Configurable software makes up most of the software in use today. Configurability, i.e., the ability of software to be customized without additional programming, is pervasive, and due to the criticality of problems caused by misconfiguration, it has been an active topic researched by investigators in multiple, diverse areas. This broad reach of configurability means that much of the literature and latest results are dispersed, and researchers may not be collaborating or be aware of similar problems and solutions in other domains. We argue that this lack of a common ground leads to a missed opportunity for synergy between research domains and the synthesis of efforts to tackle configurability problems. In short, configurability cuts across software as a whole and needs to be treated as a first class programming element. To provide a foundation for addressing these concerns we make suggestions on how to bring the communities together and propose a common model of configurability and a platform, ACCORD, to facilitate collaboration among researchers and practitioners.