nodable's Glossary

Owner

The Owner is the original user who created the account or a team member assigned ownership status.

Team Member

An invited user with full access to all content within an account.

• In a client account: access to all assets

• In a parent environment: access to contracts and payees

Portal

A Portal is a role-based access layer that limits visibility to content relevant to a specific artist, label, or payee. Portal permissions are content-specific and do not necessarily restrict operational actions (such as catalog management or distribution settings).

Types:

Payee Portal

Access restricted to a single reporting-only payee within a parent environment.

Artist Portal

Access restricted to content related to a single artist within a client account.

Label Portal

Access restricted to content related to a single label within a client account.

Invited Users

Users (new or existing) granted access to an account by another authorized user, as an alternative to self-registration.

Sign Up

The process through which a new or existing user creates a client account in Nodable.

Permissions

Permissions define what a user can view or do within Nodable.

They include:

• Content-specific permissions (e.g. portal-based access)

• Action-based permissions (e.g. catalog management, distribution workflows)

Catalog

The Catalog is the collection of all assets owned by a client account.

Content

A general term used to describe all entities managed within Nodable, including:

• Assets

• Contracts

• Artists

• Payees

• Related metadata objects

Assets

Assets are intellectual property entities defined by metadata and an associated media file.

Types include:

• Audio assets (releases and tracks)

• Videos

• NFTs

Release

A Release is one or more tracks distributed as a single unit with associated metadata.

Track

A Track is a sound recording that can belong to one or multiple releases, including full metadata.

Single

A release typically containing one track (up to four depending on duration rules).

Compilation

A release featuring tracks performed by different main artists. In this case, the release-level artist field is null.

Label

A metadata entity representing a record label associated with a release.

Artist

A metadata entity representing a performer associated with a release or track.

Main Primary Artist

The primary artist defined via the artistId parameter on a release or track.

Contributor Artist

Additional artists featured on a release or track. This includes co-primary artists assigned a contributor role.

Contract

A Contract defines how royalty revenue from assets is distributed among payees.

Types include:

• Account level contract

• Label level contract

• Artist level contract

• Release level contract

• Track level contract

Account Level Contract

A contract governing all assets within a client account.

Label Level Contract

A contract governing all assets associated with a specific label.

Artist Level Contract

A contract governing all assets associated with a specific artist.

Release Level Contract

A contract applied to explicitly defined releases.

Track Level Contract

A contract applied to specific tracks only. It does not govern full-release revenue scenarios (e.g. full album downloads).

Payee

A Payee is an entity that receives revenue within Nodable.

Types:

Client Payee

A payee directly associated with a client account.

When a client account is created, an account-level contract is automatically assigned, directing all revenue to the client payee.

Reporting-Only Payee

A payee not directly linked to a client account but added through a contract.

Reporting-only payees can be invited and access their data via a dedicated portal.

Revenue Analytics

Monthly analytics generated from statement data, providing insights into:

• Release performance

• Royalty distribution

• Revenue trends over time