I think JW has identified the crucial difference between the pop music idea of "compilation" and Sebastian's idea of "Recording parts relations", namely the difference between: a. One long recording presenting multiple short complete Works b. Multiple short recordings presenting pieces of one long Work
jw wrote > > This is a very interesting problem indeed, because technically both ARs > describe the same thing (multiple recordings appear one after another in > another recording, completely unaltered = no crossover mix), while > semantically they are different. To summarize: > > 1. In pop music, works (= songs) are usually short, and we often have > multiple works in one recording.... > > 2. In classical music and for audiobooks/audioplays works are usually > much longer than CD tracks, so works are split into multiple tracks.... > The compilation AR would be > technically correct, but not semantically, since a newly created > standalone recording would not be the compilation of multiple distinct > works. > I'm not satisfied that this discussion has worked out the relationship between the ideas of recordings, works, and compilations yet. I'm also not satisfied that the value of this change to MusicBrainz contributors and users is clear enough. Nor is the list of changes which would be required in MusicBrainz software in order to deliver this value. I am in favour of continuing to think this proposal through, and explaining it better in the proposal text, before we let it out of RFC status. That's why I'm not giving a +1 yet. I realise that my own RFC-339 proposal is encountering similar difficulty. I sympathise. But not all proposals are simple or easy. -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz-mailing-lists.2986109.n2.nabble.com/RFC-341-CSG-Recording-parts-Relations-tp7006175p7092685.html Sent from the Style discussions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
