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 "id": "musicxml",
 "name": "MusicXML",
 "category": "audio",
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   "xml",
   "musicxml",
   "mxl"
  ],
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   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
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   "writes": false
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  {
   "name": "Cakewalk Sonar",
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   "writes": false,
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   "writes": false,
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   "name": "Digital Performer",
   "url": "http://www.motu.com/",
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   "writes": false
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   "name": "Dorico",
   "url": "https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Finale",
   "url": "http://www.finalemusic.com/",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "shareware"
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  {
   "name": "Forte",
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   "writes": true
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   "name": "Impro-Visor",
   "url": "https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "International Music Score Library Project",
   "url": "https://imslp.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International"
  },
  {
   "name": "JFugue",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6108160",
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   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Logic Pro",
   "url": "https://www.apple.com/de/logic-pro-for-ipad/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Ludwig 3",
   "url": "http://www.write-music.com/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "MusiXTeX",
   "url": "http://icking-music-archive.org/software/indexmt6.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
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   "name": "Newzik",
   "url": "https://newzik.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "NoteEdit",
   "url": "https://www.berlios.de/software/noteedit/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Notion",
   "url": "http://www.presonus.com/products/notion-5",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "NtEd",
   "url": "https://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml",
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   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Overture",
   "url": "https://sonicscores.com/overture/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
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  {
   "name": "PhotoScore Lite",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122068167",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q240192",
   "url": "https://musescore.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Sibelius",
   "url": "https://www.avid.com/sibelius",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
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  {
   "name": "Sibelius First",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122023473",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Sinsy",
   "url": "http://www.sinsy.jp/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "BSD licenses",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "SmartScore",
   "url": "http://www.musitek.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "TablEdit Tablature Editor",
   "url": "http://www.tabledit.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Verovio",
   "url": "https://www.verovio.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  }
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 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MusicXML",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/896",
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   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q653301",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653301",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}