update on MB/lastfm from MB mini-summit in january 2012

- derstatist said...
- User
- 31 Jan 2012, 14:30
update on MB/lastfm from MB mini-summit in january 2012

http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_Summit/2012_Mini-Summit/Notes
last.fm update
Last.fm have previously had a script that synced artist names to MBIDs, but this got lost in various staff switch-overs. However, it’s finally been resurrected, and greatly improved! Coverage is rapidly going up for artist, release and recording MBIDs.
Currently they can only sync a single MBID per artist “name”, but this is going to change soon and they will be able to speak multiple MBIDs per artist, etc.
Meetings towards the ongoing disambiguation problems have gone well, and MusicBrainz is going to be the source of data for artist disambiguation.
Last.fm will use MusicBrainz data to determine if artists are ambiguous (that is, there are multiple artists with the same name), and to split these artists apart. In the interface, Last.fm will display disambiguation comments as a way to help users determine which artist they are interested in.
Existing data in their catalogue will automagically be moved over time, when it’s clear which artist certain recordings/releases/etc belong to. This will be done partially by using more MusicBrainz data, and partially mining their own data.
Last.fm want to have 100% coverage in the future - meaning they want to import artists/releases/recordings that are not even in Last.fm. Their goal is to fully track MusicBrainz.

[quote][b][user]derstatist[/user][/b] said: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_Summit/2012_Mini-Summit/Notes [quote]last.fm update Last.fm have previously had a script that synced artist names to MBIDs, but this got lost in various staff switch-overs. However, it’s finally been resurrected, and greatly improved! Coverage is rapidly going up for artist, release and recording MBIDs. Currently they can only sync a single MBID per artist “name”, but this is going to change soon and they will be able to speak multiple MBIDs per artist, etc. Meetings towards the ongoing disambiguation problems have gone well, and MusicBrainz is going to be the source of data for artist disambiguation. Last.fm will use MusicBrainz data to determine if artists are ambiguous (that is, there are multiple artists with the same name), and to split these artists apart. In the interface, Last.fm will display disambiguation comments as a way to help users determine which artist they are interested in. Existing data in their catalogue will automagically be moved over time, when it’s clear which artist certain recordings/releases/etc belong to. This will be done partially by using more MusicBrainz data, and partially mining their own data. Last.fm want to have 100% coverage in the future - meaning they want to import artists/releases/recordings that are not even in Last.fm. Their goal is to fully track MusicBrainz.[/quote][/quote]

Permalink Quote

Anonymous users may not post messages. Please log in or create an account to post in the forums.