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Discuss and agree on an SDC data modeling convention for the case where a Commons file is a digitized musical piece
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We haven't yet fully figured out yet, nor agreed, on data modeling for those cases where a Commons file is a digitized piece of music. Basically, an SDC variant of the Template:Musical work Wikitext template.

In some cases, the digitized musical piece may not have - and probably isn't notable enough to justify creating - a Wikidata item. The typical FRBR-like complexity of musical works will play a role in creating good data modeling conventions.

Let's talk about proposals and agree upon a solution for this, which can then also be used as a template / best practice in upload tools, and can be used for the creation of simplified/minimal Lua-driven SDC-powered infobox templates (in particular Lua-fication of Template:Musical work).

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It would be very helpful to find some examples of files to try to model. Digitized recordings of older but notable songs? Maybe members of Wikidata-WikiProject-Music have suggestions?

I'm removing myself as assignee. I automatically assigned myself when creating this task but it's really one for community contribution! It's a valuable thing to work on, as it will make musical data on Wikimedia Commons so much more usable to the world at large.

The task may also become easier with the help of Generative AI. The latter should not take over the decisionmaking process but it will help with the thinking and breaking down in subtasks.

@Moebeus any thoughts on current status, and interest from Wikidata-WikiProject-Music ?

While this is SDC, it may also be of interest to Wikidata-WikiProject-Ontology as Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons data models should be well aligned.