The CAPE-OPEN Binary Interop Architecture (COBIA) project aims at developing an object model developed, distributed and maintained by CO-LaN and specifically geared to CAPE-OPEN, with the aim being to make CAPE-OPEN development easier, portable, quicker and platform independent while keeping high performance in mind.

The project is split into three phases with only Phase 1 funded by CO-LaN as of 2016:

Phase 1: proof of concept of COBIA through development of a prototype

Phase 2: full Windows native development kit made available

Phase 3: cross-platform interoperability