This wiki page gives a quick orientation on your way to the actual
[Some SHNs in Circulation] Database. The database contains information about music that fans have been trading in
Shorten format- and more recently,
FLAC format too.
The
[Some SHNs in Circulation] Database is a companion to the
[Traders Database]. The two are inter-related, but there are important differences between them. To be listed in the SHN Database, artists must be
known TradeFriendly, and therefore sanctioned for etree.org trading. In contrast, the underlying
[Traders Database] of setlists is more open to direct user input, with new artists or shows added
[at users' discretion].
- The [walkthrough] page gives a more detailed description of the SHN Database. (That doc is a little old in spots and will be wikified at db:ShnDatabaseGuide? later, but should answer most questions.)
- There are no music files in the database, only information about them.
- All artists in the [SHN Database] are TradeFriendly, while artists in the larger [Traders Database] may not be.
- Each artist section in the [SHN Database] is maintained by one or more db:volunteer s.
- If an artist is not yet listed in the [SHN Database]:
- He might not be known TradeFriendly.
- No db:volunteer may have stepped forward to be shn admins yet.
- None of the artist's material may circulate in shn form yet.
- Each entry in the [SHN Database] corresponds to a set of Shorten or FLAC files in circulation. The database is like a simple phonebook of lossless fileset information, listing the good as well the bad, not necessarily just the best ones. Each entry has space for public comments about quality, etc.
- If a shn or flac set is not yet listed, it may be because no one has [submitted the info] to the shn admins yet. Info can now be sent by a [web form], see db:SubmitShnInfo? if you need advice.
- The [SHN Database] has recently started to include listings for other lossless filetypes besides Shorten, such as FLAC and [APE]. Its name is now "historical."
- SHN Admins can login to [SHN Maintenance] to keep the lists for their artists updated.
- The entire http://db.etree.org site is created and owned by Tom Anderson...the man!!