ODS-E — Open Data Schema for Energy

An open specification for interoperable energy asset data across generation, consumption, and net metering.

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ODS-E is an open specification for interoperable energy asset data across generation, consumption, and net metering. It ships with versioned schemas, vendor transforms, a Python reference runtime, and integration guides for inverters, industrial protocols, SCADA, and utility data portals.

Start Here

• Documentation Site
• Documentation Source Repo
• Launch Kit
• 60-second quickstart

Repository Map

• Specification docs
• Schemas
• Transforms (Huawei, Eskom, etc.)
• Python reference runtime (including SCL, AMR, MQTT, and OPC-UA connectors)
• Tools
• Demos

For Implementers

• Schema: energy-timeseries.json
• Schema: asset-metadata.json
• Transform harness usage

Integration Guides

• Inverter API access setup
• Industrial Protocols (MQTT, OPC-UA)
• SCADA (IEC 61850) Integration
• Eskom Ingest (AMR, Data Portal)

Modeling & Markets

• ComStock/ResStock integration
• Municipal emissions modeling guide
• Market context extensions (settlement, tariff, topology)
• Market reform extensions (wheeling, curtailment, BRP, certificates)
• SA trading conformance profiles (SEP-002)
• Reference enrichment contract (SEP-003)
• Python SDK examples

Project

• Contributing
• Governance
• Security policy
• Code of Conduct
• Roadmap
• Changelog

License

• Specification, schemas, transforms: CC-BY-SA 4.0
• Reference implementation and tools: Apache 2.0

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