I've seen and understood that in hardware. I'm less convinced it's reasonable in this context. If there wasn't an _independent_ implementation it might barely

I've seen and understood that in hardware. I'm less convinced it's reasonable in this context. If there wasn't an _independent_ implementation it might barely make sense, but given that sqlite exists separately and can be installed separately, this is more of a "package management" or "system library access" problem than it is one of actual standardization by an independent body. Which if you standardized this generic interface you could have multiple independent database engines available not just ones that are SQL based, although, SQL in particular was readily available through SQLite, and would clearly be exceptionally popular. Huge miss when organizations stick the the routine rather then take an opportunity to explore and examine new ways forward. Meanwhile everyone is being held hostage by V2 to V3 manifest changes by _one_ vendor.