This workshop will gather together invited global experts from the conservation, scientific, private sector, government and inter-governmental communities to discuss the need for comprehensive biodiversity conservation standards within the context of an OASIS Biodiversity Conservation Member Section and related Technical Committees.

The goals of this workshop are for attendees to collaboratively establish the priorities and methodologies to:

• Explore the need for structured interoperable information exchange biodiversity conservation standards, such as taxonomies and exchange protocols for species at risk, protected areas, priority habitats, etc.
• Identify existing standards from other domains such as geographical information systems (GIS), information publishing, web services, etc. to improve the viability of proposed biodiversity conservation standards
• Identify how we can leverage existing standards from within the biodiversity conservation domain to ensure interoperable information exchange for these proposed biodiversity conservation standards
• Identify and establish liaisons with other key organizations working in the biodiversity conservation field
• Identify organizations that wish to actively participate in the OASIS Biodiversity Conservation Member Section and related Technical Committees