MusoRepo: Metadata

Music catalogues and linked data

Sources of metadata and linked open data relevant to music. Metadata and linked data also feature heavily at DLfM.

Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR)
Discogs (borderline: Monthly data dumps are openly licensed; the website and API have their own terms.)
Music Ontology – Ontology and data for music on the Semantic Web.
MusicBrainz – Open music encyclopedia and linked-data source.
Muziekweb – Music library of the Netherlands.
RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) – Catalogue of musical sources (manuscripts and prints).
Wikidata

Libraries and authority files

Not music-specific, but widely used for music metadata.

Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB)
Library of Congress Linked Data Service
National Diet Library, Japan
National Digital Library of India
Open Library
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC)
Trove (National Library of Australia) (link redirects; may have moved)
Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
WorldCat (link redirects; may have moved)

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