The DASH7 Alliance is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation formed to foster the existence and the further development of the DASH7 protocol specification (based on ISO 18000-7). It is the intent of the Alliance to enhance the technology beyond its current capabilities and physical boundaries to enable security, automation and control systems for a multitude of environments. Protocol standard extensions could also be ratified, approved and adopted by one or more established and recognized international or national agencies or bodies as an official national or international standard.