This file explains the various metadata files that accompany the SALAMI annotation data set. It does not explain how the annotations themselves are formatted, which is explained in the Annotator's Guide, availble at http://salami.music.mcgill.ca.
This is the main metadata file and describes all the pieces in the collection.
The fields are:
SONG_ID Unique identifier for piece of music
SOURCE Either Codaich, IA (Internet Archive), or RWC
ANNOTATOR1 ID number for first annotator
ANNOTATOR2 ID number for second annotator
SONG_DURATION Duration of the piece, in seconds
SONG_TITLE Title
ARTIST Artist
ANNOTATION_TIME1 Self-reported time to complete annotation for first annotator
ANNOTATION_TIME2 Self-reported time to complete annotation for second annotator
TEXTFILE1 File path for first annotator's file
TEXTFILE2 File path for second annotator's file
CLASS Broad genre (classical, jazz, popular, world, Live_Music_Archive, or unknown)
GENRE Narrow genre
SUBMISSION_DATE1 Date of submission of first annotation
SUBMISSION_DATE2 Date of submission of second annotation
XEQS1 Was the first annotation converted automatically from X/= notation? X indicates yes; 0 indicates no.
XEQS2 Was the second annotation converted automatically from X/= notation? X indicates yes; 0 indicates no.
The remaining metadata files are intended to make it easier to determine what audio file corresponds to each SONG_ID (the SONG_ID being the number between 1 and 1655 that identifies each entry in the SALAMI database).
The music files used by SALAMI came from 4 distinct sources: Codaich; the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive; the RWC Music Database; and the Isophonics database. (References for each database follow.) Hence, we have 4 separate metadata files provided information relevant to each dataset.
The metadata are provided in an iTunes XML file. In addition, a CSV file is provided to show the conversions between the SALAMI ID and the two IDs used in the iTunes XML file.
The fields are:
SONG_ID Unique identifier for piece of music
Persistent ID Identifier provided by iTunes
Track ID Identifier provided by iTunes
The fields are:
SONG_ID Unique identifier for piece of music
TITLE Song title
ARTIST Artist
ALBUM Album (usually the name of the set, including the date and location)
URL Original URL where audio file was downloaded
FILE_NAME File name in SALAMI database including character substitutions
SONG_DURATION Duration of the piece, in seconds
BITRATE Audio file bitrate, in kBits/sec
These metadata were culled automatically from the Internet Archive and are not entirely consistent, so some of these fields may be inaccurate. For example, a song title may be given as "06" when in fact this is the track number that was incorrectly entered as the title by Internet Archive contributor.
The fields are:
SONG_ID Unique identifier for piece of music
RWC_ID Name of the track within the RWC namespace
GENRE Genre according to RWC origin
CAT_SUFFIX Disc number
TRACK_NUMBER Track number
TITLE Song title
ARTIST Artist
The fields are:
SONG_ID Unique identifier for piece of music
TITLE_IN_SALAMI File name in SALAMI database including character substitutions
ARTIST Artist
ALBUM Album title
TITLE Song title
TRACK_NUMBER Track number
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#####Codaich http://jmir.sourceforge.net/index_Codaich.html C. McKay, D. McEnnis and I. Fujinaga. 2006. A large publicly accessible prototype audio database for music research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. 160--3.
#####Internet Archive; Live Music Archive http://www.archive.org/details/etree
#####RWC Music Database http://staff.aist.go.jp/m.goto/RWC-MDB/ M. Goto. 2004. Development of the RWC Music Database. Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics. 553--6.
#####Isophonics Reference Annotations http://isophonics.net/ M. Mauch, C. Cannam, M. Davies, S. Dixon, C. Harte, S. Kolozali, D. Tidhar, M. Sandler. 2010. OMRAS2 Metadata Project 2009. Late-breaking paper,* International Conference on Music Information Retrieval.*