5.5.2 MW02 – Basic Musical Work Record for communicating with The Mechanical Licensing Collective

This is the basic Record to describe a Musical Work that has been utilised in accordance with the Basic Audio Profile to The Mechanical Licensing Collective.

Cell Name

Field Definition

Data Type

M/O/C

Example

1

RecordType

The Type of the Record; always to contain “MW02”

Fixed string

M

MW02

2

BlockId

The Identifier (specific to the Message) of the Block that this Record belongs to. All Records in a single Block shall have the same BlockId

String

M

7

3

DspWorkId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Musical Work assigned by the MessageSender

String

M

12345678

4

MusicalWorkIswc

The ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code defined in ISO 15707) identifying the MusicalWork. An ISWC comprises three parts: the letter 'T', followed by nine digits and then one check digit. ISWCs have no dashes.

MusicalWorkISWC is mandatory when available to the MessageSender. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

String

C

T0030749586

5

MusicalWorkTitle

The ReferenceTitle of the Musical Work

String

M

Bohemian Rhapsody

6

MusicalWorkSubTitle

A Descriptor which is supplementary to, but not contained within, a MusicalWorkTitle.

String

O

Live version

7

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName

The Name of a Writer of the Musical Work used in creating the Resource.

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName is mandatory when available to the MessageSender. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName and MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

Johann Sebastian Bach

8

MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the MusicalWorkComposerAuthor(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkComposerAuthorName and MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicalWorkComposerAuthorPartyId can be provided for each  ComposerAuthor.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

9

MusicalWorkArrangerName

The Name of an Arranger of the Musical Work used in creating the Resource.

MusicalWorkArrangerName is mandatory when available to the MessageSender. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkArranger and MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

August Wilhelmj

10

MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the Arranger(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkArrangerName and MusicalWorkArrangerPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one ArrangerPartyId can be provided for each Arranger.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

11

MusicPublisherName

The Name of the MusicPublisher(s) of the Musical Work for the relevant Territory.

MusicPublisherName is mandatory when available to the MessageSender. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicPublisherName and MusicPublisherPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

UMP

12

MusicPublisherPartyId

The PartyID(s) of the MusicPublisher(s).

The order of the individual strings in MusicPublisherName and MusicPublisherPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicPublisherPartyId can be provided for each MusicPublisher.

Multiple PartyID

O

ISNI::00000000111111111

13

MusicalWorkContribtorName

The Name of a contributor of the Work. This Cell shall only be used if the Message Sender does not know whether the contributor is a ComposerAuthor or an Arranger, or if the contributor played a role other than a  ComposerAuthor or Arranger. 

MusicalWorkContributorName is mandatory when available to the MessageSender unless the contributor has already been included as a  ComposerAuthor,  Arranger or MusicPublisher. This field is important for MessageRecipients for their processing and would ideally be mandatory in this Standard. However, as there are rare cases where licensees genuinely do not have this information, DDEX has decided to mark these Cells as “Conditional”.

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkContributorName and MusicalWorkContributorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly.

Multiple String

C

UMP

14

MusicalWorkContributoPartyId

The PartyId(s) of the WorkContributor(s)

The order of the individual strings in MusicalWorkContributorName and MusicalWorkContributorPartyId shall be the same so that the recipient is able to relate names and IDs correctly; a maximum of one MusicalWorkContributorPartyId can be provided for each MusicalWorkContributor.

Multiple PartyID(s)

O

ISNI::0000000081266409

15

DataProviderName

The Name of the company that provided the MusicalWork information to the MessageSender.

String

O

UMG

16

ProprietaryWorkId

The ProprietaryIdentifier of the Work, preceded by a namespace identifier in the syntax ns::id

Multiple

String::String

O

myns::4534

17

ResourceReference

The Resource within a Release for which additional Musical Work information is provided.

ResourceReference must  be provided in the Masterlist Profile when Resources are reported as part of a Release.

String

C

6

18

ParentLicensorDataRecordId

The Identifier (specific to the Message) of the LI01 Record that this Musical Work record provides additional data to.

This ParentLicensorDataRecordId shall only be used where the MW01 Record provides data to an LI01 Masterlist Record. 

String

C

123

19

ParentMasterList

The Identifier (specific to the Message) of the Master Record that this Musical Work record provides additional data to.

This ParentMasterlistId shall only be used where the MW01 Record provides data to an ML01 Masterlist Record. 

String

C

123

20

MusicalWorkReference

The Identifier (specific to the Block) of the Record, that allows other Records to reference this Record.

MusicalWorkWorkReference must be provided if an RC01 Record provides additional information about the Work described in this Record.

String

C

46

21

AlternativeMusicalWorkTitle

An alternative Title of the MusicalWork.

Multiple Strings

O

Mad4You|Mad 4 You