Scan your entire catalogue against distributor, platform and collection society requirements. Catch errors before they cost you money.
One scan. A clear action list. Fix it once, deliver everywhere with confidence.
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Every piece of music in your catalogue carries metadata: identifiers, credits, ownership information, artwork and audio files. This data flows to distributors, platforms and collection societies. If it is incomplete, inconsistent or incorrect, deliveries get rejected, registrations fail and revenue gets lost.
Music metadata validation is the process of checking all of this data against the standards and specifications that your partners require. It means verifying every ISRC, every ISWC, every contributor credit, every artwork file and every encoding specification before you hit deliver.
Most labels and publishers do this manually, if they do it at all. DataDoktor automates the entire process. One scan of your catalogue produces a clear, prioritised action list that tells you exactly what needs fixing and why.
DataDoktor Scan Results
12 issues found across 2,847 tracks
Metadata errors are not minor inconveniences. They have direct, measurable consequences for your business.
Distributors and platforms reject content with incomplete or incorrectly formatted metadata. Every rejection means delays, rework and missed release dates.
Collection societies cannot register works with missing identifiers or incomplete credits. Revenue that should be collected never makes it into the system.
Incorrect ownership data, missing ISWCs and absent IPI numbers mean money flows to the wrong parties, or sits unclaimed entirely.
Distributors, sub-publishers and sync agents lose confidence in catalogues that consistently arrive with data quality issues. Clean data strengthens every business relationship.
Catalogues with poor metadata score badly in valuations and acquisitions. Buyers and investors see dirty data as a liability, not an asset.
Every uncorrected error multiplies as your data flows downstream. One wrong ISRC can affect registrations, reporting and revenue across dozens of territories.
One scan covers every critical data point in your catalogue.
Built into rightsHUB. No separate tool, no extra cost, no additional setup.
Check every ISRC, ISWC, IPI, CAE and ISNI in your catalogue. DataDoktor flags missing identifiers, formatting errors, duplicates and unlinked records so nothing slips through to delivery.
Every writer, composer, performer and producer checked for completeness. Missing credits, absent IPI numbers and unverified ISNIs are surfaced with clear instructions on what needs adding.
Validate your data against DDEX ERN, RDR, MWN and CWR standards before you deliver. DataDoktor checks field requirements, structure compliance and format specifications for each standard.
Artwork resolution, format and aspect ratio. Audio file specifications and encoding standards. Every asset checked against modern platform requirements so you avoid rejections at the point of delivery.
Every scan produces a clear, prioritised action list. No vague warnings. DataDoktor tells you exactly what is wrong, where it is and what the correct value should be.
Re-run check-ups at any time as your catalogue grows. Track improvements over time and maintain data quality as new releases, imports and updates flow into your account.
Run DataDoktor against your entire catalogue or a specific subset. The scan checks every data point against distributor, platform and collection society requirements.
Get a clear, prioritised report. Every issue is categorised by severity with an explanation of what is wrong and what the correct value should be.
Use rightsHUB's bulk editing tools to resolve issues across thousands of records in minutes. Review changes before they are applied, then re-scan to confirm.
Scan your catalogue before every batch delivery to a new distributor, CMO or partner. Catch errors before they cause rejections, delays or incomplete registrations.
Just moved your catalogue from another system? Run DataDoktor immediately to identify data gaps, formatting inconsistencies and missing identifiers introduced during the transfer.
Run monthly check-ups to catch issues as your catalogue grows. New releases, bulk imports and third-party data updates can all introduce errors. Stay ahead of them.
Clean, validated metadata is essential for catalogue valuations, acquisitions and investor due diligence. DataDoktor gives you an auditable quality score that proves your data is in order.
DataDoktor works alongside the full rightsHUB platform:
DataDoktor is not a bolt-on service or a separate login. It is built directly into rightsHUB, which means your validation results connect to everything else: your contracts, your releases, your works, your delivery pipelines.
When DataDoktor flags an issue, you fix it in the same platform where you manage the rest of your catalogue. No exporting, no re-importing, no switching between tools. One platform, one source of truth.
Combined with rightsDROP for clean data collection at the point of entry, your catalogue stays healthy from day one.
Ingest
Bring your catalogue from any source. Cloud storage, legacy systems, DDEX transfers, manual import.
Validate
DataDoktor scans everything. Missing identifiers, incomplete credits, non-compliant formats.
Fix
Bulk editing tools resolve issues across thousands of records. Review and approve before applying.
Deliver
Clean, validated data flows to 150+ delivery endpoints. No rejections, no rework.
rightsHUB has been a massive part of the way we have grown and developed our business in Label Services, giving us transparency, connectivity and direct access to all of our metadata and files, all in one place.
Simon Birkumshaw
Director of Operations, Label Services at The Circuit Group
Common questions about metadata validation with DataDoktor
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