In industries like telecommunications and high-performance computing, containerized applications require specific operating system configurations or hardware presence. Despite the Open Container Initiative (OCI), there has been a gap in expressing compatibility requirements. Kubernetes' Node Feature Discovery (NFD) project addresses this issue by detecting and reporting hardware and system features of cluster nodes. NFD helps schedule workloads on nodes that meet specific system requirements, which is crucial for applications with strict hardware or operating system dependencies. Container images built on base images can have compatibility issues with the host OS, manifesting in dependencies on drivers, libraries, kernel modules, or features. The definition of compatibility can extend to other container technologies and OCI artifacts. The Image Compatibility working group aims to introduce a standard for image compatibility metadata, allowing container authors to declare required host OS features. The specification, implemented in Kubernetes Node Feature Discovery, defines a structured way to express compatibility in OCI image manifests. The solution integrates compatibility metadata into Kubernetes, enabling intelligent scheduling and workload optimization. The adoption of compatibility metadata will enhance the reliability and performance of specialized containerized applications.