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Expand Up @@ -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`.
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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`.
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#### `MIME` (Media type) `g7:MIME`

Indicates the [media type](#media-type) of the payload of the superstructure.
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