Bas Evers & Xander RoozenBas Evers & Xander Roozen

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#1 theory#1 theory

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Order of things.Order of things.

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Based on genre?Based on genre?

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Based on instrument?Based on instrument?

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One place. Period.One place. Period.

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But now it’s different.But now it’s different.

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But now it’s different.But now it’s different.

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In the beginning…In the beginning…

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Endless ways of ordering.Endless ways of ordering.

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Where is IA? #fearWhere is IA? #fear

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#2 case study#2 case study

Why Discogs’ Master Release is Master

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Using Master as an Adjective

• Nalden:

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Who’s Nalden?

• Here’s Nalden.net:

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Dictionary Update

• Hasn’t been done yet ;)

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What’s Discogs?

• Community-built database of (electronic) music

• 2006: over 500,000 releases

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A Problem for Discogs

• Many releases are marketed in several countries in different versions:

– Medium (vinyl, cd, digital)

– Tracklist (exclusive tracks per country)

– ‘Official’ release, promo, bootleg

• This leads to a Michael Jackson artist page with 31 entries for the ‘Off

the Wall’ album, 52 for ‘Thriller’ and 51 for ‘Bad’

• Introduction of the ‘master release’, consisting of 2 or more versions of

a release

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Discogs Artist Page

• After the introduction of the Master Release:

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‘Master Artist’

• Artist Name Variation (ANV):

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Master Release Page

• For CJ Bolland’s “The 4th Sign”:

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Individual Release Page

• For CJ Bolland’s “The 4th Sign”:

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Discogs Marketplace

• Coming from “The 4th Sign”’s Master Release page:

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Discogs Digital Marketplace

• Coming from “The 4th Sign”’s Master Release page:

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They Do Sell Digital Music by CJ Bolland!

• And here it is:

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Room for Improvement

• More guidance during submittance:

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Advice

• This should be integrated into the submission form:

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Hidden IAHidden IA

UXcamp Europe 2010UXcamp Europe 2010

@shuggie@shuggie