On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, SwissChris <swissch...@gmail.com> wrote: > There seem to be several unresolved questions here we should try to address > separately: > > 1. How does "as on cover" (on track/release level) ideally translate into > NGS structures? > For an album by artist Foo with a track Quux featuring artist Bar: > A) [track] Quux (feat. Bar) [Artist Credit] Foo (as we had pre-NGS) or > B) [track] Quux [Artist Credit] Foo feat. Bar (using the NGS multiple artist > feature, with the link phrase exactly "as on cover") ?
I like B, personally. Makes things simpler, too. Of course, it involves some "normalising" and it might be not liked by everyone :/ > 2. How should the featured artists ideally be treated on the (normalized) > recording level? > Assuming there is consensus that "feat."-information should not be part of > the title field at recording level: > A) [Artist Credit] Foo & Bar (as by default) > B) [Artist Credit] Foo feat. Bar (assuming "feat." has a specific different > meaning, not to be normalized to "&") B, it's not an exact collab. > 3. Do we want/need a delay on application of (part of) these ideal rules, > once agreed upon, because of the ws/1 issue? I don't think so but have no strong opinion on the matter. > 4. Do any or all of the above rules apply only to the exact wording "feat." > (or featuring, features) or would it also affect (how?) other link terms (in > other languages) like "with", "en duo avec", "con" THIS is the hardest part. I would see "en duo avec" as a clear "&" myself, but with / con / avec / -ga are more debatable… > The guideline should IMO reflect the "ideal" regulations, with a warning box > for not yet to be used features because of ws/1 compatibility issues, which > could be removed (without further debate) when it's no longer used. > Chris/chabreyflint > > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style > -- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
