diff --git a/commonio/Cargo.toml b/commonio/Cargo.toml
index 6a08967..57208d9 100644
--- a/commonio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/commonio/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ crc32fast = "1.2"
 err = { path = "../err" }
 taskrun = { path = "../taskrun" }
 netpod = { path = "../netpod" }
-items = { path = "../items" }
+items_0 = { path = "../items_0" }
 items_proc = { path = "../items_proc" }
diff --git a/commonio/src/commonio.rs b/commonio/src/commonio.rs
index 836e192..ec79e08 100644
--- a/commonio/src/commonio.rs
+++ b/commonio/src/commonio.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use async_channel::Sender;
 use err::ErrStr;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StatsItem;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::DiskStats;
 use netpod::OpenStats;
diff --git a/daqbufp2/src/client.rs b/daqbufp2/src/client.rs
index 81cf981..3b1341c 100644
--- a/daqbufp2/src/client.rs
+++ b/daqbufp2/src/client.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use httpclient::HttpBodyAsAsyncRead;
 use hyper::Body;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::BinnedQuery;
 use netpod::query::CacheUsage;
diff --git a/daqbufp2/src/test/binnedbinary.rs b/daqbufp2/src/test/binnedbinary.rs
index 467264c..13bcc2a 100644
--- a/daqbufp2/src/test/binnedbinary.rs
+++ b/daqbufp2/src/test/binnedbinary.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use httpclient::HttpBodyAsAsyncRead;
 use hyper::Body;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_0::subfr::SubFrId;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::BinnedQuery;
diff --git a/daqbufp2/src/test/events.rs b/daqbufp2/src/test/events.rs
index d5a0b7f..6ed0ef9 100644
--- a/daqbufp2/src/test/events.rs
+++ b/daqbufp2/src/test/events.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use httpclient::HttpBodyAsAsyncRead;
 use hyper::Body;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::AggKind;
diff --git a/disk/src/decode.rs b/disk/src/decode.rs
index 2f09e79..5fb7c6f 100644
--- a/disk/src/decode.rs
+++ b/disk/src/decode.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ use crate::eventblobs::EventChunkerMultifile;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
 use items_0::scalar_ops::ScalarOps;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_0::Events;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use items_2::eventsdim0::EventsDim0;
 use items_2::eventsdim1::EventsDim1;
 #[allow(unused)]
diff --git a/disk/src/eventblobs.rs b/disk/src/eventblobs.rs
index c847379..a5d2e92 100644
--- a/disk/src/eventblobs.rs
+++ b/disk/src/eventblobs.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ use crate::merge::MergedStream;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::LogItem;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::LogItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
 use netpod::ChannelConfig;
@@ -262,11 +262,15 @@ mod test {
     use crate::eventblobs::EventChunkerMultifile;
     use err::Error;
     use futures_util::StreamExt;
-    use items::{RangeCompletableItem, StreamItem};
+    use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+    use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
     use netpod::log::*;
-    use netpod::timeunits::{DAY, MS};
+    use netpod::timeunits::DAY;
+    use netpod::timeunits::MS;
+    use netpod::ByteSize;
+    use netpod::ChannelConfig;
     use netpod::DiskIoTune;
-    use netpod::{ByteSize, ChannelConfig, Nanos};
+    use netpod::Nanos;
     use streams::eventchunker::EventChunkerConf;
     use streams::rangefilter::RangeFilter;
 
diff --git a/disk/src/merge.rs b/disk/src/merge.rs
index cf16f63..e8e83ca 100644
--- a/disk/src/merge.rs
+++ b/disk/src/merge.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use items::Appendable;
 use items::ByteEstimate;
-use items::LogItem;
 use items::PushableIndex;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StatsItem;
-use items::StreamItem;
 use items::WithTimestamps;
+use items_0::streamitem::LogItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use netpod::histo::HistoLog2;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::ByteSize;
@@ -312,11 +312,20 @@ mod test {
     use crate::merge::MergedStream;
     use err::Error;
     use futures_util::StreamExt;
-    use items::{RangeCompletableItem, StreamItem};
+    use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+    use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
     use netpod::log::*;
     use netpod::test_data_base_path_databuffer;
-    use netpod::timeunits::{DAY, MS};
-    use netpod::{ByteOrder, ByteSize, Channel, ChannelConfig, NanoRange, Nanos, ScalarType, Shape};
+    use netpod::timeunits::DAY;
+    use netpod::timeunits::MS;
+    use netpod::ByteOrder;
+    use netpod::ByteSize;
+    use netpod::Channel;
+    use netpod::ChannelConfig;
+    use netpod::NanoRange;
+    use netpod::Nanos;
+    use netpod::ScalarType;
+    use netpod::Shape;
     use std::path::PathBuf;
     use streams::eventchunker::EventChunker;
     use streams::eventchunker::EventChunkerConf;
diff --git a/disk/src/merge/mergedblobsfromremotes.rs b/disk/src/merge/mergedblobsfromremotes.rs
index 56d46c1..bd22b64 100644
--- a/disk/src/merge/mergedblobsfromremotes.rs
+++ b/disk/src/merge/mergedblobsfromremotes.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ use err::Error;
 use futures_util::pin_mut;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::Cluster;
diff --git a/disk/src/raw/conn.rs b/disk/src/raw/conn.rs
index b532649..df4d8a8 100644
--- a/disk/src/raw/conn.rs
+++ b/disk/src/raw/conn.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ use err::Error;
 use futures_util::stream;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::AggKind;
diff --git a/disk/src/streamlog.rs b/disk/src/streamlog.rs
index 5399715..af6f897 100644
--- a/disk/src/streamlog.rs
+++ b/disk/src/streamlog.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use items::LogItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::LogItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 
diff --git a/httpret/src/api1.rs b/httpret/src/api1.rs
index 6d7c5a9..50f1721 100644
--- a/httpret/src/api1.rs
+++ b/httpret/src/api1.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,60 @@
 use crate::err::Error;
-use crate::gather::{gather_get_json_generic, SubRes};
-use crate::{response, BodyStream, ReqCtx};
-use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
-use futures_util::{FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt};
-use http::{Method, StatusCode};
-use hyper::{Body, Client, Request, Response};
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::{RangeCompletableItem, Sitemty, StreamItem};
+use crate::gather::gather_get_json_generic;
+use crate::gather::SubRes;
+use crate::response;
+use crate::BodyStream;
+use crate::ReqCtx;
+use bytes::BufMut;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use futures_util::FutureExt;
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::TryFutureExt;
+use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
+use http::Method;
+use http::StatusCode;
+use hyper::Body;
+use hyper::Client;
+use hyper::Request;
+use hyper::Response;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use itertools::Itertools;
+use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::api1::Api1Query;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
-use netpod::{log::*, ScalarType};
-use netpod::{ByteSize, Channel, DiskIoTune, NanoRange, NodeConfigCached, PerfOpts, Shape};
-use netpod::{ChannelSearchQuery, ChannelSearchResult, ProxyConfig};
-use netpod::{ACCEPT_ALL, APP_JSON, APP_OCTET};
+use netpod::ByteSize;
+use netpod::Channel;
+use netpod::ChannelSearchQuery;
+use netpod::ChannelSearchResult;
+use netpod::DiskIoTune;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
+use netpod::NodeConfigCached;
+use netpod::PerfOpts;
+use netpod::ProxyConfig;
+use netpod::ScalarType;
+use netpod::Shape;
+use netpod::ACCEPT_ALL;
+use netpod::APP_JSON;
+use netpod::APP_OCTET;
 use parse::channelconfig::extract_matching_config_entry;
 use parse::channelconfig::read_local_config;
-use parse::channelconfig::{Config, ConfigEntry, MatchingConfigEntry};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use parse::channelconfig::Config;
+use parse::channelconfig::ConfigEntry;
+use parse::channelconfig::MatchingConfigEntry;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
 use streams::eventchunker::EventChunkerConf;
 use tracing_futures::Instrument;
 use url::Url;
diff --git a/httpret/src/httpret.rs b/httpret/src/httpret.rs
index 9cf9f26..90944a1 100644
--- a/httpret/src/httpret.rs
+++ b/httpret/src/httpret.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ async fn update_db_with_channel_names(
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(unused)]
 async fn update_db_with_channel_names_3(
     req: Request<Body>,
     _ctx: &ReqCtx,
@@ -611,9 +612,9 @@ pub struct StatusBoardEntry {
     ts_created: SystemTime,
     #[serde(serialize_with = "instant_serde::ser")]
     ts_updated: SystemTime,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "items::bool_is_false")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "items_2::bool_is_false")]
     is_error: bool,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "items::bool_is_false")]
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "items_2::bool_is_false")]
     is_ok: bool,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     errors: Vec<Error>,
diff --git a/items/Cargo.toml b/items/Cargo.toml
index e08262c..e471660 100644
--- a/items/Cargo.toml
+++ b/items/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 [package]
 name = "items"
-version = "0.0.2"
+version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Dominik Werder <dominik.werder@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
-[lib]
-path = "src/items.rs"
-
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "net", "time", "sync", "fs"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.15"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 ciborium = "0.2"
-rmp-serde = "1.1.1"
 bson = "2.4.0"
 erased-serde = "0.3"
 bytes = "1.2.1"
@@ -24,4 +20,3 @@ err = { path = "../err" }
 items_proc = { path = "../items_proc" }
 items_0 = { path = "../items_0" }
 netpod = { path = "../netpod" }
-parse = { path = "../parse" }
diff --git a/items/src/items.rs b/items/src/items.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e91b85..0000000
--- a/items/src/items.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,701 +0,0 @@
-pub mod eventfull;
-pub mod frame;
-pub mod inmem;
-pub mod streams;
-
-use crate::frame::make_frame_2;
-use bytes::BytesMut;
-use chrono::TimeZone;
-use chrono::Utc;
-use err::Error;
-use frame::make_error_frame;
-use frame::make_log_frame;
-use frame::make_range_complete_frame;
-use frame::make_stats_frame;
-use items_0::AsAnyRef;
-use netpod::log::Level;
-#[allow(unused)]
-use netpod::log::*;
-use netpod::DiskStats;
-use netpod::EventDataReadStats;
-use netpod::NanoRange;
-use netpod::RangeFilterStats;
-use netpod::Shape;
-use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
-use serde::Serializer;
-use std::any::Any;
-use std::fmt;
-use std::future::Future;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::Context;
-use std::task::Poll;
-use tokio::fs::File;
-use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
-use tokio::io::ReadBuf;
-
-pub const TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa01;
-pub const ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa02;
-pub const SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa04;
-pub const EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME: u32 = 0x100;
-pub const EVENTS_0D_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x500;
-pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_DIM_0_BINS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x700;
-pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_DIM_1_BINS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x800;
-pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_WAVE_BINS: u32 = 0xa00;
-pub const WAVE_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xb00;
-pub const LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xc00;
-pub const STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xd00;
-pub const RANGE_COMPLETE_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xe00;
-pub const EVENT_FULL_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2200;
-pub const EVENTS_ITEM_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2300;
-pub const STATS_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2400;
-pub const ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2500;
-pub const X_BINNED_SCALAR_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8800;
-pub const X_BINNED_WAVE_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8900;
-pub const DATABUFFER_EVENT_BLOB_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8a00;
-
-pub fn bool_is_false(j: &bool) -> bool {
-    *j == false
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum RangeCompletableItem<T> {
-    RangeComplete,
-    Data(T),
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum StatsItem {
-    EventDataReadStats(EventDataReadStats),
-    RangeFilterStats(RangeFilterStats),
-    DiskStats(DiskStats),
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum StreamItem<T> {
-    DataItem(T),
-    Log(LogItem),
-    Stats(StatsItem),
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct LogItem {
-    pub node_ix: u32,
-    #[serde(with = "levelserde")]
-    pub level: Level,
-    pub msg: String,
-}
-
-impl LogItem {
-    pub fn quick(level: Level, msg: String) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            level,
-            msg,
-            node_ix: 42,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub type Sitemty<T> = Result<StreamItem<RangeCompletableItem<T>>, Error>;
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! on_sitemty_range_complete {
-    ($item:expr, $ex:expr) => {
-        if let Ok($crate::StreamItem::DataItem($crate::RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete)) = $item {
-            $ex
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-impl<T> FrameType for Sitemty<T>
-where
-    T: FrameType,
-{
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        match self {
-            Ok(item) => match item {
-                StreamItem::DataItem(item) => match item {
-                    RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
-                    RangeCompletableItem::Data(item) => item.frame_type_id(),
-                },
-                StreamItem::Log(_) => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
-                StreamItem::Stats(_) => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
-            },
-            Err(_) => ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn sitem_data<X>(x: X) -> Sitemty<X> {
-    Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(x)))
-}
-
-mod levelserde {
-    use super::Level;
-    use serde::de::{self, Visitor};
-    use serde::{Deserializer, Serializer};
-    use std::fmt;
-
-    pub fn serialize<S>(t: &Level, se: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        let g = match *t {
-            Level::ERROR => 1,
-            Level::WARN => 2,
-            Level::INFO => 3,
-            Level::DEBUG => 4,
-            Level::TRACE => 5,
-        };
-        se.serialize_u32(g)
-    }
-
-    struct VisitLevel;
-
-    impl VisitLevel {
-        fn from_u32(x: u32) -> Level {
-            match x {
-                1 => Level::ERROR,
-                2 => Level::WARN,
-                3 => Level::INFO,
-                4 => Level::DEBUG,
-                5 => Level::TRACE,
-                _ => Level::TRACE,
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for VisitLevel {
-        type Value = Level;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-            write!(fmt, "expect Level code")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_u64<E>(self, val: u64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
-        where
-            E: de::Error,
-        {
-            Ok(VisitLevel::from_u32(val as _))
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(de: D) -> Result<Level, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        de.deserialize_u32(VisitLevel)
-    }
-}
-
-pub const INMEM_FRAME_ENCID: u32 = 0x12121212;
-pub const INMEM_FRAME_HEAD: usize = 20;
-pub const INMEM_FRAME_FOOT: usize = 4;
-pub const INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC: u32 = 0xc6c3b73d;
-
-// Required for any inner type of Sitemty.
-pub trait FrameTypeInnerStatic {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32;
-}
-
-// To be implemented by the T of Sitemty<T>, e.g. ScalarEvents.
-pub trait FrameTypeInnerDyn {
-    // TODO check actual usage of this
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32;
-}
-
-impl<T> FrameTypeInnerDyn for T
-where
-    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic,
-{
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        <Self as FrameTypeInnerStatic>::FRAME_TYPE_ID
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait FrameTypeStatic {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32;
-}
-
-impl<T> FrameTypeStatic for Sitemty<T>
-where
-    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic,
-{
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = <T as FrameTypeInnerStatic>::FRAME_TYPE_ID;
-}
-
-// Framable trait objects need some inspection to handle the supposed-to-be common Err ser format:
-// Meant to be implemented by Sitemty.
-pub trait FrameType {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32;
-}
-
-impl<T> FrameType for Box<T>
-where
-    T: FrameType,
-{
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        self.as_ref().frame_type_id()
-    }
-}
-
-impl FrameTypeInnerDyn for Box<dyn TimeBinned> {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        FrameTypeInnerDyn::frame_type_id(self.as_time_binnable_dyn())
-    }
-}
-
-impl FrameTypeInnerDyn for Box<dyn EventsDyn> {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        FrameTypeInnerDyn::frame_type_id(self.as_time_binnable_dyn())
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait ContainsError {
-    fn is_err(&self) -> bool;
-    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error>;
-}
-
-impl<T> ContainsError for Box<T>
-where
-    T: ContainsError,
-{
-    fn is_err(&self) -> bool {
-        self.as_ref().is_err()
-    }
-
-    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error> {
-        self.as_ref().err()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> ContainsError for Sitemty<T> {
-    fn is_err(&self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            Ok(_) => false,
-            Err(_) => true,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error> {
-        match self {
-            Ok(_) => None,
-            Err(e) => Some(e),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait Framable {
-    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error>;
-}
-
-pub trait FramableInner: erased_serde::Serialize + FrameTypeInnerDyn + Send {
-    fn _dummy(&self);
-}
-
-impl<T: erased_serde::Serialize + FrameTypeInnerDyn + Send> FramableInner for T {
-    fn _dummy(&self) {}
-}
-
-erased_serde::serialize_trait_object!(EventsDyn);
-erased_serde::serialize_trait_object!(TimeBinnableDyn);
-erased_serde::serialize_trait_object!(TimeBinned);
-
-impl<T> Framable for Sitemty<T>
-where
-    T: Sized + serde::Serialize + FrameType,
-{
-    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error> {
-        match self {
-            Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(k))) => {
-                let frame_type_id = k.frame_type_id();
-                make_frame_2(self, frame_type_id)
-            }
-            Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete)) => make_range_complete_frame(),
-            Ok(StreamItem::Log(item)) => make_log_frame(item),
-            Ok(StreamItem::Stats(item)) => make_stats_frame(item),
-            Err(e) => make_error_frame(e),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Framable for Box<T>
-where
-    T: Framable + ?Sized,
-{
-    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error> {
-        self.as_ref().make_frame()
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait FrameDecodable: FrameTypeStatic + DeserializeOwned {
-    fn from_error(e: ::err::Error) -> Self;
-    fn from_log(item: LogItem) -> Self;
-    fn from_stats(item: StatsItem) -> Self;
-    fn from_range_complete() -> Self;
-}
-
-impl<T> FrameDecodable for Sitemty<T>
-where
-    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic + DeserializeOwned,
-{
-    fn from_error(e: err::Error) -> Self {
-        Err(e)
-    }
-
-    fn from_log(item: LogItem) -> Self {
-        Ok(StreamItem::Log(item))
-    }
-
-    fn from_stats(item: StatsItem) -> Self {
-        Ok(StreamItem::Stats(item))
-    }
-
-    fn from_range_complete() -> Self {
-        Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete))
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct EventQueryJsonStringFrame(pub String);
-
-impl FrameTypeInnerStatic for EventQueryJsonStringFrame {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME;
-}
-
-impl FrameType for EventQueryJsonStringFrame {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        EventQueryJsonStringFrame::FRAME_TYPE_ID
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-pub struct IsoDateTime(chrono::DateTime<Utc>);
-
-impl Serialize for IsoDateTime {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        serializer.serialize_str(&self.0.format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3fZ").to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn make_iso_ts(tss: &[u64]) -> Vec<IsoDateTime> {
-    tss.iter()
-        .map(|&k| IsoDateTime(Utc.timestamp_nanos(k as i64)))
-        .collect()
-}
-
-pub enum Fits {
-    Empty,
-    Lower,
-    Greater,
-    Inside,
-    PartlyLower,
-    PartlyGreater,
-    PartlyLowerAndGreater,
-}
-
-pub trait WithLen {
-    fn len(&self) -> usize;
-}
-
-pub trait WithTimestamps {
-    fn ts(&self, ix: usize) -> u64;
-}
-
-pub trait ByteEstimate {
-    fn byte_estimate(&self) -> u64;
-}
-
-pub trait RangeOverlapInfo {
-    // TODO do not take by value.
-    fn ends_before(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
-    fn ends_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
-    fn starts_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
-}
-
-pub trait FitsInside {
-    fn fits_inside(&self, range: NanoRange) -> Fits;
-}
-
-pub trait FilterFittingInside: Sized {
-    fn filter_fitting_inside(self, fit_range: NanoRange) -> Option<Self>;
-}
-
-pub trait PushableIndex {
-    // TODO get rid of usage, involves copy.
-    // TODO check whether it makes sense to allow a move out of src. Or use a deque for src type and pop?
-    fn push_index(&mut self, src: &Self, ix: usize);
-}
-
-pub trait NewEmpty {
-    fn empty(shape: Shape) -> Self;
-}
-
-pub trait Appendable: WithLen {
-    fn empty_like_self(&self) -> Self;
-
-    // TODO get rid of usage, involves copy.
-    fn append(&mut self, src: &Self);
-
-    // TODO the `ts2` makes no sense for non-bin-implementors
-    fn append_zero(&mut self, ts1: u64, ts2: u64);
-}
-
-pub trait Clearable {
-    fn clear(&mut self);
-}
-
-pub trait EventAppendable
-where
-    Self: Sized,
-{
-    type Value;
-    fn append_event(ret: Option<Self>, ts: u64, pulse: u64, value: Self::Value) -> Self;
-}
-
-pub trait TimeBins: Send + Unpin + WithLen + Appendable + FilterFittingInside {
-    fn ts1s(&self) -> &Vec<u64>;
-    fn ts2s(&self) -> &Vec<u64>;
-}
-
-pub trait TimeBinnableType:
-    Send
-    + Unpin
-    + RangeOverlapInfo
-    + FilterFittingInside
-    + NewEmpty
-    + Appendable
-    + Serialize
-    + DeserializeOwned
-    + ReadableFromFile
-    + FrameTypeInnerStatic
-{
-    type Output: TimeBinnableType;
-    type Aggregator: TimeBinnableTypeAggregator<Input = Self, Output = Self::Output> + Send + Unpin;
-    fn aggregator(range: NanoRange, bin_count: usize, do_time_weight: bool) -> Self::Aggregator;
-}
-
-/// Provides a time-binned representation of the implementing type.
-/// In contrast to `TimeBinnableType` this is meant for trait objects.
-
-// TODO should not require Sync!
-// TODO SitemtyFrameType is already supertrait of FramableInner.
-pub trait TimeBinnableDyn:
-    fmt::Debug
-    + FramableInner
-    + FrameType
-    + FrameTypeInnerDyn
-    + WithLen
-    + RangeOverlapInfo
-    + Any
-    + AsAnyRef
-    + Sync
-    + Send
-    + 'static
-{
-    fn time_binner_new(&self, edges: Vec<u64>, do_time_weight: bool) -> Box<dyn TimeBinnerDyn>;
-}
-
-pub trait TimeBinnableDynStub:
-    fmt::Debug
-    + FramableInner
-    + FrameType
-    + FrameTypeInnerDyn
-    + WithLen
-    + RangeOverlapInfo
-    + Any
-    + AsAnyRef
-    + Sync
-    + Send
-    + 'static
-{
-}
-
-// impl for the stubs TODO: remove
-impl<T> TimeBinnableDyn for T
-where
-    T: TimeBinnableDynStub,
-{
-    fn time_binner_new(&self, _edges: Vec<u64>, _do_time_weight: bool) -> Box<dyn TimeBinnerDyn> {
-        error!("TODO impl time_binner_new for T {}", std::any::type_name::<T>());
-        err::todoval()
-    }
-}
-
-// TODO maybe this is no longer needed:
-pub trait TimeBinnableDynAggregator: Send {
-    fn ingest(&mut self, item: &dyn TimeBinnableDyn);
-    fn result(&mut self) -> Box<dyn TimeBinned>;
-}
-
-/// Container of some form of events, for use as trait object.
-pub trait EventsDyn: TimeBinnableDyn {
-    fn as_time_binnable_dyn(&self) -> &dyn TimeBinnableDyn;
-    fn verify(&self);
-    fn output_info(&self);
-}
-
-/// Data in time-binned form.
-pub trait TimeBinned: TimeBinnableDyn {
-    fn as_time_binnable_dyn(&self) -> &dyn TimeBinnableDyn;
-    fn edges_slice(&self) -> (&[u64], &[u64]);
-    fn counts(&self) -> &[u64];
-    fn mins(&self) -> Vec<f32>;
-    fn maxs(&self) -> Vec<f32>;
-    fn avgs(&self) -> Vec<f32>;
-    fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), String>;
-}
-
-impl FrameType for Box<dyn TimeBinned> {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        FrameType::frame_type_id(self.as_ref())
-    }
-}
-
-impl WithLen for Box<dyn TimeBinned> {
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.as_time_binnable_dyn().len()
-    }
-}
-
-impl RangeOverlapInfo for Box<dyn TimeBinned> {
-    fn ends_before(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool {
-        self.as_time_binnable_dyn().ends_before(range)
-    }
-
-    fn ends_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool {
-        self.as_time_binnable_dyn().ends_after(range)
-    }
-
-    fn starts_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool {
-        self.as_time_binnable_dyn().starts_after(range)
-    }
-}
-
-impl TimeBinnableDyn for Box<dyn TimeBinned> {
-    fn time_binner_new(&self, edges: Vec<u64>, do_time_weight: bool) -> Box<dyn TimeBinnerDyn> {
-        self.as_time_binnable_dyn().time_binner_new(edges, do_time_weight)
-    }
-}
-
-// TODO should get I/O and tokio dependence out of this crate
-pub trait ReadableFromFile: Sized {
-    fn read_from_file(file: File) -> Result<ReadPbv<Self>, Error>;
-    // TODO should not need this:
-    fn from_buf(buf: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error>;
-}
-
-// TODO should get I/O and tokio dependence out of this crate
-pub struct ReadPbv<T>
-where
-    T: ReadableFromFile,
-{
-    buf: Vec<u8>,
-    all: Vec<u8>,
-    file: Option<File>,
-    _m1: PhantomData<T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> ReadPbv<T>
-where
-    T: ReadableFromFile,
-{
-    pub fn new(file: File) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            // TODO make buffer size a parameter:
-            buf: vec![0; 1024 * 32],
-            all: vec![],
-            file: Some(file),
-            _m1: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> Future for ReadPbv<T>
-where
-    T: ReadableFromFile + Unpin,
-{
-    type Output = Result<StreamItem<RangeCompletableItem<T>>, Error>;
-
-    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        use Poll::*;
-        let mut buf = std::mem::replace(&mut self.buf, Vec::new());
-        let ret = 'outer: loop {
-            let mut dst = ReadBuf::new(&mut buf);
-            if dst.remaining() == 0 || dst.capacity() == 0 {
-                break Ready(Err(Error::with_msg("bad read buffer")));
-            }
-            let fp = self.file.as_mut().unwrap();
-            let f = Pin::new(fp);
-            break match File::poll_read(f, cx, &mut dst) {
-                Ready(res) => match res {
-                    Ok(_) => {
-                        if dst.filled().len() > 0 {
-                            self.all.extend_from_slice(dst.filled());
-                            continue 'outer;
-                        } else {
-                            match T::from_buf(&mut self.all) {
-                                Ok(item) => Ready(Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(item)))),
-                                Err(e) => Ready(Err(e)),
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => Ready(Err(e.into())),
-                },
-                Pending => Pending,
-            };
-        };
-        self.buf = buf;
-        ret
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait TimeBinnableTypeAggregator: Send {
-    type Input: TimeBinnableType;
-    type Output: TimeBinnableType;
-    fn range(&self) -> &NanoRange;
-    fn ingest(&mut self, item: &Self::Input);
-    // TODO this API is too convoluted for a minimal performance gain: should separate `result` and `reset`
-    // or simply require to construct a new which is almost equally expensive.
-    fn result_reset(&mut self, range: NanoRange, expand: bool) -> Self::Output;
-}
-
-pub trait TimestampInspectable: WithTimestamps + WithLen {}
-
-impl<T> TimestampInspectable for T where T: WithTimestamps + WithLen {}
-
-pub fn inspect_timestamps(events: &dyn TimestampInspectable, range: NanoRange) -> String {
-    use fmt::Write;
-    let rd = range.delta();
-    let mut buf = String::new();
-    let n = events.len();
-    for i in 0..n {
-        if i < 3 || i > (n - 4) {
-            let ts = events.ts(i);
-            let z = ts - range.beg;
-            let z = z as f64 / rd as f64 * 2.0 - 1.0;
-            write!(&mut buf, "i  {:3}  tt {:6.3}\n", i, z).unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-    buf
-}
-
-pub trait TimeBinnerDyn: Send {
-    fn bins_ready_count(&self) -> usize;
-    fn bins_ready(&mut self) -> Option<Box<dyn TimeBinned>>;
-    fn ingest(&mut self, item: &dyn TimeBinnableDyn);
-
-    /// If there is a bin in progress with non-zero count, push it to the result set.
-    /// With push_empty == true, a bin in progress is pushed even if it contains no counts.
-    fn push_in_progress(&mut self, push_empty: bool);
-
-    /// Implies `Self::push_in_progress` but in addition, pushes a zero-count bin if the call
-    /// to `push_in_progress` did not change the result count, as long as edges are left.
-    /// The next call to `Self::bins_ready_count` must return one higher count than before.
-    fn cycle(&mut self);
-}
diff --git a/items/src/lib.rs b/items/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58a62f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/items/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+pub mod streams;
+
+use err::Error;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+#[allow(unused)]
+use netpod::log::*;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
+use netpod::Shape;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
+use tokio::fs::File;
+use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
+use tokio::io::ReadBuf;
+
+pub enum Fits {
+    Empty,
+    Lower,
+    Greater,
+    Inside,
+    PartlyLower,
+    PartlyGreater,
+    PartlyLowerAndGreater,
+}
+
+pub trait WithLen {
+    fn len(&self) -> usize;
+}
+
+pub trait WithTimestamps {
+    fn ts(&self, ix: usize) -> u64;
+}
+
+pub trait ByteEstimate {
+    fn byte_estimate(&self) -> u64;
+}
+
+pub trait RangeOverlapInfo {
+    // TODO do not take by value.
+    fn ends_before(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
+    fn ends_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
+    fn starts_after(&self, range: NanoRange) -> bool;
+}
+
+pub trait FitsInside {
+    fn fits_inside(&self, range: NanoRange) -> Fits;
+}
+
+pub trait FilterFittingInside: Sized {
+    fn filter_fitting_inside(self, fit_range: NanoRange) -> Option<Self>;
+}
+
+pub trait PushableIndex {
+    // TODO get rid of usage, involves copy.
+    // TODO check whether it makes sense to allow a move out of src. Or use a deque for src type and pop?
+    fn push_index(&mut self, src: &Self, ix: usize);
+}
+
+pub trait NewEmpty {
+    fn empty(shape: Shape) -> Self;
+}
+
+pub trait Appendable: WithLen {
+    fn empty_like_self(&self) -> Self;
+
+    // TODO get rid of usage, involves copy.
+    fn append(&mut self, src: &Self);
+
+    // TODO the `ts2` makes no sense for non-bin-implementors
+    fn append_zero(&mut self, ts1: u64, ts2: u64);
+}
+
+pub trait Clearable {
+    fn clear(&mut self);
+}
+
+pub trait EventAppendable
+where
+    Self: Sized,
+{
+    type Value;
+    fn append_event(ret: Option<Self>, ts: u64, pulse: u64, value: Self::Value) -> Self;
+}
+
+pub trait TimeBins: Send + Unpin + WithLen + Appendable + FilterFittingInside {
+    fn ts1s(&self) -> &Vec<u64>;
+    fn ts2s(&self) -> &Vec<u64>;
+}
+
+// TODO should get I/O and tokio dependence out of this crate
+pub trait ReadableFromFile: Sized {
+    fn read_from_file(file: File) -> Result<ReadPbv<Self>, Error>;
+    // TODO should not need this:
+    fn from_buf(buf: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error>;
+}
+
+// TODO should get I/O and tokio dependence out of this crate
+pub struct ReadPbv<T>
+where
+    T: ReadableFromFile,
+{
+    buf: Vec<u8>,
+    all: Vec<u8>,
+    file: Option<File>,
+    _m1: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+impl<T> ReadPbv<T>
+where
+    T: ReadableFromFile,
+{
+    pub fn new(file: File) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            // TODO make buffer size a parameter:
+            buf: vec![0; 1024 * 32],
+            all: vec![],
+            file: Some(file),
+            _m1: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Future for ReadPbv<T>
+where
+    T: ReadableFromFile + Unpin,
+{
+    type Output = Result<StreamItem<RangeCompletableItem<T>>, Error>;
+
+    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        use Poll::*;
+        let mut buf = std::mem::replace(&mut self.buf, Vec::new());
+        let ret = 'outer: loop {
+            let mut dst = ReadBuf::new(&mut buf);
+            if dst.remaining() == 0 || dst.capacity() == 0 {
+                break Ready(Err(Error::with_msg("bad read buffer")));
+            }
+            let fp = self.file.as_mut().unwrap();
+            let f = Pin::new(fp);
+            break match File::poll_read(f, cx, &mut dst) {
+                Ready(res) => match res {
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        if dst.filled().len() > 0 {
+                            self.all.extend_from_slice(dst.filled());
+                            continue 'outer;
+                        } else {
+                            match T::from_buf(&mut self.all) {
+                                Ok(item) => Ready(Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(item)))),
+                                Err(e) => Ready(Err(e)),
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(e) => Ready(Err(e.into())),
+                },
+                Pending => Pending,
+            };
+        };
+        self.buf = buf;
+        ret
+    }
+}
diff --git a/items/src/streams.rs b/items/src/streams.rs
index 3494896..c18d002 100644
--- a/items/src/streams.rs
+++ b/items/src/streams.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-use crate::{RangeCompletableItem, Sitemty, StreamItem, WithLen};
+use crate::RangeCompletableItem;
+use crate::StreamItem;
+use crate::WithLen;
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
+use netpod::DiskStats;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -98,8 +104,6 @@ where
                             }
                         }
                         StreamItem::Stats(item) => {
-                            use crate::StatsItem;
-                            use netpod::DiskStats;
                             match item {
                                 // TODO factor and simplify the stats collection:
                                 StatsItem::EventDataReadStats(_) => {}
diff --git a/items_0/Cargo.toml b/items_0/Cargo.toml
index 4e2c6f8..78cf410 100644
--- a/items_0/Cargo.toml
+++ b/items_0/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 erased-serde = "0.3"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
+bytes = "1.2.1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 netpod = { path = "../netpod" }
 err = { path = "../err" }
diff --git a/items_0/src/framable.rs b/items_0/src/framable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd10cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/items_0/src/framable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Required for any inner type of Sitemty.
+pub trait FrameTypeInnerStatic {
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32;
+}
+
+// To be implemented by the T of Sitemty<T>, e.g. ScalarEvents.
+pub trait FrameTypeInnerDyn {
+    // TODO check actual usage of this
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32;
+}
+
+impl<T> FrameTypeInnerDyn for T
+where
+    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic,
+{
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
+        <Self as FrameTypeInnerStatic>::FRAME_TYPE_ID
+    }
+}
diff --git a/items_0/src/isodate.rs b/items_0/src/isodate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daeffd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/items_0/src/isodate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::TimeZone;
+use chrono::Utc;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::Serializer;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IsoDateTime(DateTime<Utc>);
+
+impl Serialize for IsoDateTime {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_str(&self.0.format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3fZ").to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn make_iso_ts(tss: &[u64]) -> Vec<IsoDateTime> {
+    tss.iter()
+        .map(|&k| IsoDateTime(Utc.timestamp_nanos(k as i64)))
+        .collect()
+}
diff --git a/items_0/src/items_0.rs b/items_0/src/items_0.rs
index e8a571d..985deb5 100644
--- a/items_0/src/items_0.rs
+++ b/items_0/src/items_0.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 pub mod collect_c;
 pub mod collect_s;
+pub mod framable;
+pub mod isodate;
 pub mod scalar_ops;
+pub mod streamitem;
 pub mod subfr;
 
 pub mod bincode {
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ where
 }
 
 /// Data in time-binned form.
-pub trait TimeBinned: Any + TimeBinnable + crate::collect_c::Collectable {
+pub trait TimeBinned: Any + TimeBinnable + crate::collect_c::Collectable + erased_serde::Serialize {
     fn as_time_binnable_dyn(&self) -> &dyn TimeBinnable;
     fn as_collectable_mut(&mut self) -> &mut dyn Collectable;
     fn edges_slice(&self) -> (&[u64], &[u64]);
diff --git a/items_0/src/streamitem.rs b/items_0/src/streamitem.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade3362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/items_0/src/streamitem.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+use crate::TimeBinned;
+use err::Error;
+use netpod::log::Level;
+use netpod::DiskStats;
+use netpod::EventDataReadStats;
+use netpod::RangeFilterStats;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+pub const TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa01;
+pub const ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa02;
+pub const SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xaa04;
+pub const EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME: u32 = 0x100;
+pub const EVENTS_0D_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x500;
+pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_DIM_0_BINS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x700;
+pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_DIM_1_BINS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x800;
+pub const MIN_MAX_AVG_WAVE_BINS: u32 = 0xa00;
+pub const WAVE_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xb00;
+pub const LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xc00;
+pub const STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xd00;
+pub const RANGE_COMPLETE_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0xe00;
+pub const EVENT_FULL_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2200;
+pub const EVENTS_ITEM_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2300;
+pub const STATS_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2400;
+pub const ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x2500;
+pub const X_BINNED_SCALAR_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8800;
+pub const X_BINNED_WAVE_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8900;
+pub const DATABUFFER_EVENT_BLOB_FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = 0x8a00;
+
+pub fn bool_is_false(j: &bool) -> bool {
+    *j == false
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum RangeCompletableItem<T> {
+    RangeComplete,
+    Data(T),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum StatsItem {
+    EventDataReadStats(EventDataReadStats),
+    RangeFilterStats(RangeFilterStats),
+    DiskStats(DiskStats),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum StreamItem<T> {
+    DataItem(T),
+    Log(LogItem),
+    Stats(StatsItem),
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct LogItem {
+    pub node_ix: u32,
+    #[serde(with = "levelserde")]
+    pub level: Level,
+    pub msg: String,
+}
+
+impl LogItem {
+    pub fn quick(level: Level, msg: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            level,
+            msg,
+            node_ix: 42,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub type Sitemty<T> = Result<StreamItem<RangeCompletableItem<T>>, Error>;
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! on_sitemty_range_complete {
+    ($item:expr, $ex:expr) => {
+        if let Ok($crate::StreamItem::DataItem($crate::RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete)) = $item {
+            $ex
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn sitem_data<X>(x: X) -> Sitemty<X> {
+    Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(x)))
+}
+
+mod levelserde {
+    use super::Level;
+    use serde::de::{self, Visitor};
+    use serde::{Deserializer, Serializer};
+    use std::fmt;
+
+    pub fn serialize<S>(t: &Level, se: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let g = match *t {
+            Level::ERROR => 1,
+            Level::WARN => 2,
+            Level::INFO => 3,
+            Level::DEBUG => 4,
+            Level::TRACE => 5,
+        };
+        se.serialize_u32(g)
+    }
+
+    struct VisitLevel;
+
+    impl VisitLevel {
+        fn from_u32(x: u32) -> Level {
+            match x {
+                1 => Level::ERROR,
+                2 => Level::WARN,
+                3 => Level::INFO,
+                4 => Level::DEBUG,
+                5 => Level::TRACE,
+                _ => Level::TRACE,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for VisitLevel {
+        type Value = Level;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            write!(fmt, "expect Level code")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_u64<E>(self, val: u64) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            Ok(VisitLevel::from_u32(val as _))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(de: D) -> Result<Level, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        de.deserialize_u32(VisitLevel)
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait ContainsError {
+    fn is_err(&self) -> bool;
+    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error>;
+}
+
+impl<T> ContainsError for Box<T>
+where
+    T: ContainsError,
+{
+    fn is_err(&self) -> bool {
+        self.as_ref().is_err()
+    }
+
+    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error> {
+        self.as_ref().err()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> ContainsError for Sitemty<T> {
+    fn is_err(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Ok(_) => false,
+            Err(_) => true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn err(&self) -> Option<&::err::Error> {
+        match self {
+            Ok(_) => None,
+            Err(e) => Some(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+erased_serde::serialize_trait_object!(TimeBinned);
diff --git a/items_2/Cargo.toml b/items_2/Cargo.toml
index da49755..bc4ca4a 100644
--- a/items_2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/items_2/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ crc32fast = "1.3.2"
 futures-util = "0.3.24"
 tokio = { version = "1.20", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time"] }
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
+rmp-serde = "1.1.1"
 err = { path = "../err" }
 items = { path = "../items" }
 items_0 = { path = "../items_0" }
 items_proc = { path = "../items_proc" }
 netpod = { path = "../netpod" }
 taskrun = { path = "../taskrun" }
+parse = { path = "../parse" }
diff --git a/items_2/src/channelevents.rs b/items_2/src/channelevents.rs
index fc77ad8..bf4b339 100644
--- a/items_2/src/channelevents.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/channelevents.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+use crate::framable::FrameType;
 use crate::merger;
 use crate::Events;
-use items::FrameType;
-use items::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
 use items_0::collect_s::Collectable;
 use items_0::collect_s::Collector;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
+use items_0::streamitem::ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
 use items_0::AsAnyMut;
 use items_0::AsAnyRef;
 use netpod::log::*;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ pub enum ChannelEvents {
 }
 
 impl FrameTypeInnerStatic for ChannelEvents {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = items::ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
 }
 
 impl FrameType for ChannelEvents {
diff --git a/items_2/src/databuffereventblobs.rs b/items_2/src/databuffereventblobs.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c1eaeea..0000000
--- a/items_2/src/databuffereventblobs.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-use items::FrameType;
-use items::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
-use serde::Serialize;
-
-pub struct DatabufferEventBlob {}
-
-impl FrameTypeInnerStatic for DatabufferEventBlob {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = items::DATABUFFER_EVENT_BLOB_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
-}
-
-impl FrameType for DatabufferEventBlob {
-    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
-        <Self as FrameTypeInnerStatic>::FRAME_TYPE_ID
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for DatabufferEventBlob {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, _serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        todo!()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/items/src/eventfull.rs b/items_2/src/eventfull.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from items/src/eventfull.rs
rename to items_2/src/eventfull.rs
index 6b62a16..7685343 100644
--- a/items/src/eventfull.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/eventfull.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-use crate::Appendable;
-use crate::ByteEstimate;
-use crate::Clearable;
-use crate::FrameType;
-use crate::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
-use crate::PushableIndex;
-use crate::WithLen;
-use crate::WithTimestamps;
+use crate::framable::FrameType;
 use bytes::BytesMut;
+use items::ByteEstimate;
+use items::Clearable;
+use items::PushableIndex;
+use items::WithTimestamps;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
+use items_0::streamitem::EVENT_FULL_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::WithLen;
 use netpod::ScalarType;
 use netpod::Shape;
 use parse::channelconfig::CompressionMethod;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl EventFull {
 }
 
 impl FrameTypeInnerStatic for EventFull {
-    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = crate::EVENT_FULL_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = EVENT_FULL_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
 }
 
 impl FrameType for EventFull {
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ impl WithLen for EventFull {
     }
 }
 
-impl Appendable for EventFull {
+impl items::WithLen for EventFull {
+    fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.tss.len()
+    }
+}
+
+impl items::Appendable for EventFull {
     fn empty_like_self(&self) -> Self {
         Self::empty()
     }
diff --git a/items_2/src/eventsdim0.rs b/items_2/src/eventsdim0.rs
index e2fba61..15b9acf 100644
--- a/items_2/src/eventsdim0.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/eventsdim0.rs
@@ -1155,16 +1155,15 @@ impl<NTY: ScalarOps> items_0::collect_c::Collectable for EventsDim0<NTY> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_frame {
+    use super::*;
     use crate::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
-    use crate::eventsdim0::EventsDim0;
-    use err::Error;
-    use items::Framable;
-    use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-    use items::Sitemty;
-    use items::StreamItem;
-    use items_0::AsAnyMut;
-    use items_0::Empty;
-    use items_0::Events;
+    use crate::framable::Framable;
+    use crate::framable::INMEM_FRAME_ENCID;
+    use crate::frame::decode_frame;
+    use crate::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
+    use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+    use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+    use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 
     #[test]
     fn events_bincode() {
@@ -1180,13 +1179,13 @@ mod test_frame {
         let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf[20..buf.len() - 4]);
         eprintln!("[[{s}]]");
         let buflen = buf.len();
-        let frame = items::inmem::InMemoryFrame {
-            encid: items::INMEM_FRAME_ENCID,
+        let frame = InMemoryFrame {
+            encid: INMEM_FRAME_ENCID,
             tyid: 0x2500,
             len: (buflen - 24) as _,
             buf: buf.split_off(20).split_to(buflen - 20 - 4).freeze(),
         };
-        let item: Sitemty<ChannelEvents> = items::frame::decode_frame(&frame).unwrap();
+        let item: Sitemty<ChannelEvents> = decode_frame(&frame).unwrap();
         let item = if let Ok(x) = item { x } else { panic!() };
         let item = if let StreamItem::DataItem(x) = item {
             x
@@ -1208,31 +1207,34 @@ mod test_frame {
         } else {
             panic!()
         };
-        eprintln!("NOW WE SEE: {:?}", item);
-        // type_name_of_val alloc::boxed::Box<dyn items_0::Events>
-        eprintln!("0 {:22?}", item.as_any_mut().type_id());
-        eprintln!("A {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<dyn items_0::Events>>());
-        eprintln!("B {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<dyn items_0::Events>());
-        eprintln!("C {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&dyn items_0::Events>());
-        eprintln!("D {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut dyn items_0::Events>());
-        eprintln!("E {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut Box<dyn items_0::Events>>());
-        eprintln!("F {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>());
-        eprintln!("G {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&EventsDim0<f32>>());
-        eprintln!("H {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut EventsDim0<f32>>());
-        eprintln!("I {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>>());
-        //let item = item.as_mut();
-        //eprintln!("1 {:22?}", item.type_id());
-        /*
-        let item = if let Some(item) =
-            items_0::collect_s::Collectable::as_any_mut(item).downcast_ref::<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>()
-        {
-            item
-        } else {
-            panic!()
-        };
-        */
-        eprintln!("Final value: {item:?}");
         assert_eq!(item.tss(), &[123]);
+        #[cfg(DISABLED)]
+        {
+            eprintln!("NOW WE SEE: {:?}", item);
+            // type_name_of_val alloc::boxed::Box<dyn items_0::Events>
+            eprintln!("0 {:22?}", item.as_any_mut().type_id());
+            eprintln!("A {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<dyn items_0::Events>>());
+            eprintln!("B {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<dyn items_0::Events>());
+            eprintln!("C {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&dyn items_0::Events>());
+            eprintln!("D {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut dyn items_0::Events>());
+            eprintln!("E {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut Box<dyn items_0::Events>>());
+            eprintln!("F {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>());
+            eprintln!("G {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&EventsDim0<f32>>());
+            eprintln!("H {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<&mut EventsDim0<f32>>());
+            eprintln!("I {:22?}", std::any::TypeId::of::<Box<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>>());
+            //let item = item.as_mut();
+            //eprintln!("1 {:22?}", item.type_id());
+            /*
+            let item = if let Some(item) =
+                items_0::collect_s::Collectable::as_any_mut(item).downcast_ref::<Box<EventsDim0<f32>>>()
+            {
+                item
+            } else {
+                panic!()
+            };
+            */
+            //eprintln!("Final value: {item:?}");
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/items_2/src/framable.rs b/items_2/src/framable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cdaf6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/items_2/src/framable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+use crate::frame::make_error_frame;
+use crate::frame::make_frame_2;
+use crate::frame::make_log_frame;
+use crate::frame::make_range_complete_frame;
+use crate::frame::make_stats_frame;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use err::Error;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerDyn;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
+use items_0::streamitem::LogItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME;
+use items_0::streamitem::SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+pub const INMEM_FRAME_ENCID: u32 = 0x12121212;
+pub const INMEM_FRAME_HEAD: usize = 20;
+pub const INMEM_FRAME_FOOT: usize = 4;
+pub const INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC: u32 = 0xc6c3b73d;
+
+pub trait FrameTypeStatic {
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32;
+}
+
+impl<T> FrameTypeStatic for Sitemty<T>
+where
+    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic,
+{
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = <T as FrameTypeInnerStatic>::FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+}
+
+// Framable trait objects need some inspection to handle the supposed-to-be common Err ser format:
+// Meant to be implemented by Sitemty.
+pub trait FrameType {
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32;
+}
+
+impl<T> FrameType for Box<T>
+where
+    T: FrameType,
+{
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.as_ref().frame_type_id()
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait Framable {
+    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error>;
+}
+
+pub trait FramableInner: erased_serde::Serialize + FrameTypeInnerDyn + Send {
+    fn _dummy(&self);
+}
+
+impl<T: erased_serde::Serialize + FrameTypeInnerDyn + Send> FramableInner for T {
+    fn _dummy(&self) {}
+}
+
+impl<T> Framable for Sitemty<T>
+where
+    T: Sized + serde::Serialize + FrameType,
+{
+    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error> {
+        match self {
+            Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::Data(k))) => {
+                let frame_type_id = k.frame_type_id();
+                make_frame_2(self, frame_type_id)
+            }
+            Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete)) => make_range_complete_frame(),
+            Ok(StreamItem::Log(item)) => make_log_frame(item),
+            Ok(StreamItem::Stats(item)) => make_stats_frame(item),
+            Err(e) => make_error_frame(e),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Framable for Box<T>
+where
+    T: Framable + ?Sized,
+{
+    fn make_frame(&self) -> Result<BytesMut, Error> {
+        self.as_ref().make_frame()
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait FrameDecodable: FrameTypeStatic + DeserializeOwned {
+    fn from_error(e: ::err::Error) -> Self;
+    fn from_log(item: LogItem) -> Self;
+    fn from_stats(item: StatsItem) -> Self;
+    fn from_range_complete() -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<T> FrameDecodable for Sitemty<T>
+where
+    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic + DeserializeOwned,
+{
+    fn from_error(e: err::Error) -> Self {
+        Err(e)
+    }
+
+    fn from_log(item: LogItem) -> Self {
+        Ok(StreamItem::Log(item))
+    }
+
+    fn from_stats(item: StatsItem) -> Self {
+        Ok(StreamItem::Stats(item))
+    }
+
+    fn from_range_complete() -> Self {
+        Ok(StreamItem::DataItem(RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct EventQueryJsonStringFrame(pub String);
+
+impl FrameTypeInnerStatic for EventQueryJsonStringFrame {
+    const FRAME_TYPE_ID: u32 = EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME;
+}
+
+impl FrameType for EventQueryJsonStringFrame {
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
+        EventQueryJsonStringFrame::FRAME_TYPE_ID
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> FrameType for Sitemty<T>
+where
+    T: FrameType,
+{
+    fn frame_type_id(&self) -> u32 {
+        match self {
+            Ok(item) => match item {
+                StreamItem::DataItem(item) => match item {
+                    RangeCompletableItem::RangeComplete => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
+                    RangeCompletableItem::Data(item) => item.frame_type_id(),
+                },
+                StreamItem::Log(_) => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
+                StreamItem::Stats(_) => SITEMTY_NONSPEC_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
+            },
+            Err(_) => ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/items/src/frame.rs b/items_2/src/frame.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from items/src/frame.rs
rename to items_2/src/frame.rs
index d80dffd..519cde5 100644
--- a/items/src/frame.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/frame.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
+use crate::framable::FrameDecodable;
+use crate::framable::FrameType;
+use crate::framable::INMEM_FRAME_ENCID;
+use crate::framable::INMEM_FRAME_HEAD;
+use crate::framable::INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC;
 use crate::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
-use crate::{ContainsError, FrameDecodable, FrameType, LogItem, StatsItem};
-use crate::{ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID, INMEM_FRAME_ENCID, INMEM_FRAME_HEAD, INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC};
-use crate::{LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID, RANGE_COMPLETE_FRAME_TYPE_ID, STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID, TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID};
-use bincode::config::{FixintEncoding, LittleEndian, RejectTrailing};
-use bincode::config::{WithOtherEndian, WithOtherIntEncoding, WithOtherTrailing};
+use bincode::config::FixintEncoding;
+use bincode::config::LittleEndian;
+use bincode::config::RejectTrailing;
+use bincode::config::WithOtherEndian;
+use bincode::config::WithOtherIntEncoding;
+use bincode::config::WithOtherTrailing;
 use bincode::DefaultOptions;
-use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
+use bytes::BufMut;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
 use err::Error;
 use items_0::bincode;
+use items_0::streamitem::ContainsError;
+use items_0::streamitem::LogItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::RANGE_COMPLETE_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
 #[allow(unused)]
 use netpod::log::*;
 use serde::Serialize;
diff --git a/items/src/inmem.rs b/items_2/src/inmem.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from items/src/inmem.rs
rename to items_2/src/inmem.rs
diff --git a/items_2/src/items_2.rs b/items_2/src/items_2.rs
index d5b4be0..418c896 100644
--- a/items_2/src/items_2.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/items_2.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 pub mod binsdim0;
 pub mod binsxbindim0;
 pub mod channelevents;
-pub mod databuffereventblobs;
+pub mod eventfull;
 pub mod eventsdim0;
 pub mod eventsdim1;
 pub mod eventsxbindim0;
 pub mod eventtransform;
+pub mod framable;
+pub mod frame;
+pub mod inmem;
 pub mod merger;
 pub mod streams;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -20,11 +23,11 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
 use items_0::collect_s::Collector;
 use items_0::collect_s::ToJsonResult;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_0::Empty;
 use items_0::Events;
 use items_0::RangeOverlapInfo;
diff --git a/items_2/src/merger.rs b/items_2/src/merger.rs
index 8a6c7da..f283d6e 100644
--- a/items_2/src/merger.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/merger.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::sitem_data;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ where
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
         use Poll::*;
         self.poll_count += 1;
-        let span1 = span!(Level::TRACE, "Merger", pc = self.poll_count);
+        let span1 = span!(Level::INFO, "Merger", pc = self.poll_count);
         let _spg = span1.enter();
         loop {
             trace3!("poll");
diff --git a/items_2/src/test.rs b/items_2/src/test.rs
index cdcd94d..f36dfaa 100644
--- a/items_2/src/test.rs
+++ b/items_2/src/test.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ use chrono::TimeZone;
 use chrono::Utc;
 use futures_util::stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::sitem_data;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_0::Empty;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::timeunits::*;
diff --git a/nodenet/src/conn.rs b/nodenet/src/conn.rs
index 638f2d6..ea8b05e 100644
--- a/nodenet/src/conn.rs
+++ b/nodenet/src/conn.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::frame::decode_frame;
-use items::frame::make_term_frame;
-use items::EventQueryJsonStringFrame;
-use items::Framable;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME;
 use items_0::Empty;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
+use items_2::framable::EventQueryJsonStringFrame;
+use items_2::framable::Framable;
+use items_2::frame::decode_frame;
+use items_2::frame::make_error_frame;
+use items_2::frame::make_term_frame;
 use netpod::histo::HistoLog2;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ async fn events_conn_handler_inner_try(
         return Err((Error::with_msg("missing command frame"), netout).into());
     }
     let query_frame = &frames[0];
-    if query_frame.tyid() != items::EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME {
+    if query_frame.tyid() != EVENT_QUERY_JSON_STRING_FRAME {
         return Err((Error::with_msg("query frame wrong type"), netout).into());
     }
     // TODO this does not need all variants of Sitemty.
@@ -364,7 +366,7 @@ async fn events_conn_handler_inner(
             // If that fails, give error to the caller.
             let mut out = ce.netout;
             let e = ce.err;
-            let buf = items::frame::make_error_frame(&e)?;
+            let buf = make_error_frame(&e)?;
             //type T = StreamItem<items::RangeCompletableItem<items::scalarevents::ScalarEvents<u32>>>;
             //let buf = Err::<T, _>(e).make_frame()?;
             out.write_all(&buf).await?;
diff --git a/nodenet/src/conn/test.rs b/nodenet/src/conn/test.rs
index 96f428d..477a8df 100644
--- a/nodenet/src/conn/test.rs
+++ b/nodenet/src/conn/test.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
-use std::time::Duration;
-
-use super::*;
-use items::frame::make_frame;
-use items::Sitemty;
+use crate::conn::events_conn_handler;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_0::streamitem::STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
+use items_2::framable::EventQueryJsonStringFrame;
+use items_2::frame::decode_frame;
+use items_2::frame::make_frame;
+use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
-use netpod::{Channel, Cluster, Database, FileIoBufferSize, NanoRange, Node, NodeConfig, SfDatabuffer};
+use netpod::AggKind;
+use netpod::Channel;
+use netpod::Cluster;
+use netpod::Database;
+use netpod::FileIoBufferSize;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
+use netpod::Node;
+use netpod::NodeConfig;
+use netpod::NodeConfigCached;
+use netpod::SfDatabuffer;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use streams::frames::inmem::InMemoryFrameAsyncReadStream;
+use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 
 #[test]
 fn raw_data_00() {
@@ -82,10 +103,10 @@ fn raw_data_00() {
                 Ok(frame) => match frame {
                     StreamItem::DataItem(k) => {
                         eprintln!("{k:?}");
-                        if k.tyid() == items::ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
-                        } else if k.tyid() == items::ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
-                        } else if k.tyid() == items::LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
-                        } else if k.tyid() == items::STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
+                        if k.tyid() == ITEMS_2_CHANNEL_EVENTS_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
+                        } else if k.tyid() == ERROR_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
+                        } else if k.tyid() == LOG_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
+                        } else if k.tyid() == STATS_FRAME_TYPE_ID {
                         } else {
                             panic!("unexpected frame type id {:x}", k.tyid());
                         }
diff --git a/streams/src/collect.rs b/streams/src/collect.rs
index bd7883a..059680c 100644
--- a/streams/src/collect.rs
+++ b/streams/src/collect.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
-use items::{RangeCompletableItem, Sitemty, StreamItem};
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use items_0::collect_c::Collectable;
-use netpod::{log::*, BinnedRange, NanoRange};
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use netpod::log::*;
+use netpod::BinnedRange;
+use netpod::DiskStats;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
 use tracing::Instrument;
 
 #[allow(unused)]
@@ -88,8 +96,6 @@ where
                 }
                 StreamItem::Stats(item) => {
                     trace!("Stats {:?}", item);
-                    use items::StatsItem;
-                    use netpod::DiskStats;
                     match item {
                         // TODO factor and simplify the stats collection:
                         StatsItem::EventDataReadStats(_) => {}
diff --git a/streams/src/eventchunker.rs b/streams/src/eventchunker.rs
index 1d58778..5f90738 100644
--- a/streams/src/eventchunker.rs
+++ b/streams/src/eventchunker.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 use crate::filechunkread::FileChunkRead;
 use crate::needminbuffer::NeedMinBuffer;
 use bitshuffle::bitshuffle_decompress;
-use bytes::{Buf, BytesMut};
+use bytes::Buf;
+use bytes::BytesMut;
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::{RangeCompletableItem, StatsItem, StreamItem, WithLen};
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_0::WithLen;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
 use netpod::histo::HistoLog2;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
-use netpod::{ByteSize, ChannelConfig, EventDataReadStats, NanoRange, ScalarType, Shape};
+use netpod::ByteSize;
+use netpod::ChannelConfig;
+use netpod::EventDataReadStats;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
+use netpod::ScalarType;
+use netpod::Shape;
 use parse::channelconfig::CompressionMethod;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 pub struct EventChunker {
diff --git a/streams/src/frames/eventsfromframes.rs b/streams/src/frames/eventsfromframes.rs
index 99b1168..38c2cf7 100644
--- a/streams/src/frames/eventsfromframes.rs
+++ b/streams/src/frames/eventsfromframes.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::frame::decode_frame;
-use items::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
-use items::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_2::frame::decode_frame;
+use items_2::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
diff --git a/streams/src/frames/inmem.rs b/streams/src/frames/inmem.rs
index 5c65556..45f52ca 100644
--- a/streams/src/frames/inmem.rs
+++ b/streams/src/frames/inmem.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 use crate::slidebuf::SlideBuf;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{pin_mut, Stream};
-use items::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
-use items::{StreamItem, TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID};
-use items::{INMEM_FRAME_FOOT, INMEM_FRAME_HEAD, INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC};
+use futures_util::pin_mut;
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::TERM_FRAME_TYPE_ID;
+use items_2::framable::INMEM_FRAME_FOOT;
+use items_2::framable::INMEM_FRAME_HEAD;
+use items_2::framable::INMEM_FRAME_MAGIC;
+use items_2::inmem::InMemoryFrame;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, ReadBuf};
-use tracing::Instrument;
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
+use tokio::io::AsyncRead;
+use tokio::io::ReadBuf;
 
 #[allow(unused)]
 macro_rules! trace2 {
diff --git a/streams/src/plaineventsjson.rs b/streams/src/plaineventsjson.rs
index 73eef1c..d531f5a 100644
--- a/streams/src/plaineventsjson.rs
+++ b/streams/src/plaineventsjson.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+use crate::rangefilter2::RangeFilter2;
 use crate::tcprawclient::open_tcp_streams;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ pub async fn plain_events_json(
     let empty = items_2::empty_events_dyn_ev(&chconf.scalar_type, &chconf.shape, &ev_agg_kind)?;
     info!("plain_events_json  with empty item {}", empty.type_name());
     let empty = ChannelEvents::Events(empty);
-    let empty = items::sitem_data(empty);
+    let empty = sitem_data(empty);
     // TODO should be able to ask for data-events only, instead of mixed data and status events.
     let inps = open_tcp_streams::<_, items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents>(&evquery, cluster).await?;
     //let inps = open_tcp_streams::<_, Box<dyn items_2::Events>>(&query, cluster).await?;
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ pub async fn plain_events_json(
         info!("item after merge: {item:?}");
         item
     });
-    let stream = crate::rangefilter2::RangeFilter2::new(stream, query.range().clone(), evquery.one_before_range());
+    let stream = RangeFilter2::new(stream, query.range().clone(), evquery.one_before_range());
     let stream = stream.map(|item| {
         info!("item after rangefilter: {item:?}");
         item
diff --git a/streams/src/rangefilter.rs b/streams/src/rangefilter.rs
index bdcc604..5ec5ac0 100644
--- a/streams/src/rangefilter.rs
+++ b/streams/src/rangefilter.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt};
-use items::StatsItem;
-use items::{Appendable, Clearable, PushableIndex, RangeCompletableItem, Sitemty, StreamItem, WithTimestamps};
-use netpod::{log::*, RangeFilterStats};
-use netpod::{NanoRange, Nanos};
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items::Appendable;
+use items::Clearable;
+use items::PushableIndex;
+use items::WithTimestamps;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use netpod::log::*;
+use netpod::NanoRange;
+use netpod::Nanos;
+use netpod::RangeFilterStats;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
 
 pub struct RangeFilter<S, ITY>
 where
diff --git a/streams/src/rangefilter2.rs b/streams/src/rangefilter2.rs
index 7fec24a..ef3e784 100644
--- a/streams/src/rangefilter2.rs
+++ b/streams/src/rangefilter2.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StatsItem;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StatsItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_2::merger::MergeError;
 use items_2::merger::Mergeable;
 use netpod::log::*;
diff --git a/streams/src/tcprawclient.rs b/streams/src/tcprawclient.rs
index 9f6b869..f2b8c2b 100644
--- a/streams/src/tcprawclient.rs
+++ b/streams/src/tcprawclient.rs
@@ -10,19 +10,22 @@ use crate::frames::inmem::InMemoryFrameAsyncReadStream;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::Stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use items::eventfull::EventFull;
-use items::frame::make_frame;
-use items::frame::make_term_frame;
-use items::sitem_data;
-use items::EventQueryJsonStringFrame;
-use items::RangeCompletableItem;
-use items::Sitemty;
-use items::StreamItem;
+use items_0::framable::FrameTypeInnerStatic;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_2::eventfull::EventFull;
+use items_2::framable::EventQueryJsonStringFrame;
+use items_2::frame::make_frame;
+use items_2::frame::make_term_frame;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::PlainEventsQuery;
 use netpod::Cluster;
 use netpod::Node;
 use netpod::PerfOpts;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
@@ -59,9 +62,9 @@ pub type BoxedStream<T> = Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Sitemty<T>> + Send>>;
 
 pub async fn open_tcp_streams<Q, T>(query: Q, cluster: &Cluster) -> Result<Vec<BoxedStream<T>>, Error>
 where
-    Q: serde::Serialize,
+    Q: Serialize,
     // Group bounds in new trait
-    T: items::FrameTypeInnerStatic + serde::de::DeserializeOwned + Send + Unpin + fmt::Debug + 'static,
+    T: FrameTypeInnerStatic + DeserializeOwned + Send + Unpin + fmt::Debug + 'static,
 {
     // TODO when unit tests established, change to async connect:
     let mut streams = Vec::new();
diff --git a/streams/src/test.rs b/streams/src/test.rs
index 60ced5d..9f1550d 100644
--- a/streams/src/test.rs
+++ b/streams/src/test.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ mod collect;
 mod timebin;
 
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{stream, Stream};
-use items::{sitem_data, Sitemty};
+use futures_util::stream;
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
 use items_0::Empty;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
 use items_2::eventsdim0::EventsDim0;
diff --git a/streams/src/test/collect.rs b/streams/src/test/collect.rs
index d2850c2..cf517b0 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/collect.rs
+++ b/streams/src/test/collect.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use crate::test::runfut;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::stream;
-use items::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
 use items_2::eventsdim0::EventsDim0CollectorOutput;
 use items_2::testgen::make_some_boxed_d0_f32;
 use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 #[test]
 fn collect_channel_events() -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/streams/src/test/timebin.rs b/streams/src/test/timebin.rs
index 3d2e311..f627a33 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/timebin.rs
+++ b/streams/src/test/timebin.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 use crate::test::runfut;
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{stream, StreamExt};
-use items::{sitem_data, RangeCompletableItem, StreamItem};
+use futures_util::stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
 use items_0::Empty;
 use items_2::binsdim0::BinsDim0;
-use items_2::channelevents::{ChannelEvents, ConnStatus, ConnStatusEvent};
+use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
+use items_2::channelevents::ConnStatus;
+use items_2::channelevents::ConnStatusEvent;
 use items_2::testgen::make_some_boxed_d0_f32;
-use netpod::timeunits::{MS, SEC};
+use netpod::timeunits::MS;
+use netpod::timeunits::SEC;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 #[test]
 fn time_bin_00() {
diff --git a/streams/src/timebin.rs b/streams/src/timebin.rs
index 97fca8d..9cdc874 100644
--- a/streams/src/timebin.rs
+++ b/streams/src/timebin.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 use err::Error;
-use futures_util::{Future, FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
-use items::{sitem_data, RangeCompletableItem, Sitemty, StreamItem};
-//use items_0::{TimeBinnable, TimeBinner};
-use items_2::timebin::{TimeBinnable, TimeBinner};
+use futures_util::Future;
+use futures_util::FutureExt;
+use futures_util::Stream;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::RangeCompletableItem;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
+use items_0::streamitem::StreamItem;
+use items_2::timebin::TimeBinnable;
+use items_2::timebin::TimeBinner;
 use netpod::log::*;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 #[allow(unused)]
diff --git a/streams/src/timebinnedjson.rs b/streams/src/timebinnedjson.rs
index bf9d27e..21d1f97 100644
--- a/streams/src/timebinnedjson.rs
+++ b/streams/src/timebinnedjson.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+use crate::rangefilter2::RangeFilter2;
 use crate::tcprawclient::open_tcp_streams;
+use crate::timebin::TimeBinnedStream;
 use err::Error;
 use futures_util::stream;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use items_0::streamitem::sitem_data;
+use items_0::streamitem::Sitemty;
 use items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents;
+use items_2::merger::Merger;
 #[allow(unused)]
 use netpod::log::*;
 use netpod::query::BinnedQuery;
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ pub async fn timebinned_json(query: &BinnedQuery, chconf: &ChConf, cluster: &Clu
     let deadline = Instant::now() + query.timeout_value();
     let empty = items_2::empty_events_dyn_ev(&chconf.scalar_type, &chconf.shape, &query.agg_kind())?;
     let empty = ChannelEvents::Events(empty);
-    let empty = items::sitem_data(empty);
+    let empty = sitem_data(empty);
     let evquery = PlainEventsQuery::new(
         query.channel().clone(),
         query.range().clone(),
@@ -31,14 +36,14 @@ pub async fn timebinned_json(query: &BinnedQuery, chconf: &ChConf, cluster: &Clu
     let inps = open_tcp_streams::<_, items_2::channelevents::ChannelEvents>(&evquery, cluster).await?;
     // TODO propagate also the max-buf-len for the first stage event reader:
     info!("timebinned_json with empty item {empty:?}");
-    let stream = items_2::merger::Merger::new(inps, 128);
+    let stream = Merger::new(inps, 128);
     let stream = stream::iter([empty]).chain(stream);
-    let stream = crate::rangefilter2::RangeFilter2::new(stream, query.range().clone(), evquery.one_before_range());
+    let stream = RangeFilter2::new(stream, query.range().clone(), evquery.one_before_range());
     let stream = Box::pin(stream);
-    let stream = crate::timebin::TimeBinnedStream::new(stream, binned_range.edges(), do_time_weight, deadline);
+    let stream = TimeBinnedStream::new(stream, binned_range.edges(), do_time_weight, deadline);
     if false {
         let mut stream = stream;
-        let _: Option<items::Sitemty<Box<dyn items_0::TimeBinned>>> = stream.next().await;
+        let _: Option<Sitemty<Box<dyn items_0::TimeBinned>>> = stream.next().await;
         panic!()
     }
     let collected = crate::collect::collect(stream, deadline, bins_max, None, Some(binned_range.clone())).await?;