Good observation. If ordered data is only present in silos, maybe we should work towards the “narrow waste” for such data, to make it less siloed. :)

Surely we can discuss (computer programs can interoperate on) something ordered other than raw bytes (ie the contents of a file).

xattrs I suppose would be the best way to do something backward compatible yet descriptive enough to be useful? I agree it’s a steep hill to climb.