The latest proposed changes to the existing music metadata standard CIP-60, an extension of CIP-25 for music-specific media tokens, has been made official after being merged to the Cardano Foundation CIP repository.
The catalyst for these changes came about from designing tooling, like Arp Radio, that will better utilize the data within such tokens. While the previous versions of the data standard focused on defining what information should be included in these tokens, the amendments and reordering of v3 focuses on how players, indexers, and viewers can better interact with the information in a meaningful manner.
This will empower developers to create dApps, smart contracts, etc. that can interact with and expand the utility of such tokens. Having a predictable structure, while at the same time covering a multitude of scenarios musical works can entail, creates new and exciting opportunities for how these works can be accessed.
However, the standard is only as good as the application of it!
To help adherence to the changes made, informing projects and implementors of the update is of the highest priority! An open source form for singles is provided here, which can be freely altered to suite the specific needs of implementors and developers alike.
This CIP would not be possible without the initial contributions of the previous version authors and relentless efforts of the Cardano Music Community as a whole.
A special thanks to the Jukeboys Community, SoLitty Records, and Sick City for their support in garnering visibility and their early adoption of the new standard!
