Localized metadata for Art Tracks & Original release dates

In ERN 3.8, you can provide translated titles, artist names, genres, label names, parental warning type and other territory specific metadata for a recording. Translations are used in the YouTube Music app and on music.youtube.com . Original language text is used in the title and description of the Art Track in YouTube Main. For each translation, the LanguageAndScriptCode attribute indicates the language of the translation.

The example below shows how to communicate metadata specific to Japan using ERN 3.8:

<ReleaseDetailsByTerritory>
    <TerritoryCode>JP</TerritoryCode>
    <LabelName>JP ACME Label Inc.</LabelName>
    <Title TitleType="DisplayTitle" LanguageAndScriptCode="ja-Jpan">
        <TitleText>タイトルテキスト</TitleText>
    </Title>
    <DisplayArtist SequenceNumber="1">
      <PartyName LanguageAndScriptCode="ja-Jpan">
            <FullName>アーティスト名</FullName>
        </PartyName>
        <ArtistRole>MainArtist</ArtistRole>
    </DisplayArtist>
    <ParentalWarningType>NotExplicit</ParentalWarningType>
    <Genre>
        <GenreText>JPOP</GenreText>
        <SubGenre>JPOP sub genre</SubGenre>
    </Genre>
    <ReleaseDate IsApproximate="true">2020-03-01</ReleaseDate>
</ReleaseDetailsByTerritory

Translated album and track titles should be provided in the <DisplayTitleText> composite with attribute <LanguageAndScriptCode> indicating the language of translations.

The Attribute “IsDefault” should be set to true for the default title to use when a territory translation is not provided.

Please see this reference sample  for an album with translated party names, album and track titles in traditional Chinese for Hong Kong. This message also includes different SVOD and AVOD deals term start dates for Hong Kong and the rest of the world.

Original Release Date

The <OriginalReleaseDate> in DDEX specifies when the release was or will be available for physical, electronic, or online distribution. If you include this date in your DDEX file, make sure that:

• The release date is accurate
• The release date is formatted correctly (YYYY-MM-DD)
• The release year is on or after 1860