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Which DDEX ERN 4.3.2 elements and values carry an AI-generated flag for a release, recording or contributor, and how do YouTube, Spotify and DistroKid disclosures relate to them?

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In the ERN 4.3.2 XSD (Last-Modified 2025-06-30), a three-valued ContainsAI element (All / None / Partly, defined in the allowed-value-sets file) appears on Release, SoundRecording, Image, Text and Video, and a contributor-level AiContribution element appears on Contributor and EditionContributor, defaulting to All when SpecialContributor is GenerativeAI. Documented consistency rules: if a resource-level value is All only GenerativeAI contributors may be listed; if None no contributor may carry Partly or All. The release notes list recording-level and contribution-level AI communication under the Version 4.3.1 entry. YouTube accepts the declaration via DDEX ERN 4.3.2+ or a CSV column (all/partly/none/unknown) and reads a missing value as unknown. Spotify's provider page describes role-level credits for roles that were fully AI-generated, in a beta; DistroKid asks about lyrics, music, all of the audio or part of the audio. Which DDEX value a distributor writes for a given UI answer is...

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      "url": "https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/50784709021971-How-to-Fill-Out-AI-Credits",
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[sourced_fact] In the ERN 4.3.2 XSD (Last-Modified 2025-06-30), a three-valued ContainsAI element (All / None / Partly, defined in the allowed-value-sets file) appears on Release, SoundRecording, Image, Text and Video, and a contributor-level AiContribution element appears on Contributor and EditionContributor, defaulting to All when SpecialContributor is GenerativeAI. Documented consistency rules: if a resource-level value is All only GenerativeAI contributors may be listed; if None no contributor may carry Partly or All. The release notes list recording-level and contribution-level AI communication under the Version 4.3.1 entry. YouTube accepts the declaration via DDEX ERN 4.3.2+ or a CSV column (all/partly/none/unknown) and reads a missing value as unknown. Spotify's provider page describes role-level credits for roles that were fully AI-generated, in a beta; DistroKid asks about lyrics, music, all of the audio or part of the audio. Which DDEX value a distributor writes for a given UI answer is not documented in the pages read. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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