diff --git a/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/api/src/main/scala/Main.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/Main.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/Main.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/data/DataFormat.scala b/api/src/main/scala/data/DataFormat.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/data/DataFormat.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/data/DataFormat.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/exception/stream/timed/StreamTimeoutException.scala b/api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/timed/StreamTimeoutException.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/exception/stream/timed/StreamTimeoutException.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/timed/StreamTimeoutException.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamErroredItemException.scala b/api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamErroredItemException.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamErroredItemException.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamErroredItemException.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamInvalidItemException.scala b/api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamInvalidItemException.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamInvalidItemException.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamInvalidItemException.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamValidationException.scala b/api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamValidationException.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamValidationException.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/exception/stream/validations/StreamValidationException.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/implicits/package.scala b/api/src/main/scala/implicits/package.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/implicits/package.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/implicits/package.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/model/rdf/RDFElement.scala b/api/src/main/scala/model/rdf/RDFElement.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/model/rdf/RDFElement.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/model/rdf/RDFElement.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/schema/ShExSchemaFormat.scala b/api/src/main/scala/schema/ShExSchemaFormat.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/schema/ShExSchemaFormat.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/schema/ShExSchemaFormat.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/StreamSource.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/StreamSource.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/StreamSource.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/StreamSource.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/StreamExtractor.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/StreamExtractor.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/StreamExtractor.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/StreamExtractor.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/Charsets.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/Charsets.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/Charsets.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/Charsets.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/FileExtractor.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/FileExtractor.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/FileExtractor.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/file/FileExtractor.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractor.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractor.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractor.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractor.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractorConfiguration.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractorConfiguration.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractorConfiguration.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/kafka/KafkaExtractorConfiguration.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/list/ListExtractor.scala b/api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/list/ListExtractor.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/stream/extractors/list/ListExtractor.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/stream/extractors/list/ListExtractor.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/trigger/ShapeMapFormat.scala b/api/src/main/scala/trigger/ShapeMapFormat.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/trigger/ShapeMapFormat.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/trigger/ShapeMapFormat.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerModeType.scala b/api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerModeType.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerModeType.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerModeType.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerShapeMap.scala b/api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerShapeMap.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerShapeMap.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerShapeMap.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerTargetDeclarations.scala b/api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerTargetDeclarations.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerTargetDeclarations.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/trigger/TriggerTargetDeclarations.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/trigger/ValidationTrigger.scala b/api/src/main/scala/trigger/ValidationTrigger.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/trigger/ValidationTrigger.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/trigger/ValidationTrigger.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/utils/StreamUtils.scala b/api/src/main/scala/utils/StreamUtils.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/utils/StreamUtils.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/utils/StreamUtils.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/utils/Timer.scala b/api/src/main/scala/utils/Timer.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/utils/Timer.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/utils/Timer.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/utils/package.scala b/api/src/main/scala/utils/package.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/utils/package.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/utils/package.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/validation/Validator.scala b/api/src/main/scala/validation/Validator.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/validation/Validator.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/validation/Validator.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/validation/configuration/ValidatorConfiguration.scala b/api/src/main/scala/validation/configuration/ValidatorConfiguration.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/validation/configuration/ValidatorConfiguration.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/validation/configuration/ValidatorConfiguration.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/validation/result/ResultStatus.scala b/api/src/main/scala/validation/result/ResultStatus.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/validation/result/ResultStatus.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/validation/result/ResultStatus.scala
diff --git a/src/main/scala/validation/result/ValidationResult.scala b/api/src/main/scala/validation/result/ValidationResult.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/scala/validation/result/ValidationResult.scala
rename to api/src/main/scala/validation/result/ValidationResult.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/extraction/ExtractorTests.scala b/api/src/test/scala/extraction/ExtractorTests.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/extraction/ExtractorTests.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/extraction/ExtractorTests.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/utils/FileUtils.scala b/api/src/test/scala/utils/FileUtils.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/utils/FileUtils.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/utils/FileUtils.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/utils/Samples.scala b/api/src/test/scala/utils/Samples.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/utils/Samples.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/utils/Samples.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/validation/halting/HaltingTests.scala b/api/src/test/scala/validation/halting/HaltingTests.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/validation/halting/HaltingTests.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/validation/halting/HaltingTests.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/validation/ouputs/SchemaTests.scala b/api/src/test/scala/validation/ouputs/SchemaTests.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/validation/ouputs/SchemaTests.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/validation/ouputs/SchemaTests.scala
diff --git a/src/test/scala/validation/timeout/TimeoutTests.scala b/api/src/test/scala/validation/timeout/TimeoutTests.scala
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/scala/validation/timeout/TimeoutTests.scala
rename to api/src/test/scala/validation/timeout/TimeoutTests.scala
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 04b9fc8..dc82563 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ Global / excludeLintKeys ++= Set(name, idePackagePrefix)
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* MODULES */
-lazy val comet = (project in file("."))
+
+// Root project
+lazy val root = (project in file("."))
+  .aggregate(comet)
+
+// Comet's core API, to be published
+lazy val comet = (project in file("api"))
   .enablePlugins(BuildInfoPlugin)
   .settings(
     name := "comet",
@@ -57,6 +63,20 @@ lazy val buildInfoSettings = Seq(
   buildInfoObject := "BuildInfo"
 )
 
+/* PACKAGING SETTINGS */
+// Shared packaging settings for all modules
+lazy val packagingSettings = Seq(
+  // Do not package logback files in .jar, they interfere with other logback
+  // files in classpath
+  Compile / packageBin / mappings ~= { project =>
+    project.filter { case (file, _) =>
+      val fileName = file.getName
+      !(fileName.startsWith("logback") && (fileName.endsWith(".xml") || fileName
+        .endsWith(".groovy")))
+    }
+  }
+)
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* SBT GITHUB ACTIONS */
 // GitHub Actions for build/test and clean are automatically generated