The workshop is organized by HL7 and its affiliates to present and to discuss HL7's activities for providing international standards and specifications to enable advanced semantically interoperable eHealth and pHealth solutions, adaptable to national health systems through localization. The workshop especially focuses on the multi-disciplinary structure of HL7 and its liaisons with international and national standards developing organizations as well as important health informatics initiatives. Demonstrating existing and emerging solutions and strategies within HL7's broad scope and spectrum, the international scope of HL7 standards is highlighted.