[MEI-L] FW: [MUSIC-IR] Open Score Format: beta test in progress

[Johannes Kepper]

…because Openscore is still based on (well, currently it's identical)  
MusicXML, and there are some problems that will not be solvable that  
easy. As long as Michael keeps his policy of not changing any basic  
principles untouched, MusicXML (and Openscore) will be no competitor  
to MEI. If he changes, we get better ways to import and export from  
MEI. They will not address the scientific sector, so no need to worry…

jo


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> Von: "Roland, Perry (pdr4h)" <pdr4h at eservices.virginia.edu>
> Datum: 3. Februar 2009 15:10:07 MEZ
> An: "mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de" <mei-l-bounces at lists.uni-paderborn.de 
> >
> Betreff: FW: [MUSIC-IR] Open Score Format: beta test in progress
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>
> So please tell me again -- why are we doing this MEI thing?
>
> Feeling depressed,
>
> --
> perry
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> ________________________________________
> From: Byrd,  Donald A. [donbyrd at indiana.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:00 AM
> To: music-ir at ircam.fr
> Subject: [MUSIC-IR] Open Score Format: beta test in progress
>
> The below is from the Jan. 2009 update from Recordare (developer of  
> MusicXML).
>
> --Don
>
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>
> Just before the holidays, the Yamaha R&D Centre London announced
> the beginning of the beta test for the Open Score Format. Open Score
> Format (OSF) is an open and non-proprietary distribution, interchange
> and archive file format for digital scores. It builds on MusicXML 2.0
> by adding several features:
>
> - Digital signing
> - Improved multimedia package format
> - Structured metadata based on Dublin Core
> - MusicXML 2.0 profiles for common content types
> - The OSF Packaging Toolkit: a command-line tool for creating,
> unpacking, validating and signing Open Score Format packages.
>
> To date, contributing organizations to the Open Score Format have
> included Yamaha, Recordare, Music Sales, MakeMusic, and Hal Leonard.
> All are invited to participate in the beta test. Find out more from
> the Open Score Format site at:
>
>  http://openscoreformat.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> --
> Donald Byrd
> Senior Scientist
> Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics & Music
> Indiana University Bloomington<message-footer.txt>
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