This document summarizes a presentation given by Susanna Sansone at the GSC 23rd meeting education day in Bangkok, Thailand on August 7, 2023. The presentation discussed standards across life sciences, including definitions of different types of standards and over 1,600 identified standards. It covered standard organizations and grassroots groups, as well as the FAIRsharing database which catalogs over 2,885 standards and databases and aims to promote their use and value across research.