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Add note about blank payloads #554

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Update specification/gedcom-3-structures-1-organization.md
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Expand Up @@ -1141,6 +1141,12 @@ A place, which can be represented in several ways:
or in the `HEAD`.`PLAC`.`FORM` if there is no `FORM` substructure.
If neither `FORM` exists, the meaning of the elements are not defined in this specification beyond being names of jurisdictions of some kind, ordered from smallest to largest.

<div class="note">
Some applications and users have defaulted to assuming a `FORM` of "City, County, State, Country",
and some applications even ignore any `FORM` substructures and treat payloads with a smaller number of
elements as if they had additional blank elements at the end.
</div>

Elements should be left blank if they are unknown, do not apply to the location, or are too specific for the region in question.

<div class="example">
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