Welcome to the primary resource for information regarding the DDEX Standards

On this site you can find information on how to implement specific DDEX Standards. The areas addressed are listed depicted below.

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Recently Published:

A new standard for the communication of Recording Information Notifications (RIN)
Update to the MLC Standard for communications with and among Music Licensing Companies.
A new standard for the communication information about a Musical Work and its Right Shares from owners (or agents of owners) of such Right Shares

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Change Requests

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Definitions and Terminology

Core Definitions and Terminology

Abbreviations

DDEX Data Dictionary...
... for the Recording Information Notification

Why are there multiple data dictionaries?
(Please note that the RIN data dictionary does not contain the correct list of contributor role codes and instrument types – please refer to the XSD from http://ddex.net/xml/rin/10/minimum-recording-information-notification.xsd for these.)
... for Work and Share Notifications
... for communications with and among Music Licensing Companies
... for Release Deliveries using SFTP
... for Release Notifications
... for Works Licensing

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