.. _glossary:

Glossary and terms
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.. glossary::

    metadata
        Data not directly related to a song, but useful for debugging and other
        purposes. Other items include modification time and the name of the
        application used to create the song.

    song properties
        Additional information about a song. There can be author name, copyright
        information, publisher, release date, etc.

    theme
        Clasifying songs to various groups along suitability.

    transliteration
        Transcription of text in one alphabet to another while retaining
        the language it was written in. For instance writing Chinese characters
        using latin.