ISWC
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The International Standard Musical Work Code (ISWC) is an ISO standard similar to ISBNs for identifying musical works / compositions.
According to the Wikipedia article about ISWC, to register an ISWC, the following minimal metadata must be supplied:
- title
- names of all composers, arrangers and authors, with their role in the piece (identified by role code) and their CAE/IPI number
- work classification code (CIS (?))
- identification of other works it is a derivative of
MusicBrainz doesn't currently store ISWCs but could do so for composition objects in the planned NextGenerationSchema.
See also
- Website of the registration authority
- ISMN, an ISO standard for identifying printed music publications
- ISRC, an ISO standard for identifying recordings of music, developed by the IFPI
Resources
- ISWCNet database
- Search engine for French works provided by SACEM
- Search engine for Spanish works
- Search engine for Japanese works provided by JASRAC