Wikidata:WikiProject Music/2022 review proposal

Hi, after severals talks with @Moebeus, (in the project talk page and this one, now closed), I propose a list of changes to apply in the descriptions of project. Some of them are to upgrade or clarify the current text. Additionaly, I also include new aspects not considered until now in the project that produced to me doubts about how to proceed with them. Fortunately, most of them have been answered by Moebeus and we only need to document and share with project participants.

To make it easier to understand the relationships between entities, I have prepared a graph that, once revised, could be part of the documentation.

Finally, I apport a list of further actions to do in the WD content in order to align or to fix the present information with the new schema.

Sections

1. In "Overview section"

PRESENT VERSION

Note that most items do not yet use such a specific ontology as described in this table. In particular, items about songs are likely to be about both the composition and track; items about singles are likely to conflate the single release and the track; and items about albums may also include identifiers for individual versions of the album.

• Artists are grouped into humans, fictional characters and ensembles (musical groups). Ensembles should have one or more members (real or fictional).
• Compositions comprise the abstract musical creative works which form the basis for performances and audio recordings/tracks.
• Tracks comprise individual audio and video entities, such as tracks on a CD and music videos.
• Releases comprise any publications of recorded audio or video, such as studio albums, compilation albums, EPs, mixtapes and singles. These may have editions, particular versions which differ in some way. Releases usually contain one or more tracks.
• Labels comprise the brands and companies directly associated with releases.

If a Wikipedia article is about a single with only one track, or mainly discusses one track of that single, then it should be connected to the item about the composition. Otherwise, it should be connected to the item about the release.

NEW VERSION

Note that most items do not yet use such a specific ontology as described in this table. In particular, items about songs are likely to be about both the composition and track; items about singles are likely to conflate the single release and the track; and items about albums may also include identifiers for individual versions of the album.

• Artists are grouped into humans, fictional characters and ensembles (musical groups). Ensembles should have one or more members (real or fictional).
• Compositions comprise the abstract musical creative works which form the basis for performances and audio or video recordings/tracks. Not to be confused with its performance. When a new version of a composition is made or arranged by the composer or a performer, a new composition must be created.
• Tracks comprise individual audio and video recording entities., such as tracks on a CD and music videos There is a track for each different recorded performance of a composition. That is, for each performer, version or performance of which there is a recording, we may have a specific track.
• Unrecorded performances includes those live performances at concerts, music festivals, operas, etc. which have not been recorded, but which are part of an event and the repertoire of an artist.
• Releases comprise any publications of recorded audio or video, such as studio albums, compilation albums, EPs, mixtapes and singles. These may have editions, particular versions which differ in some way. Releases usually contain one or more "tracks".
• Group release Any release may have one or more "versioned releases" of it, with the same list of tracks, but different distribution format, cover, re-edition, etc.

• Labels comprise the brands and companies directly associated with releases.

If a Wikipedia article is about a single with only one track, or mainly discusses one track of that single, then it should be connected to the item about the composition. Otherwise, it should be connected to the item about the release.

2. In person & group sections

• Define clearly which property to use for person in a music group: member of (P463) or part of (P361). I propose P361, because is the inverse property of P527, which is the only option for group item to list its components.
• Add property critical catalogue (P9969), specially applicable to classical music.

3. In composition section

• Exchange P31 = musical work (Q2188189) to musical work/composition (Q105543609). It's more accurate and because the composition identificators claims were already moved from the Q2188189 to Q105543609.
• Do not suggest to use its subclasses (song (Q7366), concerto (Q9748), etc.). Instead, add property form of creative work (P7937) (see https://w.wiki/5Q86 for values used)
• Improve definition to avoid overlapping or missuse among part of the series (P179), part of (P361) and catalog (P972) :
  • When a composition is included in a catalog we must use catalog code (P528) + catalog (P972) instead of part of the series (P179) or part of (P361)
    • Missuse example: the +600 items with P361=The Online Thematic Catalogue of Lully Keyboard Arrangements (Q106828565).
    • They are not incompatible among them, but P179 and P361 should be used for the purposes described below.
  • part of (P361). To be used when a musical work/composition is part of another musical work/composition. For instance
    • aria (Q178122) >> Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Q2603520) is part of La traviata (Q186162)
    • Elements of song cycle (Q893466) >> Was weinst du, Blümlein (Q110420090) is a lieder part of 6 Lieder aus Jucunde, Op. 23 (Q97192858)
    • movement (Q929848) >> 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace (Q19371593) is part of Symphony No. 7 (Q260957)
    • Gnossienne #7 (Q110185097) is included as a part of (P361) Le Fils des étoiles (Q24965399) and Trois morceaux en forme de poire (Q3540015)
  • part of the series (P179). It is used to indicate that the composition is part of a group for reasons of classification, categorization, etc., whether it has been done by the author or by a later criterion.
    • It may have qualifier: series ordinal (P1545), follows (P155), followed by (P156).
    • The P31 of the serie item should be musical series (Q24992028). Applying this criterion may require review and changing some "series" identified now as P31 = cycle (Q245596).
    • Examples: pieces with P179= 8 Concert Studies (Q56480716), Organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach (Q362619), or Gnossiennes (Q2602501), which includes the Gnossienne #7 (Q110185097) that is also " part of" composition, as may see above.
• There are large group of items with mixed information: musical work/composition (Q105543609) & incompatibles P31, as released. It must be corrected.

3.1 Special case Anthems.

national anthem (Q23691) are a compositions that represents a country or sovereign state (or regional). One composition may be shared by several countries and may change along time. Therefore, as Moebeus suggested in the project talk page, the information on the anthem-territories where used relationship and its chronology, should be in the item of the country/region/etc. instead of being properties of the anthem items. Actually, I check that information in country items are richer than in anthem compositions (and not allways the same)

So, the pourpose is to do not use information about P17, P155, P156 in anthem item and get this information via backlink (as in https://w.wiki/5KaC).

4. In tracks section

• Add property recording date (P10135), recently created.
• Add property recording or performance of (P2550), the link to composition.

5. New "Release Group"

• Any release -described in 5. section- may have one or more "versioned releases" of it, with different format, re-edition, etc.
• This new entity allows to handle these album release (Q108352648), single release (Q108352496) and extended play release (Q108346556), which are linked to the original release through the release of (P9831).

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
title	P1476	Monolingual text	original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work	The Dark Side of the Moon <title> The Dark Side of the Moon	-
form of creative work	P7937	Item	form of art, album type, musical form, type of musical work/composition and form of creative work: structure of a creative work	The Dark Side of the Moon <form of creative work> studio album	-
performer	P175	Item	performing artist, music artist, musician, musical group, musical ensemble, singer, various artists, actor, artist, actress, by performer and voice actor: Release- or track artist. To list individual contributors, see contributor to the creative work or subject (P767).	The Dark Side of the Moon <performer> Pink Floyd	character role
contributor to the creative work or subject	P767	Item	contributor, session musician and coauthor: Use contributor to the creative work or subject (P767) to list all contributing musicians with instrument (P1303) as a qualifier to say which instrument each musician played on that recording.	The Dark Side of the Moon <contributor to the creative work or subject> Alan Parsons	contributed to creative work
genre	P136	Item	genre and by genre: creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topic	The Dark Side of the Moon <genre> progressive rock	-
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))	The Dark Side of the Moon <language of work or name> English	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	The Dark Side of the Moon <publication date> 10 March 1973	-
producer	P162	Item	producer: person(s) who produced the film, musical work, theatrical production, etc. (for film, this does not include executive producers, associate producers, etc.) [for production company, use P272, video games - use P178]	The Dark Side of the Moon <producer> Pink Floyd	-
record label	P264	Item	record label: brand and trademark associated with the marketing of subject music recordings and music videos	The Dark Side of the Moon <record label> Harvest	-
recorded at studio or venue	P483	Item	recording studio and recording session: studio or location where a musical composition/release was recorded	The Dark Side of the Moon <recorded at studio or venue> Abbey Road Studios	-
cover art by	P736	Item	cover artist: name of person or team creating cover artwork for book, record album, single record etc.	The Dark Side of the Moon <cover art by> Hipgnosis	-
has characteristic	P1552	Item	quality: inherent or distinguishing quality or feature of the entity. Use a more specific property when possible.	The Dark Side of the Moon <has characteristic> concept album	-
review score	P444	String	assessment: review score received by a creative work or other entity	The Dark Side of the Moon <review score> 5	-
charted in	P2291	Item	record chart: chart where the element reached a position	Kiitos ei ole kirosana <charted in> Official Finnish Album Charts	-
units sold	P2664	Quantity	sales figures of an object	Samsung Galaxy S4 <units sold> 6,000,000	-
working title	P1638	Monolingual text	working title: temporary name of a product or project used during its development	The Dark Side of the Moon <working title> Eclipse (English)	-
AllMusic album ID	P1729	External identifier	identifier for an album in AllMusic database	The Dark Side of the Moon <AllMusic album ID> mw0000191308	-
Discogs master ID	P1954	External identifier	identifier for a musical work in the Discogs database	The Dark Side of the Moon <Discogs master ID> 10362	-
MusicBrainz release group ID	P436	External identifier	identifier for a release group per the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia (album, single, etc.)	The Dark Side of the Moon <MusicBrainz release group ID> f5093c06-23e3-404f-aeaa-40f72885ee3a	-
Rate Your Music release ID	P8392	External identifier	identifier for a music release on Rate Your Music site	The Dark Side of the Moon <Rate Your Music release ID> album/pink-floyd/the-dark-side-of-the-moon	-

6. In release section

• Define clearly the meaning and use of release of (P9831). >>> See. section 6. "Release Group"
• Define which must be the qualifier of tracklist (P658) to fit the "track number". Now are a mix of series ordinal (P1545), or object has role (P3831), or both.
• Change follows (P155), followed by (P156) to be qualifier of part of the series (P179)
• Add the "videos of live concerts" case, a release that is not a collection of tracks, but just one recording with several musical performance (Q6942562). It would contains:
  ⟨ subject ⟩ instance of (P31) ⟨ video album (Q10590726)    ⟩
  +
  ⟨ subject ⟩ form of creative work (P7937) ⟨ live video album (Q20089094)    ⟩
  + optionally, one
  ⟨ subject ⟩ setlist (P9793) ⟨ musical performance (Q6942562)    ⟩
  played within the vídeo, as happen in events (see ex.: 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (Q643937)).
• Should composer (P86) & lyrics by (P676) be in release items ?. It seems a redundancy to avoid get from composition (two steps away). In case of accept a redundancy, could be better at track level

* In release items with

⟨ subject ⟩ form of creative work (P7937) ⟨ soundtrack album (Q4176708)    ⟩

, would interest to have the associated movie. However, there is not inverse property for soundtrack release (P406) which link movie with its music. Following the solution done in several albums, we may propose to used music created for (P9899).

 Comment There is no need for an inverse property of soundtrack release (P406), inverse properties are what we are trying to avoid. Moebeus (talk) 21:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
release of	P9831	Item	musical release: release group this release belongs to	The Dark Side of the Moon <release of> The Dark Side of the Moon	-
title	P1476	Monolingual text	original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work	The Dark Side of the Moon <title> The Dark Side of the Moon	-
performer	P175	Item	performing artist, music artist, musician, musical group, musical ensemble, singer, various artists, actor, artist, actress, by performer and voice actor: actor, musician, band or other performer associated with this role or musical work	The Dark Side of the Moon <performer> Pink Floyd	character role
record label	P264	Item	record label: brand and trademark associated with the marketing of subject music recordings and music videos	The Dark Side of the Moon <record label> Harvest	-
distributed by	P750	Item	media distributor: distributor of a creative work; distributor for a record label; news agency; film distributor	The Dark Side of the Moon <distributed by> The Gramophone Co. Ltd.	-
place of publication	P291	Item	place of publication and place of first publication: geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works)	The Dark Side of the Moon <place of publication> United Kingdom	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	The Dark Side of the Moon <publication date> 24 March 1973	-
catalog code	P528	String	catalogue: catalog name of an object, use with qualifier P972	The Dark Side of the Moon <catalog code> SHVL 804	-
number of parts of this work	P2635	Quantity	part of a work: the number of parts that a work comprises	The Dark Side of the Moon <number of parts of this work> 10 audio track	-
tracklist	P658	Item	tracklist: audio tracks contained in this release	The Dark Side of the Moon <tracklist> Speak to Me, Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage and Eclipse	-
distribution format	P437	Item	method (or type) of distribution for the subject	The Dark Side of the Moon <distribution format> 33 RPM 12" vinyl	-
has characteristic	P1552	Item	quality: inherent or distinguishing quality or feature of the entity. Use a more specific property when possible.	The Dark Side of the Moon <has characteristic> stereo	-
cover art by	P736	Item	cover artist: name of person or team creating cover artwork for book, record album, single record etc.	The Dark Side of the Moon <cover art by> George Hardie	-
Discogs release ID	P2206	External identifier	identifier for a musical work (release) in the Discogs database, if there is no master ID (P1954)	The Dark Side of the Moon <Discogs release ID> 1873013	-
MusicBrainz release ID	P5813	External identifier	identifier for a release in the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia (edition)	The Dark Side of the Moon <MusicBrainz release ID> b84ee12a-09ef-421b-82de-0441a926375b	-
Rate Your Music release ID	P8392	External identifier	identifier for a music release on Rate Your Music site	The Dark Side of the Moon <Rate Your Music release ID> album/pink-floyd/the-dark-side-of-the-moon.p	-
AllMusic release ID	P6110	External identifier	identifier for a release (an edition of an album) in the AllMusic database	The Dark Side of the Moon <AllMusic release ID> N/A	-

7. New "Unrecorded performance"

• It includes ancient performed that were not recorded, live performance in any kind of event, festival, etc.
• As a performance of composition, its structure is similar to a track, but without properties related with the recording.
• It may be a part of a setlist (P9793) of a musical performance (Q6942562) event, but it cannot be a part of tracklist (P658) in a recorded release (àlbum, single, etc.). Ex.:YMG (Q106806280); Super Bowl LIII halftime show (Q56289826)
• These properties may apply to items with instance of (P31) of performed music (Q106805967) or their subclasses.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
genre	P136	Item	genre and by genre: creative work's genre or an artist's field of work (P101). Use main subject (P921) to relate creative works to their topic	Night Train <genre> blues	-
part of the series	P179	Item	series, series of creative works, event sequence, book series, painting series and video game series: series which contains the subject	Brown Sugar <part of the series> The Rolling Stones European Tour 1970	-
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))	Poland Is Not Yet Lost <language of work or name> Polish	-
producer	P162	Item	producer: person(s) who produced the film, musical work, theatrical production, etc. (for film, this does not include executive producers, associate producers, etc.) [for production company, use P272, video games - use P178]	Wuthering Heights <producer> Andrew Powell	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	Trout Quintet <publication date> 7 December 1820	-
tonality	P826	Item	key and tonality: key of a musical composition	Piano Sonata No. 31 <tonality> A-flat major	-
charted in	P2291	Item	record chart: chart where the element reached a position	Ei Eerika pääse taivaaseen <charted in> Suomen virallinen lista - Latauslista	-
instrumentation	P870	Item	instrumentation: combination of musical instruments employed in a composition or accompanying a (folk) dance	Cello Sonata <instrumentation> cello	-
modified version of	P5059	Item	arrangement and arrangement on a work of the public domain: indicates the work or one of its versions which served as a basis for the adaptation or arrangement resulting in the given version of the work	Without Me <modified version of> Without Me	-
based on	P144	Item	based on: the work(s) used as the basis for subject item	Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen <based on> Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12	derivative work
adapted by	P5202	Item	music arranger and adaptation: person responsible for the arrangement or adaptation resulting in this version of the original work	Cello Sonata <adapted by> Jules Delsart	-
recording or performance of	P2550	Item	audio recording: item is a recording or release of this composition	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da <recording or performance of> Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	-

Type of item summary

Type	P31/P279*	Avoid overlap P31 with	Complementary P31	Cases
Composition	musical work/composition (Q105543609)	form of creative work (P7937)	dramatico-musical work (Q58483083), unfinished creative work (Q2910675), series of creative works (Q7725310), national anthem (Q23691), literary work (Q7725634), etc.	Any original music composition, optionally with lyrics Any based on another composition with modified version of or adapted by or even a new lyrics by
Track	audio track (Q7302866), music video (Q193977)	musical work/composition (Q105543609) Any kind of "release" (single, album,...)	studio recording (Q15975575), movement (Q929848), re-recording (Q25203386), cover version (Q155171), concert film (Q430525) Although to be subclasses, sometimes appears complementarly: bonus track (Q430010), animated music video (Q64100970), title track (Q105107253)	Any audio or video recording of a single composition. It could be a composition with parts (Moviments (Q929848), Acte (Q421744), Ària (Q178122), etc.), which they may have, in addition, its separate recording. However, diferent compositions gathered in one recording, for instance, the vídeo with performance of a group concert , must be considered a "Release".
Release	album (Q482994), extended play (Q169930), single (Q134556), or video album (Q10590726) + form of creative work (P7937) = live video album (Q20089094)	distribution format (P437)	box set (Q394970), musical hit (Q1997853), posthumous work (Q17518461), musical hit (Q1997853)	Any combination of "tracks" to produce an specific "release" whatever being the output format (vinyl record (Q178588), compact disc (Q34467), music streaming (Q15982450), etc..)
Group release	album release (Q108352648), single release (Q108352496) or extended play release (Q108346556)	reissue of (P9237)	release group (Q108346082)	Any combination of "tracks" to produce an specific "release" whatever being the output format (vinyl record (Q178588), compact disc (Q34467), music streaming (Q15982450), etc..)
Non recorded	performed music (Q106805967)	Any kind of "track" or "release" (single, album,...)	opera performance (Q11931373)première (Q204854)season premiere (Q29197)	Any live performance not recorded as a live video album (Q20089094), usually because was done before recording systems, as opera premiere, but not only.

Further actions

1. Review and reconfigure items musical performance (Q6942562) and musical interpretation (Q1668139).

• The english label seems to point to "play & sing act" in the first case; and the figurative interpretation of the composition by each interpreter in second one. However, the claims and WP articles linked doesn't match, or seems be exchanged to each other in some cases.

2. Make the changes derivated from above definitions

2.1 Person & Groups

To change P361 or P463, after deciding on the proposal:

• https://w.wiki/5BuJ (2.516). Persons with part of (P361) = member of (P463). It allows to delete easily the values rejected in the proposed decission.
• https://w.wiki/5Bvv (2.324). Persons with part of (P361) & without member of (P463). If proposed decission is to use P361 for groups, any value different should be moved to P463.
• https://w.wiki/5Bvu (21.311). Persons with member of (P463) different of musical group (Q215380) and subclasses, & without part of (P361). If proposed decission is to use P463 for groups, the values in the list should be moved to P361.

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2.2 Compositions

To change P31.

• https://w.wiki/5C4F (804). List to exchange P31 = musical work (Q2188189) to musical work/composition (Q105543609). We need to manage exceptions when it's not really a composition, but a track. Usually P31 = single (Q134556) or audio track (Q7302866)

To clean wrong P31 together with "composition".

• https://w.wiki/5CDU Breakdown of other P31 accompanying musical composition.
  • https://w.wiki/5CFE (2.675). List of P31 = musical work/composition (Q105543609), together with any other P31.
  • https://w.wiki/5CF8 (943). P31 = musical work/composition (Q105543609), together with incompatible P31. Delete those that P31 that doesn't correspond with the claims.

To review use of P361 & P179

• https://w.wiki/5FHi (Compositions with P179)
• https://w.wiki/5EU4 Compositions with P361 that are not a composition

To review use of P155 & P156

• https://w.wiki/5G6U compositions with P155/P156 and without P179 nor P361

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2.3 Tracks

• https://w.wiki/57k9. Breakdown of P31 from items with recording or performance of (P2550) . It is, tracks or non-recorded performance.
  • https://w.wiki/5D9n (152). List of P31 = tracks or non-recorded performance, together with any other P31

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2.4 Release

• P31 to be analize in "release" items (album (Q482994), extended play (Q169930), single (Q134556), or video album (Q10590726) + form of creative work (P7937) = live video album (Q20089094)). It allows to detect non compatible P31, for instance, items with double level of P31: composition & release, groups & release, etc.
• https://w.wiki/5JCg items with P9831, showing the P31 of pointed by P9831.
  

3.1 Anthem

• https://w.wiki/5KsA Others P31 claims together with anthem.  Reviewed. 2022.06.22
• https://w.wiki/5LKb List of anthem item (P31=Anthem>> wd:Q23691 wd:Q1802243 wd:Q484692 wd:Q48727903 wd:Q541947 wd:Q1137588 ) comparing its P17 with the countries that have this anthem in its P58
• https://w.wiki/5Ks4 For a list of anthem, it shows the start-end dates for the anthem and for the country which use it.
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Amadalvarez/dashboard/album Dashboard for album content
• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Amadalvarez/dashboard/composicio Dashboard for composition content
  

Music used in film or TV

• Add property featured track(s) (P10664), recently created.
• soundtrack release (P406)