[indigochill]

Maybe I'm naive, but this seems to be in a similar class of problem to Linux's support for physical peripherals, and the answer seems to be the same: drivers that convert from a mess of different interfaces into a standard interface one layer up.

And like driver development, it can be done by pretty much anyone. Doesn't have to be the low-budget data providers, nor does it all have to be done by one group, as long as the various groups doing the work can agree on a standard interface.

[zdkl]

This is a good idea, but unless *you* have some political capital and room in the budget to design AND perform AND maintain the process long term... You'll only add another competing "standard" to the mess. https://xkcd.com/927/