SiLA's mission is to establish international standards which create open connectivity in lab automation. SiLA's vision is to create interoperability, flexibility, and resource optimization for laboratory instrument integration and software services based on standardized communication protocols and data specifications. SiLA promotes open standards to allow integration and exchange of intelligent systems in a cost-effective and easy way.SiLA 2 is based on open, well-established communication protocols and defines a thin domain-specific layer on top of these, consisting of common concepts, vocabulary, and taxonomy.