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+ Sort Order
+ All data model operations HBase return data in sorted order. First by row,
+ then by ColumnFamily, followed by column qualifier, and finally timestamp (sorted
+ in reverse, so newest records are returned first).
+
+
Column Metadata
There is no store of column metadata outside of the internal KeyValue instances for a ColumnFamily.