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Notes: Audubon Core: A brief phrase or a standard abbreviation ("cf. genus", "cf. species", "cf. var.", "aff. species", etc.) to express the determiner's doubts with respect to a specified taxonomic rank about the identification given in Scientific Name.

Splitting identification qualification and Scientific Taxon Name into separate fields is recommended practice in cases where only a single taxon name is available, or if the exchange format is able to keep relations between multiple names and identification qualifiers. Where the exchange format only supports simple multiplicities, a media item with multiple Scientific Taxon Name, some with, some without identification qualifiers, may have to be transferred with "cf." or "aff." qualifiers remaining embedded in the Scientific Taxon Name.

For discussion of Darwin Core usage see Core/wiki/Identification here.

Example(s): 1) For the determinations “cf. Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia”, “Quercus cf. agrifolia var. oxyadenia”, “Quercus agrifolia cf. var. oxyadenia”, Scientific Taxon Name would always be “Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia”, with Identification Qualifier “cf. genus”, “cf. species” and “cf. var.”, respectively.