MusicRelease

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A MusicRelease is a specific release of a music album.

Usage: Between 10 and 100 domains
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from MusicRelease
catalogNumber Text The catalog number for the release.
creditedTo Organization  or
Person 		The group the release is credited to if different than the byArtist. For example, Red and Blue is credited to "Stefani Germanotta Band", but by Lady Gaga.
duration Duration The duration of the item (movie, audio recording, event, etc.) in ISO 8601 date format.
musicReleaseFormat MusicReleaseFormatType Format of this release (the type of recording media used, ie. compact disc, digital media, LP, etc.).
recordLabel Organization The label that issued the release.
releaseOf MusicAlbum The album this is a release of.
Inverse property: albumRelease.
Properties from MusicPlaylist
numTracks Integer The number of tracks in this album or playlist.
track ItemList  or
MusicRecording 		A music recording (track)—usually a single song. If an ItemList is given, the list should contain items of type MusicRecording. Supersedes tracks.
Properties from CreativeWork
accessibilityAPI Text Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityControl Text Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityFeature Text Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
accessibilityHazard Text A characteristic of the described resource that is physiologically dangerous to some users. Related to WCAG 2.0 guideline 2.3 (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
aggregateRating AggregateRating The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
award Text An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
citation CreativeWork  or
Text 		A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
contributor Organization  or
Person 		A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
discussionUrl URL A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
educationalAlignment AlignmentObject An alignment to an established educational framework.
encoding MediaObject A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes encodings.
hasPart CreativeWork Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork.
Inverse property: isPartOf.
interactivityType Text The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
isBasedOn CreativeWork  or
Product  or
URL 		A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.
isPartOf CreativeWork Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of.
Inverse property: hasPart.
learningResourceType Text The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
mentions Thing Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
provider Organization  or
Person 		The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier.
publishingPrinciples URL Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
review Review A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
translator Organization  or
Person 		Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
version Number  or
Text 		The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
Properties from Thing
additionalType URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
image ImageObject  or
URL 		An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL 		Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.


Instances of MusicRelease may appear as values for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesDescription
albumRelease MusicAlbum A release of this album.
inverse property: releaseOf.

Available properties in extensions

Acknowledgement

This vocabulary was improved through collaboration with the MusicBrainz project (www.musicbrainz.org), and is partially inspired by the MusicBrainz and Music Ontology schemas.



Examples

Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
An example of possible JSON-LD for Let It Be by the Beatles.

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<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "@type": "MusicAlbum",
    "@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/bff544a7-56e0-3ed6-9e0f-3b676cca9111",
    "name": "Let It Be",
    "sameAs": [
        "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be",
        "http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199585"
    ],
    "image": "http://coverartarchive.org/release-group/bff544a7-56e0-3ed6-9e0f-3b676cca9111/front.jpg",
    "albumProductionType": "http://schema.org/StudioAlbum",
    "albumReleaseType": "http://schema.org/AlbumRelease",
    "genre": "rock",
    "byArtist": {
        "@type": "MusicGroup",
        "name": "The Beatles",
        "@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/artist/b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d"
    },
    "albumRelease": {
        "@type": "MusicRelease",
        "name": "Let It Be",
        "@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/release/8d5347a5-9ecb-44be-a213-860aaaf5d0b8"
    },
    track: {
	    "@type": "ItemList",
	    "numberOfItems": 12,
	    "itemListElement": [
		    {
		      "@type": "ListItem",
		      "position": 1,
		      "item": {
			      "@type": "MusicRecording",
			      "name": "Two Of Us"
		      }
		    },
		    {
		      "@type": "ListItem",
		      "position": 2,
		      "item": {
			      "@type": "MusicRecording",
			      "name": "Dig a Pony"
		      }
		    },
		    {
		      "@type": "ListItem",
		      "position": 3,
		      "item": {
			      "@type": "MusicRecording",
			      "name": "Across the Universe"
		      }
		    }
	    ]
    }
}
</script>
Example 2
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
An example of a single release of
the Beatles White Album, which was
released in the US and Canada on different dates.

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<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "http://schema.org",
    "@type": "MusicRelease",
    "name": "The Beatles",
    "alternateName": "White Album",
    "musicReleaseFormat": "http://schema.org/VinylFormat",
    "duration": "PT1H33M50S",
    "inLanguage": "EN",
    "recordLabel": {
        "@type": "Organization",
        "@id": "http://musicbrainz.org/label/cf7fc5cf-e011-4ef4-b511-cd0188537910",
        "name": "Apple Records"
    },
    "catalogNumber": "SWBO 101",
    "releasedEvent": [
        {
            "@type": "PublicationEvent",
            "startDate": "1968-11-22",
            "location": {
                "@type": "Country",
                "name": "Canada"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "PublicationEvent",
            "startDate": "1968-11-25",
            "location": {
                "@type": "Country",
                "name": "United States"
            }
        }
    ],
    "producer": [
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "George Martin"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Chris Thomas"
        }
    ]
}
</script>

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