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The document includes:

• standardised terminology to be used
• the acceptable boundaries for the interpretation of complex DNA mixture profiles
• the interpretation of a variable number of contributors to a DNA mixture profile
• the use and limitations of a qualitative opinion where no quantitative measure can be calculated
• guidance for the interpretation content for reports and statements

Issue 2 of this document updates:

• the position for guideline 16
• the qualitative evaluation of the strength of evidence, and the major and minor approach - discussed in the ISFGs DNA commission of the international society for forensic genetics: Assessing the value of forensic biological evidence