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<div id="tagline">DBTune - <i>Serving music-related RDF since 2007</i></div>


    		
  

  

    
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<a href="http://dbtune.org/">DBTune</a> hosts a number of servers, providing access to 


    		
  

  

    
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music-related structured data, in a <a href="http://linkeddata.org/">Linked Data</a> fashion. <!-- No longer true (most of this was MySpace): It now provides access to more than <a href="http://blog.dbtune.org/post/2008/04/02/DBTune-is-providing-131-billion-triples">14 billion RDF triples</a>. -->


    		
  

  

    
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All the services hosted here are based on open Web standards such as <a href="http://www.w3.org/RDF/">RDF</a>


    		
  

  

    
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and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/">SPARQL</a>.


    		
  

  

    
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<p><em>November 2017 update:</em> This server has recently been revived at the Centre for Digital Music following a period of downtime. Many of the datasets have been restored, mostly using a default ClioPatria server viewing static data (i.e. datasets that were originally dynamic are now old static snapshots). Some datasets have been officially retired. More details are below.</p>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/tab/">Tabulator</a></li>


    		
  

  

    
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You can also use the <a href="http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/tab/">Tabulator Firefox extension</a> or the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8062">OpenLink Data Explorer</a>.


    		
  

  

    
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<a href="http://dbtune.org/jamendo/artist/5">a French band</a>, <a href="http://zitgist.com/music/signal/6da76448-982a-4a01-b65b-9a710301c9c9">an audio


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/jamendo/">Jamendo</a>, holding data from the <a href="http://jamendo.org/">Jamendo website</a> (<a href="http://dbtune.org/jamendo/#query">SPARQL end-point</a>


    		
  

  

    
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available, as well as browsable URIs, <a href="http://dbtune.org/jamendo/#dump">RDF dump available</a>) ;</li>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/magnatune/">Magnatune</a>, holding data from the <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune label</a> (<a href="http://dbtune.org/magnatune/#query">SPARQL end-point</a>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/bbc/peel/">BBC John Peel sessions</a>, holding <a href="http://bbc-hackday.dyndns.org/">data released during the Hackday, 2007</a> (<a href="http://dbtune.org/bbc/peel/#query">SPARQL end-point</a> and browsable URIs, <a href="http://dbtune.org/bbc/peel/#dump">RDF dump available</a>) ;</li>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/cmn/">Classical Music Navigator data</a> adapted from Charles H Smith's CMN site (<a href="http://dbtune.org/cmn/#use">SPARQL end-point</a> and browsable URIs, <a href="http://dbtune.org/cmn/#dump">RDF dump available</a>) ;</li>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/classical/">DBTune classical data</a>, a larger and messier dataset adapted from various sources (<a href="http://dbtune.org/classical/#use">SPARQL end-point</a> and browsable URIs, <a href="http://dbtune.org/classical/#dump">RDF dump available</a>) ;</li>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/myspace/">MySpace data</a>, providing URIs and associated RDF representations for top-friends and available tracks on <a href="http://myspace.com/">MySpace</a></li>


    		
  

  

    
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Cyganiak</a> under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC-BY-SA</a> license.


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://dbtune.org/jamendo/">Jamendo</a> to <a href="http://zitgist.com/music/">Musicbrainz</a> (using some kind of <a href="http://blog.dbtune.org/post/2007/06/11/Linking-open-data%3A-interlinking-the-Jamendo-and-the-Musicbrainz-datasets">record linkage technique</a>)</li>


    		
  

  

    
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<li><a href="http://www.swi-prolog.org/">SWI-Prolog</a> developers, especially <a href="http://www.science.uva.nl/~wielemak/">Jan Wielemaker</a>, for all


    		
  

  

    
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  <li>Server maintenance (2017 iteration): <a href="http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/people/view/3111">Chris Cannam</a><br><a href="http://c4dm.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/">Centre for Digital Music</a>, Queen Mary, University of London</li>


    		
  

  

    
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