**User story** Specifically, the hierarchical coordination APIs such as `VitessceConfig.link_views_by_dict`, defined at https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce-python/blob/5aa7412e7ec57d1c71b8ae3e2a007e2857a50e9a/src/vitessce/config.py#L1354 **Preferred solution** **Possible alternatives**