Recordare Releases XSD Schema Version of MusicXML 2.0 Format
LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA (September 11, 2008) – Recordare LLC has released a W3C XML Schema Definition (XSD) version of its MusicXML 2.0 format for digital sheet music. Recordare has also released version 4.5 of its Dolet 4 for Finale plug-in, including support for validating MusicXML files against the new XSD version of the format.
The XSD version of MusicXML 2.0 defines the format more precisely than did the original Document Type Definition (DTD) version. This will improve the quality of digital sheet music distribution by making it easier for software developers to test how they write MusicXML files. Validating MusicXML 2.0 files against the MusicXML XSD catches many more MusicXML file errors than validating against the DTD.
An XSD version of the MusicXML format also makes MusicXML easier to use with the latest XML technologies. “Music software developers have long asked us for a schema version of the MusicXML format,” said Michael Good, CEO of Recordare LLC and the inventor of MusicXML. “The XSD schema version of MusicXML 2.0 lets MusicXML developers take full advantage of the newest XML software tools, including XQuery, XML databases, and XML code generators.”
The MusicXML 2.0 XSD is available as a free download at:
The Dolet 4.5 for Finale plug-in, including MusicXML 2.0 XSD validation, is available for US $149.95 at:
Version 4.5 is a free upgrade for current Dolet 4 for Finale users. Upgrades from Dolet 3 for Finale cost US $99.95.
Michael Good will demonstrate the MusicXML 2.0 XSD and Dolet 4.5 for Finale plug-in at the Ninth International Conference on Music Information Retrieval in Philadelphia. The demonstration is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm at Drexel University’s Bossone Research Center. The demonstration also includes the Dolet 4 for Sibelius plug-in and version 1.1 of Myriad Software’s PDFtoMusic Pro application. The new releases of these programs add support for the MusicXML 2.0 XSD format.
About Recordare LLC
Recordare LLC, home of the MusicXML format, is an Internet music software and publishing company (www.recordare.com). The MusicXML format works with over 100 different music applications, including Finale, Sibelius, Cubase, Notion, PDFtoMusic Pro, and LilyPond. This combined support makes MusicXML the first universal format for digital sheet music files.
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