[stereo]

The idea was that metadata, for example a file’s label, would travel across to whichever device you use the network drive from.

[tambourine_man]

But classic Mac OS stored “Desktop DB” and “Desktop DF” at the root of each mounted drive, IIRC.

It seems like a better solution.

[jojobas]

Yeah, because such devices are only made by Apple and can or should understand Apple's internal format.