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Data Field,Internal ID,title,Writers,Writer You Control,publisher_name,Ownership %,Terittory,ISWC Code,ISRC Code(s),HFA Code,Catalog Label(s),Artist (if released)
Definition,This field is how you identify your composition internally.  It will help you to track a composition within a platform's database and provide a data point for royalty accounting.  ,This is the title of your composition.,"These are all the songwriters of the composition.  When possible, you should include ""aka's"" as well as real names.","This is the songwriter(s) of the composition who you control.  If you control multiple writers you can list all of them separated by a delimiter ""|"".",This is the name of your publishing company that represents this song. It can be your company name or the entitiy associated with the specific PRO for the writer you control.,This is your percentage of the song that you control.,These are the territories that you control the song in.,This is the unique ISWC (International Standard Musical Work Code) identifier for a composition.,This is the ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) of any master recording that is connected to the underlying composition.,This is the six-character code that HFA assigns within their database to identify your composition.,"A list of internal labels connected to specific catalogs to apply to the asset. You can create these labels to divide up sub catalogs of your works - by entity, writer, or any other division you would need.",This is the name of the artist(s) who recorded your composition.
Sample Version of Data,my-id-1234567,My awesome title,Writer One|Writer Two|Writer Three,Writer One,Exploration Publishing,50,Worldwide,T0910050000,US0000088888|US0000099999,G1497T,My Fonky Music|Other Unique Asset Label,The Awesome Artist
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