Using conduit `ascent_ghost` node in non ascent code

In CatalystConduit module, we create VTK ghost arrays from ascent_ghost nodes: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/c4be81ebea73eabd9f8bfe541b47c8b48a98aee8/IO/CatalystConduit/vtkConduitToDataObject.cxx#L112, introduced by !10480 (merged)

Is this strongly related to Ascent ?

Or is it safe to call this from non-ascent code ?