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Musicbrainz Artist Structure

Hierarchical field map for the MusicBrainz Artist JSON object.

Type: object Properties: 0
MusicMetadataEncyclopediaOpen DataCatalogIdentifiersISRCISWCMBIDDiscIDArtistsReleasesRecordingsWorksLabelsCover ArtOpen-SourceNon-Profit

Musicbrainz Artist Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by MusicBrainz.

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{
  "title": "MusicBrainz Artist Structure",
  "description": "Hierarchical field map for the MusicBrainz Artist JSON object.",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": [
    {"name": "id", "type": "string", "format": "uuid", "description": "MusicBrainz Identifier (MBID)."},
    {"name": "name", "type": "string", "description": "Primary display name."},
    {"name": "sort-name", "type": "string", "description": "Sortable form of the name."},
    {"name": "type", "type": "string", "enum": ["Person", "Group", "Orchestra", "Choir", "Character", "Other"]},
    {"name": "type-id", "type": "string", "format": "uuid"},
    {"name": "gender", "type": "string", "enum": ["Male", "Female", "Other", "Not applicable"]},
    {"name": "gender-id", "type": "string", "format": "uuid"},
    {"name": "country", "type": "string", "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code."},
    {"name": "disambiguation", "type": "string", "description": "Short distinguishing comment."},
    {"name": "isnis", "type": "array", "items": "string", "description": "ISO 27729 ISNI codes."},
    {"name": "ipis", "type": "array", "items": "string", "description": "CISAC IPI codes."},
    {
      "name": "area",
      "type": "object",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "id", "type": "string"},
        {"name": "name", "type": "string"},
        {"name": "sort-name", "type": "string"},
        {"name": "type", "type": "string"},
        {"name": "iso-3166-1-codes", "type": "array", "items": "string"}
      ]
    },
    {"name": "begin-area", "type": "object", "description": "Area where the artist originated."},
    {"name": "end-area", "type": "object", "description": "Area where the artist ended."},
    {
      "name": "life-span",
      "type": "object",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "begin", "type": "string", "description": "Year, year-month, or ISO date."},
        {"name": "end", "type": "string"},
        {"name": "ended", "type": "boolean"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "aliases",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "fields": [
          {"name": "name", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "sort-name", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "locale", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "type", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "primary", "type": "boolean"},
          {"name": "begin", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "end", "type": "string"}
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "tags",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "fields": [
          {"name": "name", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "count", "type": "integer"}
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "rating",
      "type": "object",
      "fields": [
        {"name": "value", "type": "number", "range": [0, 5]},
        {"name": "votes-count", "type": "integer"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "relations",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "fields": [
          {"name": "type", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "type-id", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "direction", "type": "string", "enum": ["forward", "backward"]},
          {"name": "target-type", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "attributes", "type": "array", "items": "string"},
          {"name": "begin", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "end", "type": "string"},
          {"name": "ended", "type": "boolean"}
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

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