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Digital Data Exchange

This article is about "Digital Data Exchange", DDEX may also mean: Visual Studio Data Designer (DDEX)

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Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) is a standards-setting organization that was formed in 2006 to develop standards that enable companies to communicate efficiently information along the digital supply chain by:

  • Developing standard message and file formats (XML or flat-file)
  • Developing choreographies for specific business transactions
  • Developing communication protocols (SFTP or based on web services)
  • Working with industry bodies to create a more efficient supply chain.
  • DDEX currently focuses on the music industry and has about 75 members.

    Business Transactions Addressed

    DDEX's standards address a series of business transactions:

  • Release deliveries
  • Sales/usage reporting
  • Communication with and amongst Music Licensing Companies
  • Licensing of musical works
  • Collection of information on sound recordings and musical works in the recording studio
  • All DDEX standards are, together with additional information, available from the DDEX Knowledge Base.

    Licences to use DDEX Standards

    Implementers that want to use any of the DDEX standards are required to take out a licence. This licence is a royalty-free click wrap licence that grants implementers access to the intellectual property embedded in the DDEX standards.

    References

    Digital Data Exchange Wikipedia


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