Editing Liner notes (section)

=== Metadata ===
Liner notes sometimes provide [[metadata]] that can help when cataloguing private or public collections of sound recordings.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Morris|first=Jeremy Wade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygd_DwAAQBAJ|title=Selling Digital Music, Formatting Culture|date=2015-09-01|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-28794-5|location=|pages=91|language=en}}</ref> However, the information provided on liner notes varies considerably depending on the studio or label which produced the record. It also varies how much of the metadata digital media services such as [[Spotify]] and [[iTunes]] make public.<ref name=":1" /> In 2018, [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] launched official music credits supplied by distributors across their database of 90 million recordings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tidal Credits |url=https://tidal.com/credits}}</ref> In 2019 Australian company [[Jaxsta]] launched a database of official music credits and liner notes. The database is made up of content-owner supplied metadata rather than crowd-sourced data, making previous hidden metadata more widely available to the music industry as well as the public domain.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mayfield|first=Geoff|date=2020-05-19|title=Jaxsta Aims to Bring Back Liner Notes, and Create an IMDB for Music|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/jaxsta-liner-notes-imdb-music-business-1234610719/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-13|title=Jaxsta has launched the public beta of its massive music credits database|url=https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/jaxsta-launch-public-beta-music-credits-database/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=The Industry Observer|language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2019, French company [[Qobuz]] launched official music credits and digital liner notes booklets appearing in the player.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbes | website=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marksparrow/2019/08/21/interview-qobuz-usa-chief-talks-about-the-music-streaming-business-today/?sh=4c3ed43c5e3e}}</ref> Pandora also launched full credits within their player in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pandora introduces full song credits |url=https://blog.pandora.com/us/pandora-introduces-full-song-credits-on-the-web-and-pandoras-desktop-app/#:~:text=Starting%20today%2C%20full%20song%20credits,on%20a%20song's%20details%20page. |access-date=2022-06-24 |archive-date=2022-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125101705/https://blog.pandora.com/us/pandora-introduces-full-song-credits-on-the-web-and-pandoras-desktop-app/#:~:text=Starting%20today%2C%20full%20song%20credits,on%20a%20song's%20details%20page. |url-status=dead }}</ref> Metadata credits are sent from official sources to all databases and streaming services using the DDEX ERN standard, however not all services display this data to the consumer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Send Your Credits & Liner Notes To Streaming Services — Only With DistroKid |date=20 February 2018 |url=https://news.distrokid.com/credits-34db783febf6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Roles and Display Credits |url=https://kb.ddex.net/display/HBK/Artist+Roles+and+DisplayCredits |access-date=2022-06-24 |archive-date=2022-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204075913/https://kb.ddex.net/display/HBK/Artist+Roles+and+DisplayCredits |url-status=dead }}</ref>