The ESMFInteroperability and Integration Initiative
The goal of this initiative is to help groups that have assortments of ESMF components define integrated systems, and to promote greater community-wide interoperability.
Definition and verification of ESMF compliance
Assembly and usage rules and conventions for components
Metadata conventions
Additions to ESMF that encode conventions and behaviors
Strategies for automation and supplemental tools (e.g. MAPL)