In this chapter, we will analyze the heterogeneous contents involved in a comprehensive description of music, organizing them according to a multilayer structure. Each layer we can identify corresponds to a different degree of abstraction in music information. In particular, our approach arranges music contents in six layers: General, Music Logic, Structural, Notational, Performance, and Audio. In order to reflect such organization, we will introduce a new XML-based format, called MX, which is currently undergoing the IEEE standardization process (IEEE SA PAR1599). In an MX file, music symbols, printed scores, audio tracks, computer-driven performances, catalogue metadata, and graphic contents related to a single music piece can be linked and mutually synchronized within the same encoding. The aforementioned multilayer structure allows us to gather and organize heterogeneous contents, leaving them encoded in well-known and commonly used formats aimed at music description.

Music representation of score, sound, MIDI, structure and metadata all integrated in a single multilayer environment based on XML / A. Baratè, G. Haus, L.A. Ludovico - In: Intelligent Music Information Systems: Tools and Methodologies / [a cura di] Jialie Shen, John Shepherd, Bin Cui, Ling Liu. - Hershey, PA : Idea Group Reference, 2007 Aug. - ISBN 1599046636. - pp. 305-328 [10.4018/978-1-59904-663-1.ch014]

Music representation of score, sound, MIDI, structure and metadata all integrated in a single multilayer environment based on XML

A. Baratè
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G. Haus
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L.A. Ludovico
Ultimo
2007

Abstract

In this chapter, we will analyze the heterogeneous contents involved in a comprehensive description of music, organizing them according to a multilayer structure. Each layer we can identify corresponds to a different degree of abstraction in music information. In particular, our approach arranges music contents in six layers: General, Music Logic, Structural, Notational, Performance, and Audio. In order to reflect such organization, we will introduce a new XML-based format, called MX, which is currently undergoing the IEEE standardization process (IEEE SA PAR1599). In an MX file, music symbols, printed scores, audio tracks, computer-driven performances, catalogue metadata, and graphic contents related to a single music piece can be linked and mutually synchronized within the same encoding. The aforementioned multilayer structure allows us to gather and organize heterogeneous contents, leaving them encoded in well-known and commonly used formats aimed at music description.
music ; XML ; multilayer environment ; multimedia ; synchronization ; interaction
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