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.
Electronic Release Notification Message Suite (ERN)
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)
Party Identification and Enrichment (PIE)
Catalogue Transfers
Simple Music NFT
Digital Sales Reporting Message Suite (DSR)
Claim Detail Message Suite (CDM)
Musical Work Data and Rights communication (MWDR)
Recording Data and Rights Standards (RDR)
Anomaly Reporting (AR)
Recording Information Notification (RIN)
Supporting Standards
Data Dictionary
DDEX Party Identifier Standard