Overview: Music libraries
Music library models connect works, recorded performances, releases, credits and associated media.
An album title, a recording and a musical work identify different parts of a music catalogue. Artist roles, disc structure and lyrics add further relationships around them. The branches below explain those distinctions so the library's grouping reflects what the files represent, rather than only matching their visible names.
Works, recordings, and releases
Works, recordings and releases distinguish the composition, captured performance and published edition of music.Albums and credits
Album organization uses artist roles, compilation relationships, disc numbering and detailed musical credits.Music video cataloguing
Music video cataloguing identifies an audiovisual production and relates it to music credits without equating it with the sound recording alone.Lyrics
Lyrics can accompany music as untimed text or as content associated with positions on the playback timeline.