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@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ <h3 id="mandatory-properties">Mandatory Properties</h3>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="../mediaType/">mediaType</a></td>
-<td><a href="../Uri/">Uri</a></td>
+<td><a href="../String/">String</a><br/>Regex pattern: <code>^application/\S+|^audio/\S+|^font/\S+|^image/\S+|^message/\S+|^model/\S+|^multipart/\S+|^text/\S+|^video/\S+</code></td>
 <td>The file format or encoding method of the item (file) being described</td>
 <td>One</td>
 </tr>
@@ -492,6 +492,23 @@ <h2 id="mappings">Mappings</h2>
 </table>
 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
 <ul>
+<li><a href="assets/examples/Distribution-os-postcodes-excel-distribution-minimal.yaml.json">Distribution-os-postcodes-excel-distribution-minimal</a></li>
+</ul>
+<!-- Commenting out code that displays example inline as a yaml block
+### Example: Distribution-os-postcodes-excel-distribution-minimal
+
+<pre><code class="language-yaml"># Example Excel (.xlsx) Distribution description
+# The example is based on CSV distribution of the OS CodePoint data
+---
+identifier: https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/products/CodePointOpen/downloads?area=GB&amp;format=EXCEL&amp;redirect
+type: dcat:Distribution
+title: Code-Point Open - Excel GB
+licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
+mediaType: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
+</code></pre>
+
+-->
+<ul>
 <li><a href="../assets/examples/Distribution-os-postcodes-csv-distribution.yaml.json">Distribution-os-postcodes-csv-distribution</a></li>
 </ul>
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assets/examples/Distribution-os-postcodes-excel-distribution-minimal.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Example Excel (.xlsx) Distribution description
+# The example is based on CSV distribution of the OS CodePoint data
+---
+identifier: https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/products/CodePointOpen/downloads?area=GB&format=EXCEL&redirect
+type: dcat:Distribution
+title: Code-Point Open - Excel GB
+licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
+mediaType: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

mediaType/index.html

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ <h2 id="obligation-and-cardinality">Obligation and Cardinality</h2>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td><a href="http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#mediaType">dcat:mediaType</a></td>
-<td><a href="../Uri/">Uri</a></td>
+<td><a href="../String/">String</a> <br/>Regex pattern: <code>^application/\S+|^audio/\S+|^font/\S+|^image/\S+|^message/\S+|^model/\S+|^multipart/\S+|^text/\S+|^video/\S+</code></td>
 <td>Mandatory</td>
 <td>One</td>
 </tr>
@@ -521,8 +521,28 @@ <h3 id="do-not-confuse-with">Do not confuse with</h3>
 </li>
 </ul>
 <h3 id="guidelines">Guidelines</h3>
-<p><code>mediaType</code> refers to the encoding method used to store digital resource and convert it into human-accessible form.</p>
-<p>A resource with identical or near-identical intellectual content may have multiple formats. For example, a resource may be available for download in html, pdf and docx formats.</p>
+<p><code>mediaType</code> refers to the encoding method used to store the digital resource and convert it into human-accessible form. The value should be provided as per the Template column provided in the <a href="https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml">IANA pages</a>. Below are some examples:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>CSV: <code>text/csv</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Excel (<code>.xlsx</code>): <code>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Geopackage: <code>application/geopackage+sqlite3</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>HTML: <code>text/html</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>PDF: <code>application/pdf</code></p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Word (<code>.docx</code>): <code>application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document</code></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>A resource with identical or near-identical intellectual content may be available in multiple formats. For example, a resource may be available for download in html, pdf and docx formats. These should be captured as separate <a href="/ukgov-metadata-exchange-model/Distribution">distributions</a> of the Dataset with each distribution having a different mediatype value.</p>
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 <h2 id="applicable-classes">Applicable Classes</h2>