Editing MusicXML (section)

==History==
MusicXML was invented by Michael Good and initially developed by Recordare LLC. It derived several key concepts from existing academic formats (such as Walter Hewlett's [[ASCII]]-based MuseData<ref>{{cite book |last=Hewlett |first=Walter B. |editor-last=Selfridge-Field |editor-first=Eleanor|title=Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes |publisher=MIT Press |date=1997 |pages=402–447 |chapter=Chapter 27: MuseData: Multipurpose Representation |isbn=0-262-19394-9}}</ref> and David Huron's Humdrum).<ref name="Good">{{cite CiteSeerX |last=Good |first=Michael |title=MusicXML: An Internet-Friendly Format for Sheet Music |citeseerx=10.1.1.118.5431 }}</ref> It is designed for the interchange of [[Sheet music|score]]s, particularly between different [[scorewriter]]s. MusicXML development was managed by MakeMusic following the company's acquisition of Recordare in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.makemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2011_11_28_Recordare_Closing_Release_Final.pdf |title = Recordare Closing Release |publisher = Makemusic.com |accessdate = 13 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.startribune.com/makemusic-acquires-assets-of-internet-music-company/134613183/ |last=Phelps |first=David |title = MakeMusic acquires assets of Internet music company |date=28 November 2011 |publisher = StarTribune |accessdate = 15 October 2020 }}</ref> MusicXML development was transferred to the [[World Wide Web Consortium|W3C]] Music Notation Community Group in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/music_as_mark_up/ |title = Beyond iTunes: XML boffins target sheet music |work = The Register |accessdate = 19 December 2017 }}</ref>

Version 1.0 was released in January 2004. Version 1.1 was released in May 2005 with improved formatting support. Version 2.0 was released in June 2007 and included a standard compressed format.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.musicxml.com/tutorial/compressed-mxl-files/ |title = Compressed MXL Files |publisher = MusicXML |date =  |accessdate = 27 June 2014 }}</ref> All of these versions were defined by a series of [[document type definition]]s (DTDs). An [[XML Schema (W3C)|XML Schema Definition]] (XSD) implementation of Version 2.0 was released in September 2008. Version 3.0 was released in August 2011 with improved virtual instrument support, in both DTD and XSD versions.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/version-history/ |title = Version History of MusicXML |publisher = Musicxml.com |date =  |accessdate = 27 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harmonycentral.com/news/uncategorized/recordare-adds-finale-2010-support-to-dolet-5-for-finale-plug-in-r9522/|title=News: Recordare Adds Finale 2010 Support to Dolet 5 for Finale Plug-In|date=23 September 2009 |publisher=}}</ref> Version 3.1 was released in December 2017 with improved support for the Standard Music Font Layout ([[SMuFL]]).<ref name="musicxml31">{{cite web |url = https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/working-group-releases-first-musicxml-update/ |title = Working group releases its first MusicXML update |work = ScoringNotes.com |date = 18 December 2017 |publisher = NYC Music Services |accessdate = 19 December 2017 }}</ref> Version 4.0 was released in June 2021 and resolved multiple issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MusicXML 4.0|url=https://www.musicxml.com/for-developers/|access-date=2022-01-03|website=MusicXML|language=en-US}}</ref>

The MusicXML DTDs and XSDs are each freely redistributable under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement.<ref name="fsa" />