Release is the root node of the document. Defines the root release element. Product Offer action, either insert or delete Aggregator Name or Parent Company submitting the release Universal Product Code / European Article Number Example: BP001, BP002 ... BP005 - Catalog Numbers should have unique value for every release in your catalog. Example: 123456789.jpg. Dimensions: SQUARE, minimum 500x500 pixels. Description might include: Promotional feedback, Artists currently supporting the release, Biographies of the producers/artists, and/or Copyright and publishing information. The release description is displayed on beatport's website. Describes the sales type for this release. "release" is the default, and allows all tracks to be downloaded individually or as a full release. "album" prevents tracks from being downloaded individually. "mix" releases will show up on the "mixes" tab. If unsure, use "releases". All the attributes of a track are contained within this element. ISO-3901 - International Standard Recording Code ISRC. http://www.ifpi.org is the the ISRC registration authority. A publisher is an entity that oversees the royalty collection of a composition for songwriters and composers.   When a production has generated income through various mediums of exploitation (digital download, performance, etc.) it is the publishers responsibility to obtain and distribute the payments associated with the composition to the respective artist. However, In most countries the PRO/songwriter agreement supersedes the label-publisher-songwriter relationship. Therefore, when a song generates income by performance or mechanical royalty; The PRO is the first organization to collect for a songwriter (e.g., EMI Music Publishing). The OriginalReleaseDate field is in the format YYYY-MM-DD. OriginalReleaseDate should be a future date ONLY if the material has never been released on any other medium (Vinyl, CD, Digital, etc) in the past. If the material has been available at any other time on any other medium, you must use the date at which it originally became available for purchase. This is a string used by the label to identify this particular track. Recommend a genre or genre/subgenre for this particular track. Please see comments about genres which have been deprecated below. This is only a recommendation. Beatport reserves the right to determine the final published genre and/or subgenre. Please list artists one per node and NOT as a node containing a comma separated list of multiple artists. Tracks can be Exclusive on Beatport for one of the following periods: 0, 2, 4 or 8 week or 'lifetime'. Tracks which are Non-Exclusive should be set to the period of '0' (default). '0' = Non-Exclusive (default) '2' = 2 Weeks Exclusive '4' = 4 Weeks Exclusive '8' = 8 Weeks Exclusive 'lifetime' = Lifetime Exclusive If the label is on the Exclusive deal, then the exclusive period agreed to in the exclusive agreement must be selected. This period can be upgraded to a longer duration, if desired. Exclusive content must be receieved by Beatport at least seven (7) business days prior to the scheduled release date. Please list remixers one per node and NOT as a node containing a comma separated list of multiple remixers. Example: 123456789.WAV || The following formats are accepted: wav and aif. The filename extension must be .wav, .aif or .aiff. Quality must be 44.1KHz, 16-bit ISO 3166-1 Country Codes. See iso.org for details. Countries that are listed are those in which the material will be available for sale. The (non-standard) 'WW' value indicates the material is available for worldwide distribution. The following deprecated codes remain for compatibility and will be translated as follows: ZR ... CD (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) UK ... GB (Great Britain) CS ... RS (Serbia) and ME (Montenegro) Ensurese properly formated GRID Restricts character set to BasicLatin Extends latinString by restricting the length of string to 50 characters. Extends latinString by restricting the length of string to 100 characters. Extends latinString by restricting the length of string to 200 characters. Extends latinString by restricting the length of string to 255 characters. Integer version of the boolean type. 0 = false, 1 = true. ISO 15707 - International Standard Musical Work Code. An ISWC identifies works, not recordings. The official registration authority is located here: http://www.iswc.org/en/html/Home.html. Please fill in any copyright information that this track has, up to 255 characters in length. Holds multiple songwriterType elements Describes a songwriter by name and type (enumerated) MD5 and SHA1 hashes function as a compact digital finger print of a file. Because almost any change to a file will cause it's MD5/SHA1 hash to also change, the hash is commonly used to verify the integrity of files (ensuring data does not change as a result of file transfer, disk error, meddling, etc)