The IMF's DQAF was developed as an assessment methodology that aims to provide structure and a common language for the assessment of data quality. The DQAF facilitates a comprehensive view of data quality, one that recognizes interrelations, including trade-offs, among elements of quality and allows emphases to vary across data categories and uses/users. It facilitates dialogue with national statistical agencies and country authorities, as well as a more homogenous approach to assessing data quality by Fund staff.