Re: [mb-users] Should catalog numbers be capitalised?

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On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 12:29:41PM -0500, Alex Mauer wrote:
> On 9/18/2014 10:38 AM, caller#6 wrote:
> > On 09/17/2014 03:48 PM, lixobix wrote:
> >> Should catalog numbers be capitalised, or should they be entered as shown?
> >
> > Where possible, I'd prefer to use the form that the label uses in
> > printed catalogs or on web pages over the form used on an individual
> > release (assuming there's a difference).
>
> It seems completely wrong to me to use a source other than the release
> for this information. MB is about the releases, not about some website
> or printed catalog.
>

MusicBrainz is about neither, it is a source about music (especially
recorded music), which can sometimes include all of the above. To quote
our own homepage: "The ultimate source of music information", "The
universal lingua franca for music", and "enabling both people and
machines to have meaningful conversations about music". The third is I
think the most important in this case: using some randomly stylized
catalog number contributes nothing to, and can often detract
substantially from meaningful conversations about music, especially for
automated processes.

Which is why, where it applies, using a form that corresponds to the
common usage, or some standardization, is the preferred choice.

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