The Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Taskforce establishes the framework for QA/QC procedures for measurements made on all IODP platforms and shore-based facilities and monitors the success of the implemented QA/QC framework. The Task Force also defines the QA/QC guidelines followed by the IOs for at least the IODP minimum and standard measurements across the full range of disciplines (e.g., geochemistry, petrophysics, microbiology, core description, logging, etc.) including, but not limited to:

• Establishing general policies for capturing all relevant QA/QC data and metadata;
• Establishing general policies for ensuring quality of data across all IODP platforms and expeditions and including shore-based laboratories (e.g., that all data generated by IODP platforms/labs are traceable);
• Establishing a general policy that, where practical/appropriate, reference materials be used and their data captures;
• Establishing general policies for data transfer and integrity protocols to ensure quality control of the IODP databases; and
• Recommending that the IOs develop and implement protocols for calibration, determining uncertainty, and traceability in all IODP measurements, and that the IOs report these protocols to the taskforce for review.