# Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/metadata-is-the-biggest-little-problem-plaguing-the-music-industry/430027
**Category:** General chatter
**Tags:** performancerightsorganisations, artist-credit, music-credits, musicindustry, metadata, works
**Created:** [May 30, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/metadata-is-the-biggest-little-problem-plaguing-the-music-industry/430027 "2019-05-30T05:03:10Z")
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### Author: ![psychoadept](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/psychoadept/32/204_2.png) [@psychoadept](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/psychoadept)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/metadata-is-the-biggest-little-problem-plaguing-the-music-industry/430027/16 "2019-05-30T11:58:56Z")

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> [@mfmeulenbelt](#):
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> Adding this extra level also adds complexity for users, and MusicBrainz’ database schema already is very complex. Would the benefits of this extra information outweigh the added difficulty for users? A database with millions of different users and many different use cases is always going to be a compromise.

As witnessed often, most recently: [New editors: a guided, staged, self-training approach - LONG - #15 by rvb](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-editors-a-guided-staged-self-training-approach-long/339977/15)

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