[mb-users] songs vs. tracks

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2007/2/22, Robert Kaye <rob at eorbit.net>:
>
> On Feb 21, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Rod Begbie wrote:
> > Hmmm... I *think* I disagree with this.
> >
> > To my mind, a Fingerprint should be on a Work.
> >
> > As it is, PUID collisions are a pain, because the same PUID can
> > *legitimately* be on multiple tracks across multiple albums.
> >
> > Whereas, if they're at the Work level, then a collision implies
> > either:
> >
> > a) There are duplicate versions of the same Work in the database
> > b) Someone has attached a PUID to an incorrect Work
> > c) There has been a genuine collision in the fingerprinting algorithm
> > (presumably, this is a *very* rare occurrence)
>
> I think I agree with Rod here. I understand Luks' reservation about
> (wrongly) attaching a PUID to a 100 tracks, but we really do want to
> attach a PUID to a work -- afterall the tracks should be the same for
> each of work, right? If they are not, then the work needs to be split
> into two (or more) works and the tracks should be sorted out to the
> correct works.

Robert, aren't you mixing up concepts? For me, a work is an almost
abstract object, something close to a musical score, from which one or
more recordings are made, which in turn give one or more masters...
This is how I read NGS, and I think this way of seeing things is
correct.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria