Miscellaneous Companies Submission Guides

The web interface provides a very easy to use and convenient interface to the IMDb additions system. This page describes how to update miscellaneous company information directly via e-mail; it also provides an explanation for the formats generated by the web updates system.

We recommend all contributors use the web based update system and avoid the complexities of the direct email interface described below.

Character Sets

The character set you have to use is either ASCII or ISO-8859-1 depending on the data. If the data has accented characters such as äöñàé... you must use the ISO-8859-1 character set for West European languages. ISO data MUST be MIME compatible, encoded using 'quoted printable' notation. This is usually a setting in your mailer; if in doubt contact your local user support services. No direct 8bit data, please, since many mail systems still drop these characters silently.

Additions

          ADD 

1. mark the start of the data with the word:

             COMPANY
   

   
   
2. for each addition, include on a separate line an entry of the form:

             <title>|<company>|(<service>)|
   

   
   The <title> field is the name of the movie - please try and use the name in the movies database if it already exists.

   The <company> field is used to identify the company that provided the service to the filmmakers.

   The <service> field lists the service provided by the company.

   Example:

            COMPANY
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|Ocean Way|(recorded and mixed)
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|Pacific Title|(opticals)
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|Sound One|(adr recorded at)
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|Technicolor|(dailies)
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|The Complex|(recorded and mixed)
            That Thing You Do! (1996)|Title House|(titles)
   

   Corrections

   1. mark the start of the data with the word:

          CORRECT-COMPANY
      

      
      
   2. include a description of your correction in a free text over as many lines as you need

      Alternativly you may now use the '!' notation. Use an exclamation mark at the beginning of an entry to mark it as incorrect, for example

          !That Thing You Do! (1996)|The Complex|(recorded and mixed)
          That Thing You Do! (1996)|The Complex|(re-recorded and mixed)
      

      
      specifies that the current entry for The Complex is incorrect. The second entry adds the new, correct value, to the database.