29 September 2025 (Media Identifiers Task Force)

Attendees

  • Drummond Reed

  • Eric Scouten, Adobe

  • Erik Passoja, SAG/AFTRA

  • Jenny Pretz, DDEX/RIAA

  • Jeremy Uzan, Universal Music

  • Kim Beauchamp, Universal Music

  • Makki Elfatih, HKDolts

  • Richard W. Kroon, EIDR

  • Scott Perry, Digital Governance Institute

Meeting notes

New members introduction

  • 🎥 15'26": Kim Beauchamp

Review metadata assertion PR #5: Add media identifiers guidance

Agreed to new language added in externally-defined data sources section regarding URN values.

Discussed possible use of ISNI for recorded music identifiers.

ACTION: Jenny Pretz and Kim Beauchamp to review section 6 to see if ISNI can be made suitable for purpose here.

ACTION: Erik Passoja to convene relevant members of entertainment industry (Will Kreth and Richard Kroon, among others) to review PR and ensure it is suitable for purpose.

ACTION: Erik Passoja to convene with Phillippe Rixhon to ensure that new guidance is compatible with forthcoming JPEG Trust work on rights and permissions.

OUTCOME: Not ready to bring to full CAWG membership next week. Target is to bring the PR to CAWG meeting on 3 November.

Next steps?

🎥 31'50": In previous meeting, Richard suggested forming a Media and Entertainment Best Practices Working Group to provide media-sector specific guidance on the kinds of metadata and registries that appropriate to different sectors. Is that the successor to the current effort?

ACTION: Richard and Erik to spin up effort to draft industry-specific best practices documents. This may come through EIDR’s existing working group.