International Standard Musical Work Code
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The International Standard Musical Work Code is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely distinguish musical works for rights management and cataloging purposes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Standard Musical Work Code canonical | 5 |
| International Standard Musical Work Code system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9068626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Standard Musical Work Code Context triple: [ISWC, fullName, International Standard Musical Work Code]
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A.
International Standard Recording Code
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely tag individual sound recordings and music video recordings for tracking, rights management, and royalty purposes.
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B.
International Standard Music Number
The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely catalog and manage printed music publications.
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C.
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty is an international copyright agreement that strengthens the rights of performers and producers of sound recordings in the digital environment.
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D.
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances is an international copyright agreement that strengthens and harmonizes the rights of actors and other performers in audiovisual works worldwide.
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E.
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations is a 1961 international treaty that establishes minimum standards of protection for neighboring rights related to performances, sound recordings, and broadcasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Standard Musical Work Code Target entity description: The 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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A.
International Standard Recording Code
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely tag individual sound recordings and music video recordings for tracking, rights management, and royalty purposes.
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B.
International Standard Music Number
The International Standard Music Number (ISMN) is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely catalog and manage printed music publications.
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C.
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty is an international copyright agreement that strengthens the rights of performers and producers of sound recordings in the digital environment.
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D.
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances is an international copyright agreement that strengthens and harmonizes the rights of actors and other performers in audiovisual works worldwide.
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E.
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations is a 1961 international treaty that establishes minimum standards of protection for neighboring rights related to performances, sound recordings, and broadcasts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international standard
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musical work identifier ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISWC ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
CISAC
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International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
lyrics of musical works
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musical compositions ⓘ |
| assignedBy |
ISWC registration agencies
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collective management organizations ⓘ |
| basedOnStandard | ISO 15707:2001 ⓘ |
| category |
copyright identifier
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music metadata standard ⓘ |
| characterSet | digits 0-9 ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo |
performances
ⓘ
sound recordings ⓘ |
| domain |
collective management organizations
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music industry ⓘ |
| firstEditionYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | worldwide ⓘ |
| governingBody | ISWC International Agency ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
check digit
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country or society code ⓘ work identifier ⓘ |
| hasFormat | T-123.456.789-C ⓘ |
| identifierType | work-level identifier ⓘ |
| length | 11 characters excluding hyphens ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
avoid ambiguity between works with similar titles
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facilitate accurate royalty distribution ⓘ |
| publishedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IPI number
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ISNI ⓘ ISRC ⓘ Interested Parties Information ⓘ International Standard Name Identifier ⓘ International Standard Recording Code ⓘ |
| revisedByStandard |
ISO 15707:2022
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linked to:
ISO 15707
|
| scope | musical works ⓘ |
| standardNumber | ISO 15707 ⓘ |
| status | active standard ⓘ |
| uniqueness | intended to uniquely identify each musical work ⓘ |
| use |
cataloging of musical works
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collective management of copyright ⓘ identification of musical works in databases ⓘ linking musical works to rightsholders ⓘ rights management ⓘ |
| usedBy |
digital service providers
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music licensing platforms ⓘ music publishers ⓘ performing rights organizations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Standard Musical Work Code Description of subject: The International Standard Musical Work Code is a globally recognized identifier used to uniquely distinguish musical works for rights management and cataloging purposes.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
International Standard Recording Code
→
relatedStandard
→
International Standard Musical Work Code
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linked to: International Standard Musical Work Code