supporting-industry-standards

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Original Works protocol uses the DDEX standard.

DDEX and OWN

DDEX is a standards setting organisation focused on the creation of digital value chain standards to make the exchange of data and information across the music industry more efficient.

DDEX has multiple standards that are used by the Original Works Protocol:

1. ERN focuses heavily on the lifecycle of releases, including metadata, deals, and takedown messages, which are specific to the distribution and management of digital releases.
2. MWN is centered around the notification and licensing of musical work shares, emphasizing the identification and licensing shares of musical works.
3. RDR-N deals with the declaration and management of rights claims related to sound recordings, with a focus on the exchange of rights claims and sales reporting.
4. CDM provides detailed mechanisms for communicating claims and discrepancies related to sales/usage reports, with a strong emphasis on financial and royalty claims.

Specific Terms and Their Usage in Different Standards

Electronic Release Notification (ERN)

• NewReleaseMessage: Communicates metadata about a new release including descriptive metadata, deals, and other necessary information.
• Takedowns: Messages sent to remove a release from distribution.
• Deal: Information about the terms under which a release is made available (e.g., pricing, allowed types of usage).

Musical Work Right Share Notification (MWN)

• MusicalWorkShare-Request: A request message to identify the owners of shares in a musical work.
• MusicalWorkShare-Notification: A notification message that informs about the share owners and their respective shares in a musical work.
• Licensing Share: The share of a musical work that can be licensed by a specific publisher or entity.

Recording Data and Rights Notification (RDR-N)

• DeclarationOfSound-RecordingRightsClaim-Message: A message for declaring rights claims or mandates related to sound recordings.
• RevokeSoundRecording-RightsClaimMessage: A message to revoke previously declared rights claims.
• RightsClaimStatus-UpdateMessage: A message to update the status of a rights claim.
• SalesReportMessage: Provides sales and usage figures for sound recordings.

Claim Detail Message (CDM)

• Claim Detail Message: A format for a response to a sales/usage report that sets out the claim each owner/administrator is making in respect of musical works identified in the report.
• Claim Detail Discrepancy Notification: A message to signal discrepancies in the claim detail messages.
• Correction or Update of a Claim Detail Message (CDMCor): A message format used to correct previously sent claim detail messages.
• Invoice Details: Details of the financial claims being made by a licensor against a licensee based on usage data.

Some critical components for the OWN protocol are available on only some of the standards and others are available in several of them. Below is a table summarizing:

No.	Component	ERN	MWN	RDR-N	CDM
1	NewReleaseMessage	Yes	No	No	No
2	Takedown Messages	Yes	No	No	No
3	Release Types	Yes	No	No	No
4	Release Profiles	Yes	No	No	No
5	Statement of Truth	Yes	No	No	No
6	Rights Controller	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	Commercial Model Type	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
8	Usage Type	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
9	Rights Type	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10	MusicalWorkShare-Request	No	Yes	No	No
11	MusicalWorkShare-Notification	No	Yes	No	No
12	Licensing Share	No	Yes	No	No
13	Hub-Centric Approach	No	Yes	No	No
14	Rights Share	No	Yes	No	Yes
15	DeclarationOfSound-RecordingRightsClaim-Message	No	No	Yes	No
16	RevokeSoundRecording-RightsClaimMessage	No	No	Yes	No
17	RightsClaimStatus-UpdateMessage	No	No	Yes	No
18	SalesReportMessage	No	No	Yes	No
19	ManifestMessage	No	No	Yes	No
20	Claim Detail Message	No	No	No	Yes
21	Claim Detail Discrepancy Notification	No	No	No	Yes
22	Correction or Update of a Claim Detail Message (CDMCor)	No	No	No	Yes
23	Invoice Details	No	No	No	Yes
24	Choreography	No	No	No	Yes
25	Release	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
26	Resource	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
27	Sales/Usage Report Message	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
28	Profile	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
29	Delimiter	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
30	Block	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes