Editing MusicXML (section)

{{short description|File format}}
{{Infobox file format
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| extension              = .musicxml, .mxl
| mime                   = application/vnd.recordare.musicxml+xml,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.recordare.musicxml+xml |title = Type name: application : Subtype name: vnd.recordare.musicxml+xml |publisher = Iana.org |accessdate = 24 November 2014 }}
</ref> application/vnd.recordare.musicxml<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/vnd.recordare.musicxml |title = Type name: application : Subtype name: vnd.recordare.musicxml |publisher = Iana.org |accessdate = 24 November 2014 }}</ref>
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| owner                  = W3C Music Notation Community Group
| released               = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|mm|dd|df=yes/no}} -->
| latest release version = 4.0
| latest release date    = 1 June 2021<ref name="MusicXML 4.0">{{cite web |url = https://w3c.github.io/musicxml/ |title = Working group releases MusicXML update |accessdate = 2 February 2025 }}</ref> <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|mm|dd|df=yes/no}} -->
| genre                  = [[Musical notation]]
| extended from          = [[XML]]
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| open                   = Yes
| url                    = {{Official URL}}
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'''MusicXML''' is an [[XML]]-based [[file format]] for representing Western [[musical notation]]. The format is [https://github.com/w3c/musicxml open], fully documented, and can be freely used under the [[W3C]] Community Final Specification Agreement.<ref>{{cite web |title = Sustainability of Digital Formats Planning for Library of Congress Collections &mdash; MusicXML, Version 3.1 |publisher = Library of Congress |date = 9 May 2019 |url = https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000499.shtml |accessdate = 15 October 2020 }}</ref><ref name="fsa">{{cite web |title= W3C Community Final Specification Agreement |publisher = W3C |url = https://www.w3.org/community/about/agreements/final/ |accessdate = 19 December 2017 }}</ref>