(A list of more standards is available from the BioSharing Web site).
The question of whether we need more standards is a very important yet challenging one to which there is no simple answer.
More rigorous standards are forcing farmers to collect and manage huge amounts of information.
More challenging standards are necessary to help students develop the skills needed to compete in a global economy.
David Zuby, senior vice president of vehicle research at IIHS, says his organization's more-stringent standards are truer to reality than the government measures.
India's more demanding education standards are apparent at the Little Angels Kindergarten, and are its main selling point.
Julian Betts, a professor at the University of California at San Diego, has shown that students learn more when grading standards are tougher.
But more importantly, these standards are also qualitative standards of intention, attitude and energy as they pertain to relational enhancement.
As for making guests feel more welcome, "hospitality standards are so important," Chesky said.
With the pressure of more and more Ph.D.s applying, required standards are getting higher and higher.
