Standards and Representations

Metadata schema (Dublin Core, XML, MARC)

MPEG

Symbolic (Guido, NIFF, kern, etc.)

Coding

Format conversions

Formal models

Z39.50

Protocols for MIR (CDDB)

Similarity

Melody

Polyphony

Timbre

Rhythm

Form

Style / genre

Recognition / Analysis

Optical music recognition

Instrument

Timbre

Style / genre

Singer identification

Pattern discovery (form)

Extraction

Transcription

Melody

Voice separation

Polyphony

Query

Fingerprinting

By example

Humming

Expressiveness, complexity

Summarization

Filtering for music and music queries

Indexing

Classification

Usability

User interface

Needs and expectations

Design

Music imaging / score digitization

Viewing and listening tools

Corpora and databases

Systems issues

Performance

Compression

Scalability

Databases

Architecture

Distributed search

Balance loading

Multi-agent systems

Mobile applications

Evaluation of MIR

User needs and expectations

Building test collections

Experimental design

Metrics

Socio-cultural aspects

Business models and experience

Music and cultural heritage valorization

World music

Intellectual property issues

Watermarking