ISWC

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 from it is derived

MusicBrainz stores ISWCs for works.

See also

• IPI: a number identifying persons connected to ISWC registered works (authors, composers, etc.)

• ISRC: an ISO standard for identifying recordings of music, developed by the IFPI

• Website of the registration authority

• List of work databases, many of which contain ISWCs