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Party Identifiers 🧾

What is the Party Identifier MIDDS?

The Party Identifiers MIDDS is the cornerstone structure that represents all individual and organizational actors in the music industry within the Allfeat ecosystem. It ensures that every entity—whether a performer, producer, label, or publisher—is accurately and securely identified on-chain.

Each Party Identifier MIDDS is linked to at least one of the following global identifiers:

  • IPI (Interested Party Information) code
  • ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier)

🛑 Important: It is not possible to certify a Party Identifier MIDDS on-chain without a valid IPI or ISNI. This ensures that all actors referenced in the system exist in the real world and are verifiable through established, globally recognized databases.

Allfeat does not aim to introduce a new identification standard. Instead, it serves as a decentralized, transparent, and tamper-proof mirror of the metadata and identifiers already used across the music industry in Web2 environments.

Structure of the MIDDS

The Party Identifier MIDDS is separated into two distinct categories:

These are organizations such as:

  • Record labels
  • Publishing companies
  • Distributors

Attributes:

  • IPI Code*
  • ISNI Code*
  • Type (e.g., Editor, Producer, Distributor)
  • Name

2. Natural Persons

These are individuals, typically:

  • Songwriters
  • Composers
  • Performers

Attributes:

  • IPI Code*
  • ISNI Code*
  • Type (e.g., Solo Artist, Group Member)
  • Gender (Male / Female / Neither)
  • Full Name
  • Aliases / Stage Names

Why It Matters 🧠

The Party Identifier MIDDS plays a foundational role in building a trustworthy, interoperable music database. By anchoring identities to standardized industry codes, Allfeat ensures that all interactions—royalty splits, rights declarations, and collaborations—are rooted in verifiable, real-world data.

This not only secures the ecosystem against fraud and impersonation, but also streamlines interoperability with existing rights management systems, PROs, DSPs, and more.

➡️ Next: Explore how these Party Identifiers connect to Works, Tracks, and Releases in the next MIDDS modules.