Dev

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This is the development page where we can try to list proposed developments to the database.

Contents 1 Development Discussion 1.1 Packaging 1.2 Guidelines 1.3 Labels brands and companies 1.3.1 Label / Company Proposal Nov 2009 1.3.2 Earlier Ideas 1.4 Catalog numbers 1.5 Artists 1.6 Releases 1.7 Submission Form 1.8 Credits 1.9 Other

Development Discussion

Packaging

• Packaging - Help make a list and description of all packaging types.

Guidelines

Discogs_Guideline_Review_2009 - Current proposals for updates to the Release Submission Guide and other Discogs guidelines for users. Discussion is open to all.

• Discogs Guideline Review 2007/08 - Previous discussion and proposals, now finalised and added to the current guidelines.
• Discogs Guideline Update 2006/07 - Older proposals, discussed among Discogs v3 Editors only, for updates to the Release Submission Guide and other Discogs guidelines for users. Many of the proposals were accepted and went live already.
• Guidelines for digital file (MP3, etc.) releases - Proposed guidelines by xdefenestratorx for digital file-based releases in Discogs.

Labels brands and companies

Label / Company Proposal Nov 2009

• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Entity_and_Number_Overview
• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Label_and_other_Entity_Data_Entry
• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Number_Data_Entry
• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Page_Display_Numbers
• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Label_Entity_and_Number_Guidelines
• Dev-LabelCompany2009-Transferring_Existing_Information_To_The_New_System

Earlier Ideas

• Label/company brainstorming - Current exploration of alternative ways of listing label brands & companies in Discogs
  • Label of release - Lazlo Nibble's explanation of the difference between label brands & companies, and how to ascertain what label(s) a release is "on"
  • Label/company proposal - A proposal for credits-like data entry of labels & companies, including copyright
  • Label project 2006 - An earlier attempt to assess the label/company relationship complexities presented by a number of prominent labels in Discogs, and cursory proposals for dealing with them
• Companies - A list of the kinds of companies & organizations that might be mentioned on a release

Catalog numbers

• Shadow cat# system - A proposal by Lazlo Nibble that would allow label pages to properly sort without normalizing the displayed cat#s

Artists

• Dev-Artist_page-Reorg-2009 - ideas for reorganizing the artist page
• Artist page reorganization 2007 - A proposal for changes to the way releases are indexed on the Artist pages in Discogs
• Several artist-related proposals - A set of proposals by Corne Mo for improving the handling of multi-artist collaborations, membership of aliases in groups, and the display of all releases (including those by aliases) on an Artist page

Releases

• Master Release - Ideas for a system for grouping musically identical releases (editions for different territories, plus repressings & reissues), to reduce the length of artist/label pages

Submission Form

• Submission form checks to do - Ideas for validations the submission forms for releases & artist/label profiles could automatically do

Credits

• Dev-Remix-Credited-To

Other

• Outstanding v4 Issues - A list of all issues of concern in Discogs v4. It is intended to serve as a reference point, with collected questions and answers to cut down on the repeat posting in the various forums, and allow nik and teo time to answer all questions in an orderly fashion.
• Mission Statement - A draft of a Mission Statement for Discogs