Classical works

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    1. simonhill
      May 21, 2008
      simonhill says:

      I have a lot of classical music data (composers and their works, with opus numbers and catlog numbers etc.) which I'd be happy to load up.

      However, I note that there are some issues around the schema in this area; e.g. there separate entities for composition and opera. (Surely, this can't be correct - an opera is a type of composition), there is no provision for opus numbers, catolog numbers etc.

      Is anyone working in this area? Anyone have any recommendations for a good, practical way forward?

       

       

      2. crism Metaweb Staff
        May 22, 2008
        crism says:

        This is an interesting start, simonhill.

        The Opera domain was done as its own project; the Opera type should probably be refactored to include Composition (and similarly Opera Composer should include Composer.

        Some technical notes on your types:

        • The catalog abbreviation and opus number should be text (or even machine-readable strings), not Topics; making D (the topic about the fourth letter of the English alphabet) the abbreviation for Schubert’s catalog is a bit strange, likewise for the number 1.
        • The expected types for other properties could also be adjusted; the “composer” property should expect Composer, “musicologist” should expect Person, or ideally, a new Musicologist type.
        • I would also have your composition include the Composition from the Music domain to make it easier to see what properties are already present and which need to be added. Is a discrete “title” really needed, in addition to the name of the topic?

        Thanks for getting this started.

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