Re: Next Generation Database Schema

> Hi everybody,
>
> Robert and me have met in Hamburg and are trying to do as much
> preparing  work for the summit as possible. We have gathered all the
> excelent ideas  for database changes that are flying around on the wiki,
> and it looks like  we will come up with a pretty cool proposal for the
> next generation  schema. This should solve the major PsITA like SG5 (the
> dreaded  FeatruingArtistStyle), the mess around
> DontCreateRelationshipClusters, the  cludgy special
> VariousArtistsAlbums, and even a lot of  InterNationalization issues.
>
> The full proposal is still in our brains, but we will write it up soon.
> In  order to do that, however,
>
>   WE NEED YOUR HELP !
>
> We need two kinds of things to strain-test the schema:
>
>  * Examples of Albums, Artists and Tracks with all their weird facts
> and  connections that the current database schema cannot represent, but
> the new  one should.
>  * Usage cases: What do you want MusicBrainz to be able to do?
>
> Please give us your examples and usage cases. Reply to this post on  
> mb-users with one example/usage case per mail. If you have described
> such  an example in the past discussions, please dig that mail out and
> forward  it here (e.g Orion had some pretty detailed examples, and the
> current  thread on  MakingMusicBrainzUsefulForCollectors contains some
> important  usage cases).
>
> I will reply to this mail and add an example and a usage case myself so  
> that you get an idea of what we need.
>
> Rob and me will meet again on tuesday, it would be great if we had a
> set  of at least a dozen of Artists/Albums/Tracks that we could try to
> apply to  the new schema.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>   DonRedman
>