diff --git a/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md b/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md index 2fc53b8a..b67b20e4 100644 --- a/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md +++ b/specification/gedcom-3-structures-3-meaning.md @@ -872,6 +872,13 @@ Consider an asset in a repository that is a digital scan of a book of compiled n for this asset, the `CALN`.`MEDI` is recommended to be `ELECTRONIC` rather than `BOOK` or `NEWSPAPER`. ::: +When `MEDI` is a substructure of a `g7:FORM`, it is recommended that its payload describes the medium from which it was derived. + +:::example +Consider a digital photo in a multimedia record; +for this asset, the `FORM`.`MEDI` is recommended to be `PHOTO` rather than `ELECTRONIC`. +::: + #### `MIME` (Media type) `g7:MIME` Indicates the [media type](#media-type) of the payload of the superstructure.