Forbes covered DDEX’s new Metadata Standard, MEAD, which could create a breakthrough in music listening and discovery.
Metadata is the grease that makes the music industry run smoothly. Metadata helps artists and labels describe their offerings; it helps digital music services organize their catalogs; and most importantly of all, it helps users find music. Earlier this month, the music industry standards body DDEX released a new metadata standard that’s likely to catch on where many other such efforts have failed. The standard is called MEAD (for Media Enrichment And Description), and it could lead to a breakthrough in making music easier to find.
– Bill Rosenblatt, Forbes Contributor