Standards specifications
The links below will take you to the formal texts of the current versions of each DDEX standard. Each page provides release notes that describe the changes between the current version of each standard and the most recent past version. There are also other resources relating to each standard including .pdf copies of the standard, access to the relevant data dictionary and, where relevant, the XML schema file.
Part 1 – Baseline XML Schema (version 4.3.1)
Part 2 – Release Profiles for ERN version 4.3.1 (version 2.3.1)
Part 3 – Choreographies for Cloud-based Storage (version 1.8.1)
Part 4 – Choreography for Web Services Exchange (version 1.8)
Media Enrichment and Description (MEAD) (version 1.1)
Party Identification and Enrichment (PIE) (version 1.0)
Part 1 – Architecture (version 1.3)
Part 2 – Allowed Value Sets (version 1.5)
Part 3 – Basic Audio Profile (version 1.3)
Part 4 – User Generated Content Profile (version 1.3)
Part 5 – Audio-visual Profile (version 1.2)
Part 6 – Royalty Reporting Profile (version 1.1)
Part 7 – Radio Broadcast Profile (version 1.1.1)
Part 8 – Record Type Definitions (version 1.4)
Part 9 – Profile for Financial Reporting to Record Companies (version 1.1)
Part 10 – Masterlist Profile (version 1.1.1)
Part 11 – Basic Audio Profile for the Mechanical Licensing Collective (version 1.0)
Part 1 – Architecture (version 1.0)
Part 2 – Record Type Definitions (version 1.0)
Part 3 – Basic Claim Detail Message for Musical Works (version 1.0)
Part 4 – Reporting Record Discrepancies (version 1.0)
Part 5 – Reporting Overclaim Discrepancies (version 1.0)
Part 2 of DSR – Allowed Value Sets (which also applies to CDM)
Musical Works Right Share Notification Choreography (MWN)
Part 1 – Message definition (version 1.3)
Part 2 – Profiles of the Musical Work Right Share Notification Choreography Standard (version 1.0)
US Musical Works Licensing Choreography (MWL) (version 1.0.1)
US Letter of Direction Choreography (LoD) (version 1.0)
Bulk Communication of Work and Recording Metadata (BWARM) (version 2.0)
Part 1 – Recording Data and Rights Communication Protocol (RDR-C) (version 1.1)
Part 2 – Recording Data and Rights Notification (RDR-N) (version 1.5)
Part 3 - Recording Data and Rights Revenue Reporting (RDR-R) (version 1.1)
Part 4 – Recording Data and Rights Rights Claim Conflict (RDD-RCC) (version 1.0)
Recording Information Notification (RIN) (version 2.1)
Data Dictionary
Data Dictionary Standard (version 1.0)
Data Dictionary Governance Standard (version 1.0)
DDEX Party Identifier Standard
DDEX Party Identifier Standard (version 1.0.1)
DDEX Party Identifier Governance Standard (version 1.0)