Bulk Communication of Work and Recording Metadata

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• 1 Introduction
• 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 Content of a BWARM data feed
  • 5.3 Folder and file naming convention for a BWARM data feed
  • 5.4 Naming convention for a BWARM manifest file
• 6 BWARM data feed
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Technical Details
    • 6.2.1 Baseline format
    • 6.2.2 Character coding
    • 6.2.3 Delimiters
    • 6.2.4 Primitive data types
    • 6.2.5 Empty Records
    • 6.2.6 Empty Cells
    • 6.2.7 Communicating decimals and integers
    • 6.2.8 Maximum Cell size
    • 6.2.9 Allowed-value sets
    • 6.2.10 User defined values
    • 6.2.11 Referencing Records
    • 6.2.12 Aiding human readability
  • 6.3 Manifest File
    • 6.3.1 Introduction
    • 6.3.2 Manifest Header Record
    • 6.3.3 Manifest Data Record
    • 6.3.4 Manifest Footer Record
  • 6.4 Musical works file
  • 6.5 Alternative musical work titles file
  • 6.6 Proprietary musical work identifiers file
  • 6.7 Parties file
  • 6.8 Musical work right shares file
  • 6.9 Resources file
  • 6.10 Alternative resource titles file
  • 6.11 Proprietary resource identifiers file
  • 6.12 Releases file
  • 6.13 Proprietary release identifiers file
  • 6.14 Links between musical works and resources file
  • 6.15 Unclaimed musical work right shares file
  • 6.16 Unmatched resources file
• Annex A - Release notes

Other resources

• PDF version of this standard (PDF)

• Data dictionary for the message structure

• Allowed Value Sets data dictionary

• Sample files (ZIP)