The proposal that became MIDI asked to be replaced

The 1981 paper behind MIDI asked for competing proposals. What shipped was reworked by rivals and renamed. A provenance format faces the same trade.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-10-13
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23349539
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History of Computing Technologies
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The proposal that became MIDI asked to be replaced

Juan Lentino
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
History of Computing Technologies
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The proposal that became MIDI asked to be replaced

Juan Lentino
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Abstract

The 1981 paper behind MIDI asked for competing proposals. What shipped was reworked by rivals and renamed. A provenance format faces the same trade.

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