[mb-style] ARs for labels

[Lukáš Lalinský]

Olivier  wrote / napísal(a):
> Some more ideas:
> 
> I - How will we deal with the concept of "Collections".
> Some are not officially "sub-labels", or "divisions", but they may be
> used extensively by the label as a "label name".
> See for example what Fantasy did with its Original Jazz Classics
> collection: most resource, and most people, use OJC as a label name,
> though AFAIK it *was never* officially a label.
> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Jazz/Labels/OriginalJazzClassics

Maybe a "type" field for labels?

> III - Catalog numbers *and* UPC/EAN?
> Will we have both for releases?
> This is highly wanted I guess.
> The ideal would be to be able to attach all together a cat# + UPC +
> release event(s?) + ASIN.

Release even will contain:
  - date
  - country
  - label
  - cat#
  - barcode (which can be either UPC or any EAN variant)

I don't think it's a good idea to add ASINs. In most of cases even Amazon
doesn't know which ASIN belongs to which release. You can very often find ASIN
on .com with completely different label/cat# info on for example .co.uk

> V - Label history can become very complex
> Labels can went bankrupt, then be revived as a subsidiary, or even as
> independent entities.
> After all, I'm not sure we can do it with simple founded in YYYY,
> disbanded in YYYY.
> Ideally, we may need multiple activity periods:
> YYYY-YYYY
> then
> XXXX-XXXX

I'd rather not deal with this now. We have the same problem with artist entries,
but I think it can be solved later.

> VII - wanna help
> I'm *highly* interested by this stuff.
> If I can do anything (sum-up all the stuff we need, write
> wiki/info-blob for ARs, whatever), just ask.

Yes, writing some summary on the wiki would be great.