# digitalSourceType

Indicates an IPTCDigitalSourceEnumeration code indicating the nature of the digital source(s) for some [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork).

## Expected Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [IPTCDigitalSourceEnumeration](https://schema.org.ai/IPTCDigitalSourceEnumeration) | [IPTC](https://www.iptc.org/) "Digital Source" codes for use with the [digitalSourceType](https://schema.org.ai/digitalSourceType) property, providing information about the source for a digital media object. In general these codes are not declared here to be mutually exclusive, although some combinations would be contradictory if applied simultaneously, or might be considered mutually incompatible by upstream maintainers of the definitions. See the IPTC [documentation](https://www.iptc.org/std/photometadata/documentation/userguide/) for [detailed definitions](https://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/) of all terms. |

## Used on Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| [CreativeWork](https://schema.org.ai/CreativeWork) | The most generic kind of creative work, including books, movies, photographs, software programs, etc. |

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Quoted from Schema.org 30.1, https://schema.org/digitalSourceType, under CC BY-SA 3.0. Served by the Org.AI Foundation at https://schema.org.ai/digitalSourceType.