DDEX Data Dictionary, 2020-07-30

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Person

A supporting term for the messages.

A Party attributed with roles or characteristics of an individual human being.

Comments

Scope: A Person is usually a real human being, but may also be an imaginary character or an animal (like Mickey Mouse or Lassie) playing the role of a Person (e.g., when credited as an Artist). A Person does not have any implied legal status.

Relationships
Parents	Party	A Thing that is a human or other animate being (real or imaginary), or a legal person, an organization or a machine capable of playing a role as an Agent (or active Thing).
Children	StudioProducer	A Party who directs, and has overall creative and technical oversight of, the entire recording project and the individual recording sessions that are a part of the project. The StudioProducer participates in and/or supervises the recording session and works directly with the Artist, Musicians and Engineers. The StudioProducer makes creative, technical and aesthetic decisions that realize the goals of both the Artist and the SoundRecording CopyrightHolder in the creation of musical content. The producer may perform, direct Performances, choose final takes or versions, and oversees the selection of songs, Musicians, singers, Arrangers, studios, etc. The StudioProducer in collaboration with the artist, assigns credits to Performers and technical personnel, and is responsible for supplying accurate crediting information to the record label or media company as official documentation. Other duties of the StudioProducer may include, but are not limited to, overseeing other staffing needs, keeping budgets and schedules, adhering to deadlines, supervising mastering and overall quality control. Note: a StudioProducer is a Person and thus may contrast with the role of an InitialProducer.

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