5.4.6 AS06 – Basic Sound Recording Record with Musical Work Details for communicating with The Mechanical Licensing Collective

This is the Record to describe sound recordings and music videos that have been used or sold individually or as part of a Release (with Musical Work Information) in accordance with the Basic Audio Profile to The Mechanical Licensing Collective. This specifically also includes music videos.

Cell Name

Field Definition

Data Type

M/O/C

Example

1

RecordType

The Type of the Record; always to contain “AS06”

Fixed string

M

AS06

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

ResourceReference

The Identifier (specific to the Block) of the Record, that allows other Records to reference this Record

String

M

15

4

DspResourceId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Resource assigned by the MessageSender

String

M

12345678

5

ResourceIsrc

The ISRC (International Standard Recording Code as defined in ISO 3901) for the SoundRecording. An ISRC comprises four parts: two characters, followed by three alphanumeric characters, then two digits and five digits.

Strings

C

USS1Z1412345

6

ResourceTitle

The Title of the SoundRecording as displayed to the consumer.

String

M

Bohemian Rhapsody

7

ResourceSubTitle

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

String

O

Live Version

8

ResourceDisplayArtistName

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

This must be provided when available and may be omitted if not available, especially in user-generated content scenarios.

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

String

C

Queen

9

ResourceDisplayArtistPartyId

The PartyId of the  DisplayArtist

PartyID

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

10

ResourceDuration

The Duration of the SoundRecording (using the ISO 8601:2004 PT[[hhH]mmM]ssS format, where lower case characters indicate variables, upper case characters are part of the string, e.g. one hour, two minutes and three seconds would be PT1H2M3S). The seconds section ss may include fractions (e.g. one minute and 30.5 seconds would be PT1M30.5S). 

The ResourceDuration shall be provided if available to the Message Sender.

ISO duration

C

PT1H2M3S

11

ResourceType

The Type of the Resource

AVS

M

SoundRecording

12

MusicalWorkIsrc

The ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code defined in ISO 15707) identifying the MusicalWork. An ISWC comprises three parts: the letter 'T', followed by nine digits and then one check digit. ISWCs have no dashes.

MusicalWorkISWC 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

T0030749586

13

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName

The Name of a Writer of the Musical Work used in creating the Resource.

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName 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”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName and MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

Johann Sebastian Bach

14

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the ComposerAuthor(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName and MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId can be provided for each ComposerAuthor.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

15

MusicalWorkArrangerName

The Name of an Arranger of the Musical Work used in creating the Resource.

MusicalWorkArrangerName 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”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkArrangerName and MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

August Wilhelmj

16

MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the Arranger(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkArrangerName and MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId can be provided for each Arranger.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

17

MusicPublisherName

The Name of the MusicPublisher(s) of the Musical Work for the relevant Territory.

MusicPublisherName 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”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicPublisherName and MusicPublisherPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

UMP

18

MusicPublisherPartyId

The PartyID(s) of the MusicPublisher(s).

The order of the individual strings in MusicPublisherName and MusicPublisherPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicPublisherPartyId can be provided for each MusicPublisher.

Multiple PartyID

O

ISNI::00000000111111111

19

MusicalWorkContributionName

The Name of a  contributor of the Work. This Cell shall only be used if the Message Sender does not know whether the contributor is a ComposerAuthor or an Arranger, or if the contributor played a role other than a ComposerAuthor or Arranger. 

MusicalWorkContributorName is mandatory when available to the MessageSender unless the contributor has already been included as a  ComposerAuthor,  Arranger or MusicPublisher. 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”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkContributorName and MusicalWorkContributorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

UMP

20

MusicalWorkContributorPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the WorkContributor(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkContributorName and MusicalWorkContributorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicalWorkContributorPartyId can be provided for each MusicalWorkContributor.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

21

ProprietaryMusicalWorkId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Musical Work, preceded by a namespace identifier in the syntax ns::id

Multiple String::String

O

myns::4534

22

IsMasterRecording

A flag indicating if the Sound Recording is a "master recording" or not.

IsMasterRecording could be used if, for example, a DSP has to report usage of a sound recording that was uploaded by a user but which is not based on a master recording for which the DSP has received a claim from a record company, the DSP needs to create its own sound recording to meet the structural requirements of the DSR standard. However, the DSP also needs to alert the works licensor to not not try to match this sound recording to any other sound recording it may have received from other DSPs as the only purpose of this sound recording is to carry the work information.

Boolean

O

true

23

IsSubjectToOwnershipConflict

A flag indicating whether the Sound Recording described is, in the view of the Message Sender, subject to an ownership conflict. Such a conflict might be detected while generating the sales/usage report, which may (or may not) be the last day of the reporting period.

Boolean

O

false

24

LastConflictCheck

The date that provides the most recent record the Message Sender has in its system that tells them whether the Sound Recording is in conflict or not. 

This date may only be provided if IsSubjectToOwnershipConflict is set to true.

ISO Date

C

2020-07-01

25

ResourceStudioProducerName

The Name of the Party who directs, and has overall creative and technical oversight of, the entire recording project and the individual recording sessions that are a part of the project. The StudioProducer participates in and/or supervises the recording session and works directly with the Artist, Musicians and Engineers.

The order of the individual strings in ResourceStudioProducerName and ResourceStudioProducerPartyId shall be the same so that the Message Recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple string

O

Alan Parsons

26

ResourceStudioProducerPartyId

The PartyId of the StudioProducer.

The order of the individual strings in ResourceStudioProducerName and ResourceStudioProducerPartyId shall be the same so that the Message Recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly. Only one ResourceStudioProducerPartyId may be provided for each ResourceStudioProducerName.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

27

AlternativeResourceTitle

An alternative title of the Resource.

Multiple Strings

O

Mad4You|Mad 4 You

28

MusicalWorkTitle

The ReferenceTitle of the Musical Work.

The MusicalWorkTitle shall only be provided if it differs from the ResourceTitle.

String

C

Bohemian Rhapsody

29

MusicalWorkSubTitle

A Descriptor which is supplementary to, but not contained within, the MusicalWorkTitle.

String

O

Piano version

30

ResourceTitleAsReceived

The Title of the Resource as received by the DSP.

The ResourceTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ResourceTitle reported in Cell 6.

Multiple String

Bohemian Rhapsody

31

ResourceSubTitleAsReceived

The SubTitle of the Resource as received by the DSP.

The ResourceSubTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ResourceSubTitle reported in Cell 7.

 

Multiple String

C

Live Version

32

AlternativeResourceTItleAsReceived

The AlternativeResourceTitle as received by the DSP.

The AlternativeResourceTitleAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the AlternativeResourceTitle reported in Cell 27.

Multiple Strings

C

Mad4You|Mad 4 You

33

ResourceDisplayArtistNameAsReceived

The ResourceDisplayArtistName as received by the DSP.

The DisplayArtistNameAsReceived shall only be provided if it differs from the ResourceDisplayArtistName 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

34

ResourceDisplayArtistAsReceived

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

C

Coldplay vs Swedish House Mafia

35

AlternativeMusicalWorkTitle

An alternative Title of the MusicalWork.

Multiple Strings

O

Mad4You|Mad 4 You

36

ResourceIngestionDate

The date when the Resource was initially received by the DSP and when it has been ingested into its systems.

One of ResourceIngestionDate, EstimatedResourceIngestionDate, ResourceAvailabilityDate and ResourceEstimatedAvailabilityDate shall be provided.

ISO Date

C

2020-01-17

37

EstimatedResourceIngestionDate

An estimation of the date when the Resource was initially received by the DSP and when it has been ingested into its systems.

One of ResourceReceptionDate, EstimatedResourceReceptionDate, ResourceAvailabilityDate and ResourceEstimatedAvailabilityDate shall be provided.

ISO Date

C

2020-01-30

38

ResourceAvailabilityDate

The date when the Resource was initially made available to consumers by the DSP.

One of ResourceReceptionDate, EstimatedResourceReceptionDate, ResourceAvailabilityDate and ResourceEstimatedAvailabilityDate shall be provided.

ISO Date

C

2020-01-17

39

EstimatedResourceAvailabilityDate

An estimation of the date when the Resource was initially made available to consumers by the DSP.

One of ResourceReceptionDate, EstimatedResourceReceptionDate, ResourceAvailabilityDate and ResourceEstimatedAvailabilityDate shall be provided.

ISO Date

C

2020-01-30