Bulk Communication of Work and Recording Metadata

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• 1 Introduction
• 2 Scope
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Organisation of the Document
• 3 Normative References
• 4 Terms and Abbreviations
  • 4.1 Terms and Definitions
  • 4.2 Abbreviations
• 5 Choreographies
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Bulk Feed Content
  • 5.3 Folder and File Naming Convention for Bulk Data Feed
• 6 Bulk Data Feed
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Technical Details
    • 6.2.1 Character Coding
    • 6.2.2 Delimiters
    • 6.2.3 Primitive Data Types
    • 6.2.4 Maximum Cell Size
    • 6.2.5 Communicating Decimals and Integers
  • 6.3 Manifest File
    • 6.3.1 Introduction
    • 6.3.2 ManifestHeaderRecord
    • 6.3.3 ManifestDataRecord
    • 6.3.4 ManifestFooterRecord
  • 6.4 Works File
  • 6.5 Alternative Work Titles File
  • 6.6 Proprietary Work Identifiers File
  • 6.7 Parties File
  • 6.8 Work Right Shares File
  • 6.9 Recordings File
  • 6.10 Alternative Recording Titles File
  • 6.11 Proprietary Recording Identifiers File
  • 6.12 Release File
  • 6.13 Proprietary Release Identifiers File
  • 6.14 Linking Works to Recordings File
  • 6.15 Unclaimed Work Right Share File
• 7 Allowed Value Sets
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 PartyRole
  • 7.3 RightsType
  • 7.4 RightShareType
  • 7.5 TerritoryCode
  • 7.6 TitleType
  • 7.7 UseType
• Annex A - Release notes

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• Sample files