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Songline Public Access License Tag Tool

Preserve explicit song-record access metadata and permission source without disclosing content or assigning cultural authority.

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Description

Record a songline source's supplied public-access code and permission source.

Musical field records distinguish performer/community attribution, transcription and naming sources, cyclic beat coordinates and recorded permission. A public-access label is different from a reuse license, and a numerical timing residual is different from performance interpretation. Cultural context and actual consent remain tied to original sources.

Record a songline source's supplied public-access code and permission source.

When to use this tool

Use Songline Public Access License Tag when checking the stated public-record, timing, attribution or permission convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter recordId, suppliedAccessCode, permissionSource. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Require nonempty record ID, supplied access code and permission source. Encode the ordered triple as JSON text.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
recordIdNonempty caller-supplied record label; not independently resolved.Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
suppliedAccessCodeSupplied Access CodeRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
permissionSourcePermission SourceRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenJSON-encoded ordered tuple or literal token under the convention above; not a database lookup or authentication result.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "recordId": "R17",
    "suppliedAccessCode": "public excerpt",
    "permissionSource": "P4"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"R17\",\"public excerpt\",\"P4\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The code is not permission clearance; public access does not establish rights to reproduce, adapt or share a recording or culturally governed material.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use original recordings and community/source conventions, with appropriate verified consent and rights review for actual interpretation, reproduction or sharing.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: ethnomusicology/songline-public-access-license-tag — tool.io

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