AIM stands for Attribution & Ingestion Manifest for Music.
No. AIM is a package format and specification layer around media assets, metadata, references, editing lineage, provenance pointers, and conformance rules.
No. Karaoke is one important subset, but AIM also covers AI-editable audio, WEB multi-track playback, and disclosure-ready downstream workflows.
No. AIM is a container and workflow layer that can carry or generate downstream disclosures such as Apple XML, DDEX-oriented credits, C2PA pointers, and machine-readable no-AI or AI-involvement statements.
It means the package has the structural basis required for disclosure-oriented downstream handling. It does not imply that every possible downstream export has already been materialized by every tool.
No. It indicates that the package has the structural fields needed for a signed-attached shape. Signature trust and authenticity verification remain external to the AIM specification.
Because the format can be reviewed, implemented, and tested independently of any single converter, player, or editor.
No. They are small structural examples intended to make the spec easier to understand and test.