IEC TR 63020:2016
(Main)Digital sheet music - Market, use cases, and related technologies
Digital sheet music - Market, use cases, and related technologies
IEC TR 63020:2016(E) provides information related to digital sheet music. It starts with a brief overview of the sheet music market and then explains the use cases for traditional sheet music as well as additional use cases for digitized sheet music (digital sheet music). Finally, it shows examples of each area of technology areas.
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IEC TR 63020 ®
Edition 1.0 2016-05
TECHNICAL
REPORT
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Digital sheet music – Market, use cases, and related technologies
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.160.01; 37.080 ISBN 978-2-8322-3287-3
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references. 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Overview of the sheet music market . 6
4.1 Market relevance . 6
4.2 Use cases for the sheet music market . 7
4.3 Use cases for the digital sheet music market . 8
4.4 Market structure and impact of digitization . 9
5 Elements of digital sheet music infrastructure . 9
5.1 General . 9
5.2 Music notation markup language . 10
5.2.1 General . 10
5.2.2 Symbolic music representation (SMR) . 10
5.2.3 Standard music description language (SMDL) . 10
5.2.4 The music encoding initiative (MEI) . 10
5.2.5 MusicXML . 11
5.2.6 LilyPond . 11
5.3 Metadata for sheet music . 11
5.3.1 General . 11
5.3.2 The Dublin Core metadata element set . 11
5.3.3 Music metadata style guide . 11
5.3.4 The music ontology . 11
5.4 Musical font and font layout . 12
5.4.1 General . 12
5.4.2 Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) and compliant fonts . 12
5.5 Digital rights management . 12
5.6 Reflowable sheet music . 12
5.7 Annotation . 12
6 Conclusion . 12
Bibliography . 13
Figure 1 – Market structure and impact of digitization . 9
Table 1 – Major use cases for sheet music . 7
Table 2 – List of stakeholders . 8
Table 3 – Additional use cases for digital sheet music . 8
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC – MARKET, USE CASES,
AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
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INTRODUCTION
Music notation was invented more than 3 000 years ago. As it was with books, the first and
th
biggest technological change was introduced by the invention of the letterpress in the 14
century. Since then, sheet music technology has changed only insofar as the information age
and the rise of digital media have changed all media. Specific applications of technology to
sheet music are still in the very early stages. Various technologies and standards exist or
have been proposed as standards. Some technology, such as MusicXML [3] , succeeded in
introducing the concept of interoperability and data compatibility to the industry, but most
technologies provided little consideration for interoperability, compatibility with data and
processes, or standardization for quality. In this context, the sheet music industry hasn’t yet
been able to offer mature digital sheet music to the market.
This Technical Report starts by reviewing the current industry and the use cases around sheet
music. It then catalogues the technologies currently available in the area of digital sheet
music. Finally, the report combines these two aspects to illustrate the huge potential to
improve digital sheet music technology as well as the added value that standardization offers.
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Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography.
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DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC – MARKET, USE CASES,
AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
1 Scope
This Technical Report (TR) provides information related to digital sheet music. It starts with a
brief overview of the sheet music market and then explains the use cases for traditional sheet
music as well as additional use cases for digitized sheet music (digital sheet music). Finally, it
shows examples of eac
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