1

RecordType

The Type of the Record; always to contain “RE04”

Fixed string

M

RE04

2

BlockId

The Identifier (specific to the Message) of the Block that this Record belongs to. All Records in a single Block shall have the same BlockId

String

M

7

3

ReleaseReference

The Identifier (specific to the Block) of the Record, that allows other Records to reference this Record. Within a Block, the ReleaseReference shall be unique across all Release Records. In the interest of keeping sales/usage reports as compact as possible, the ReleaseReference should typically be a short string, e.g. "1", "2", ...

String

M

15

4

DspReleaseId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Release assigned by the MessageSender

String

M

12345678

5

ProprietaryReleaseId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Release preceded by a namespace identifier in the syntax ns::id

Multiple String::String

O

myns::4534|ns2::4345

6

ReleaseCatalogNumber

The catalogue number of the Release assigned by the issuing record company

String

O

123456

7

ReleaseICPN

The ICPN used as proxy for identification of the Release. An ICPN comprises 12 or 13 digits, depending on whether it is an EAN (13) or a UPC (12). 14 character ICPNs are also permitted.

ReleaseICPN is mandatory when available to the MessageSender. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

String

C

12345678904321

8

ReleaseDisplayArtistName

The Name used by the DSP when presenting Artist details of the Release to a Consumer.

ReleaseDisplayArtistName shall be provided if available.

Information on DisplayArtistNames and DisplayArtists can be found on the DDEX Knowledge Base.

String

C

The Beatles

9

ReleaseDisplayArtistPartyId

The PartyId of the DisplayArtist

PartyID

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

10

ReleaseTitle

The Title of the Release as displayed to the consumer.

String

M

Beatles for Sale

11

ReleaseSubTitle

A Descriptor which is supplementary to, but not contained within, a ReleaseTitle

String

O

Live Version

12

ReleaseType

The form in which a ReleaseCreator anticipates offering the Release to Consumers.

AVS

O

Album

13

ReleaseLabelName

The Name of the Label for the Release.

String

O

Apple Records

14

ReleasePLine

The PLine for the Release

String

O

℗1970 Apple Records

15

DatProviderName

The Name of the company that provided the Release information to the MessageSender.

If the Licensee generated the data provided in this record, the DataProviderName shall contain the Name of the Licensee.

String

O

UMG

16

ReleaseDate

The date when the Release was first made available, whether for physical or electronic/online distribution.

ISO Date

O

1969-08-26

17

ReleaseDisplayArtistNameAsReceived

The ReleaseDisplayArtistName as received by the DSP.

The ReleaseDisplayArtistNameAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ReleaseDisplayArtistName reported in Cell 8.

Information on DisplayArtistNames and DisplayArtists can be found on the DDEX Knowledge Base (http://kb.ddex.net ).

Multiple String

C

Coldplay vs Swedish House Mafia

18

ReleaseDisplayArtistAsReceived

The  DisplayArtist information as received by the DSP.

Information on DisplayArtistNames and DisplayArtists can be found on the DDEX Knowledge Base (http://kb.ddex.net ).

Multiple String

 O

Coldplay|Swedish House Mafia

19

ReleaseTitleAsReceived

The ReleaseTitle as received by the DSP.

The ReleaseTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ReleaseTitle reported in Cell 10.

Multiple String

C 

Beatles for Sale

20

ReleaseSubTitleAsReceived

The ReleaseSubTitle as received by the DSP.

The ReleaseSubTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ReleaseSubTitle reported in Cell 11.

Multiple String

C

Live Version

21

AlternativeReleaseTitle

An alternative title of the Release

Multiple String

O

Beatles for Sale

22

AlternativeReleaseTitleAsReceived

The AlternativeReleaseTitle as received by the DSP.

The AlternativeReleaseTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the AlternativeReleaseTitle reported in Cell 21.

Multiple String

C 

Beatles for Sale