Biodiversity information standards are like rules that help scientists and researchers share information about all the different kinds of living things in the world. It's easy for people to get confused if they use different words or names to describe the same thing, so biodiversity information standards help everyone use the same words and names. This makes it easier for people to understand each other when they talk about different animals and plants. Just like how we learn the same way to spell and write words in school, biodiversity information standards teach scientists how to talk about and document the different kinds of living things in the world in a consistent and clear way.