digital-garden-anabasis/pages/audio.metadata.md

audio.metadata

Semantics

• freesound
  • https://freesound.org/help/faq/#i-have-many-sounds-to-upload-is-there-a-way-to-describe-many-sounds-in-bulk
  • https://freesound.org/help/moderators/#good-description-standards
• schema.org
  • https://schema.org/AudioObject
  • https://schema.org/Clip
  • https://schema.org/ArchiveComponent
  • https://schema.org/Dataset
• also semantics of XMP
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform
• vocabulary
  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/topics/senses-and-sounds/sounds-made-by-objects-movement-or-impact/

Universal Category System

• https://universalcategorysystem.com/ !!!
• voluntary filename standart
• synonym search possible
• audio.software.reaper - https://www.aaroncendan.me/side-projects/ucs

articles

• https://www.creativefieldrecording.com/2014/06/04/an-introduction-to-sound-fx-metadata-1-the-basics/
• https://www.asoundeffect.com/metadata-style-guide/
• reddit
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/LocationSound/comments/13ijzq0/efficient_metadata_edit_software/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/fieldrecording/comments/wk8lke/sound_database_software/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/fieldrecording/comments/wk8lke/sound_database_software/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/fieldrecording/comments/y784qg/comment/isv2w8r/

Metadata standarts

• http://www.theaudioarchive.com/TAA_Resources_Metadata.htm

id3tag

• used by consumers and more?

bwf

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Wave_Format
  • this seems to be liked by profesionals
    • https://mediaarea.net/BWFMetaEdit/xml_chunks
    • https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Andrec,%20Michael.pdf fulltext? where?
  • https://wavmetadata.blogspot.com/

Others

• XMP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform
• dolby - https://professionalsupport.dolby.com/s/topic/0TO4u000000f1pFGAQ/audio-metadata?language=en_US
  • probably interesting just for dolby

Tagging software

• https://sourceforge.net/projects/kid3/ #multiplatform
• https://onetagger.github.io/ also spotify analysis / genre analysis
  • spotify genres - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wYokScjoS5Xb1IvqFMXbSbknrXJ7bySLLihTucOS4qY/edit#gid=0
• https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/
• inform.reaper / audio.software.reaper !!!
  • https://reaper.blog/2021/11/metadata-editing-in-reaper/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDfuMIeqawc
  • https://reaper.blog/2018/03/sound-library-metadata/
  • https://www.stephenschappler.com/2020/05/11/reaper-quick-tip-exporting-audio-with-embedded-metadata/

Articles

• https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/metadata ac3
• https://www.creativefieldrecording.com/2014/06/17/an-introduction-to-sound-fx-metadata-apps-2-comparing-apps/#Metadata_App_Chart 2014
• https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/help-guidance/guides-to-good-practice/basic-components/digital-audio/preserving-digital-audio/deciding-how-to-archive/

Adjacent

• concepts.Digital Asset Managment
• incubation.audio.sample.managment
• areas.filetag
• audio.datasets
• incubation.concepts.DatabaseArt
• areas.audio
• concepts.archive
• concepts.archives.art

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Unsorted

• https://www.aes.org/publications/standards/search.cfm?docID=85
• https://tech.ebu.ch/metadata/ebucore
• https://old.ndk.cz/standardy-digitalizace/standardy-pro-zvukova-data
• https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/video-audio-metadata-guidelines
  • https://groups.niso.org/higherlogic/ws/public/download/28273/RP-41-2023_Video_Audio_Metadata_Guidelines.pdf !!!
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373364694_Metadata_Standards_in_Digital_Audio
• https://tagteamanalysis.com/2022/04/tta-guides-tagging-for-sound-design/
• https://github.com/Borewit/music-metadata
• https://audio-tag-analyzer.netlify.app/
• dead
  • https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/alcts/content/resources/preserv/audio_metadata.pdf
  • https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/alcts/content/resources/preserv/audio_2011.pdf