# 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?

- id: art_01M5MCA8J6CTJ99VJV64QJPQFM
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T14, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:38:32.257Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCA8J6CTJ99VJV64QJPQFM

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...

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.

Curator qualifications: DDEX ERN 4.3.2 has a three-valued ContainsAI element (All/None/Partly) on resources and a contributor-level AiContribution element.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://service.ddex.net/xml/ern/432/release-notification.xsd",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://service.ddex.net/xml/allowed-value-sets/allowed-value-sets.xsd",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ern.ddex.net/electronic-release-notification-message-suite-part-1-definitions-of-messages/annex-a-(informative)-release-notes/",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://service.ddex.net/dd/DD-MWN-131/dd/ddex_AiContribution.html",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/17124251?hl=en",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://providersupport.spotify.com/article/ai-credits-on-spotify",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://support.distrokid.com/hc/en-us/articles/50784709021971-How-to-Fill-Out-AI-Credits",
      "note": "candidate evidence excerpts"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [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: https://service.ddex.net/xml/ern/432/release-notification.xsd

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