of the Moon <contributor to the creative work or subject> Alan Parsonscontributed to creative work
genreP136Itemgenre, by genre and award for best album (genre): creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topicThe Dark Side of the Moon <genre> progressive rock-
language of work or nameP407Itemlanguage: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))The Dark Side of the Moon <language of work or name> English-
publication dateP577Point in timepublication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or releasedThe Dark Side of the Moon <publication date> 10 March 1973-
producerP162Itemproducer and dubbing producer: person(s) who produced the film, musical work, theatrical production, etc. (for film, this does not include executive producers, associate producers, etc.) [for production company, use P272, video games - use P178]The Dark Side of the Moon <producer> Pink Floyd-
record labelP264Itemrecord label: brand and trademark associated with the marketing of subject music recordings and music videosThe Dark Side of the Moon <record label> Harvest-
recorded at studio or venueP483Itemrecording studio and recording session: studio or location where a musical composition/release was recordedThe Dark Side of the Moon <recorded at studio or venue> Abbey Road Studios-
cover art byP736Itemcover artist: name of person or team creating cover artwork for book, record album, single record etc.The Dark Side of the Moon <cover art by> Hipgnosis-
has characteristicP1552Itemquality: inherent or distinguishing quality or feature of the entity. Use a more specific property when possibleThe Dark Side of the Moon <has characteristic> concept albumcharacteristic of
review scoreP444Stringassessment: review score received by a creative work or other entityThe Dark Side of the Moon <review score> 5-
charted inP2291Itemrecord chart: chart where the element reached a positionKiitos ei ole kirosana <charted in> Official Finnish Album Charts-
units soldP2664Quantitysales figures of an objectSamsung Galaxy S4 <units sold> 6,000,000-
working titleP1638Monolingual textworking title: temporary name of a product or project used during its developmentThe Dark Side of the Moon <working title> Eclipse (English)-
AllMusic album IDP1729External identifieridentifier for an album in AllMusic databaseThe Dark Side of the Moon <AllMusic album ID> mw0000191308-
Discogs master IDP1954External identifieridentifier for a musical work in the Discogs databaseThe Dark Side of the Moon <Discogs master ID> 10362-
MusicBrainz release group IDP436External identifieridentifier for a release group per the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia (album, single, etc.)The Dark Side of the Moon <MusicBrainz release group ID> f5093c06-23e3-404f-aeaa-40f72885ee3a-
Rate Your Music release IDP8392External identifieridentifier for a music release on Rate Your Music siteThe Dark Side of the Moon <Rate Your Music release ID> album/pink-floyd/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-


6. In release section

* In release items with

⟨ subject ⟩ form of creative work (P7937) View with SQID ⟨ soundtrack album (Q4176708)  View with Reasonator View with SQID ⟩

, would interest to have the associated movie. However, there is not inverse property for soundtrack release (P406) which link movie with its music. Following the solution done in several albums, we may propose to used music created for (P9899).

 Comment There is no need for an inverse property of soundtrack release (P406), inverse properties are what we are trying to avoid. Moebeus (talk) 21:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
release ofP9831Itemmusical release: release group this release belongs toThe Dark Side of the Moon <release of> The Dark Side of the Moon-
titleP1476Monolingual textoriginal title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance workThe Dark Side of the Moon <title> The Dark Side of the Moon-
performerP175Itemperforming artist, music artist, musician, musical group, musical ensemble, singer, various artists, actor, artist, actress, by performer and voice actor: actor, musician, band or other performer associated with this role or musical workThe Dark Side of the Moon <performer> Pink Floydcharacter role
record labelP264Itemrecord label: brand and trademark associated with the marketing of subject music recordings and music videosThe Dark Side of the Moon <record label> Harvest-
distributed byP750Itemmedia distributor: distributor of a creative work; distributor for a record label; news agency; film distributorThe Dark Side of the Moon <distributed by> The Gramophone Co. Ltd.-
place of publicationP291Itemplace of publication and place of first publication: geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works)The Dark Side of the Moon <place of publication> United Kingdom-
publication dateP577Point in timepublication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or releasedThe Dark Side of the Moon <publication date> 24 March 1973-
catalog codeP528Stringcatalog code: catalog name of an object, use with qualifier P972The Dark Side of the Moon <catalog code> SHVL 804-
number of parts of this workP2635Quantitypart of a work: the number of parts that a work comprisesThe Dark Side of the Moon <number of parts of this work> 10 audio track-
tracklistP658Itemtracklist: audio tracks contained in this releaseThe Dark Side of the Moon <tracklist> Speak to Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse-
distribution formatP437Itemmethod (or type) of distribution for the subjectThe Dark Side of the Moon <distribution format> 33 RPM 12" vinyl-
has characteristicP1552Itemquality: inherent or distinguishing quality or feature of the entity. Use a more specific property when possibleThe Dark Side of the Moon <has characteristic> stereo soundcharacteristic of
cover art byP736Itemcover artist: name of person or team creating cover artwork for book, record album, single record etc.The Dark Side of the Moon <cover art by> George Hardie-
Discogs release IDP2206External identifieridentifier for a musical work (release) in the Discogs database, if there is no master ID (P1954)The Dark Side of the Moon <Discogs release ID> 1873013-
MusicBrainz release IDP5813External identifieridentifier for a release in the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia (edition)The Dark Side of the Moon <MusicBrainz release ID> b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b-
Rate Your Music release IDP8392External identifieridentifier for a music release on Rate Your Music siteThe Dark Side of the Moon <Rate Your Music release ID> album/pink-floyd/the-dark-side-of-the-moon.p-
AllMusic release IDP6110External identifieridentifier for a release (an edition of an album) in the AllMusic databaseThe Dark Side of the Moon <AllMusic release ID> N/A-
7. New "Unrecorded performance"
Title ID Data type Description Examples Inverse
genreP136Itemgenre, by genre and award for best album (genre): creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topicNight Train <genre> blues-
part of the seriesP179Itemsequence, series of creative works, event sequence, book series, painting series and video game series: series which contains the subjectBrown Sugar <part of the series> The Rolling Stones European Tour 1970-
language of work or nameP407Itemlanguage: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))Poland Is Not Yet Lost <language of work or name> Polish-
producerP162Itemproducer and dubbing producer: person(s) who produced the film, musical work, theatrical production, etc. (for film, this does not include executive producers, associate producers, etc.) [for production company, use P272, video games - use P178]Wuthering Heights <producer> Andrew Powell-
publication dateP577Point in timepublication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or releasedTrout Quintet <publication date> 7 December 1820-
tonalityP826Itemkey and tonality: key of a musical compositionPiano Sonata No. 31 <tonality> A-flat major-
charted inP2291Itemrecord chart: chart where the element reached a positionEi Eerika pääse taivaaseen <charted in> Suomen virallinen lista - Latauslista-
instrumentationP870Iteminstrumentation: combination of musical instruments employed in a composition or accompanying a (folk) danceCello Sonata <instrumentation> cello-
modified version ofP5059Itemarrangement and arrangement on a work of the public domain: indicates the work or one of its versions which served as a basis for the adaptation or arrangement resulting in the given version of the workWithout Me <modified version of> Without Me-
based onP144Itembased on: the work(s) or inputs used as the basis for subject item; for fictional analog use P1074Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen <based on> Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12derivative work
adapted byP5202Itemmusic arranger and adaptation: person responsible for the arrangement or adaptation resulting in this version of the original workCello Sonata <adapted by> Jules Delsart-
recording or performance ofP2550Itemaudio recording: item is a recording or release of this compositionOb-La-Di, Ob-La-Da <recording or performance of> Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da-

Type of item summary

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Type P31/P279* Avoid overlap P31 with Complementary P31 Cases
Composition musical work/composition (Q105543609) form of creative work (P7937) dramatico-musical work (Q58483083), unfinished creative work (Q2910675), series of creative works (Q7725310), national anthem (Q23691), literary work (Q7725634), etc.
Track audio track (Q7302866), music video (Q193977) studio recording (Q15975575), movement (Q929848), re-recording (Q25203386), cover version (Q155171), concert film (Q430525)

Although to be subclasses, sometimes appears complementarly:

bonus track (Q430010), animated music video (Q64100970), title track (Q105107253)

  • Any audio or video recording of a single composition.
  • It could be a composition with parts (Moviments (Q929848), Acte (Q421744), Ària (Q178122), etc.), which they may have, in addition, its separate recording.
  • However, diferent compositions gathered in one recording, for instance, the vídeo with performance of a group concert , must be considered a "Release".
Release album (Q482994), extended play (Q169930), single (Q134556), or

video album (Q10590726) + form of creative work (P7937) = live video album (Q20089094)

distribution format (P437) box set (Q394970), musical hit (Q1997853), posthumous work (Q17518461), musical hit (Q1997853)
Group release album release (Q108352648), single release (Q108352496) or extended play release (Q108346556) reissue of (P9237) release group (Q108346082)
Non recorded performed music (Q106805967) Any kind of "track" or "release" (single, album,...) opera performance (Q11931373)première (Q204854)season premiere (Q29197)
  • Any live performance not recorded as a live video album (Q20089094), usually because was done before recording systems, as opera premiere, but not only.

Further actions

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1. Review and reconfigure items musical performance (Q6942562) and musical interpretation (Q1668139).
  • The english label seems to point to "play & sing act" in the first case; and the figurative interpretation of the composition by each interpreter in second one. However, the claims and WP articles linked doesn't match, or seems be exchanged to each other in some cases.
2. Make the changes derivated from above definitions
2.1 Person & Groups

To change P361 or P463, after deciding on the proposal:


2.2 Compositions

To change P31.

To clean wrong P31 together with "composition".

To review use of P361 & P179

To review use of P155 & P156


2.3 Tracks

2.4 Release

3.1 Anthem

Music used in film or TV

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