Although there have been two main perspectives on the nature of music through systematic and cultural musicology, music informatics has emerged as an interdisciplinary research area which provides a different idea on the nature of music through computer technologies.

Structuring Music through Markup Language: Designs and Architectures offers a different approach to music by focusing on the information organisation and the development of XML-based language. This book aims to offer a new set of tools on for practical implementations and a new investigation into the theory of music.