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BOWI = Best Open Work Identifier BOWI is an alternative to the ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code). It serves as a unique identifier for identifying musical compositions and other creative works.
Why is it important to have identifiers?
Having identifiers for artists, recordings, and musical works is crucial for several reasons: Uniqueness: Identifiers ensure that each artist, recording, and musical work has a unique and distinguishable reference. This helps avoid confusion and ...
What is the value of having an ISNI?
Having identifiers for artists, recordings, and musical works is crucial for several reasons: Uniqueness: Identifiers ensure that each artist, recording, and musical work has a unique and distinguishable reference. This helps avoid confusion and ...
ISRC, ICPN, ISNI: External IDs and product codes
We attach at least one unique alphanumeric identifier to every musical entity in our database. These include our own Luminate IDs, industry-standard codes like ISRC and ISNI, platform/provider IDs and codes from various music databases. CONNECT ...
Methodology 101: How Luminate collects, models and measures music data
Luminate tracks music consumption activity. We do this by ingesting reported activity from thousands of data sources. We use that data to construct and maintain a musical entity database. This allows us to attach metadata and activity to artists, ...
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