The following diagram (release 02) captures some of the sentiments shown in the editable posting above. It is certainly far from the final word but hopefully a useful way to think about some options and the depth of integration that might work. The “domain-specific frictionless data packages with schema” would clearly benefit from the energy data package do-a-thon. And a well designed “single common codebase” would not preclude another projects from using parts of its underlying design, perhaps components from its “shared software framework”. There are large challenges ahead to get much of this working well though. On the other hand, there is already some experience in the component approach by the oemof project. Robbie.
Integration spectrum for cooperating projects — some ideas for discussion