ISWC

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ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely distinguish musical works for rights management and cataloging purposes.

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Label Occurrences
ISWC canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf International Standard
music identifier standard
abbreviation ISWC self-link
administeredBy ISWC International Agency
administeredThrough collective management organizations
appliesTo lyrics
musical compositions
musical works with or without words
assignedWhen a work is registered with a participating society
assignmentAuthority authorized registration agencies
checkDigit calculated from preceding digits
contains nine digits
one check digit
one letter prefix
dataElementsInclude music publisher information
names of creators
shares of rights holders
title of work
work type
definedIn ISO 15707
differenceDescription ISWC identifies musical works, ISRC identifies sound recordings
differsFrom ISRC
fullName International Standard Musical Work Code
globalCoverage true
identifierFormat T-123.456.789-C
maintainedBy CISAC
prefixCharacter T
primaryPurpose disambiguation of musical works
rights administration
royalty distribution
relatedTo IPI number
International Standard Name Identifier
surface form: ISNI

ISRC
scope dramatico-musical works
musical works
non-dramatic musical works
separators dots and hyphens for readability
standardNumber ISO 15707
status active international standard
uniqueFor each distinct musical work
usedBy collective management organizations
mechanical rights organizations
music databases
music licensing platforms
music publishers
performing rights organizations
usedFor identifying musical works
music cataloging
rights management

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