o Adding a small module to process application/vnd.collection+json documents.

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diff --git a/node_modules/collection_json/index.js b/node_modules/collection_json/index.js
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+var _ = require('underscore');
+
+/**
+ * Takes any object and make it look like a collection+json object with utility methods.
+ */
+function fromObject(root) {
+  root = root || {};
+  var collection = root.collection || {};
+  collection.items = collection.items || {};
+  collection.links = collection.links || {};
+  collection.queries = collection.queries || {};
+  collection.templates = collection.templates || {};
+
+  collection.mapItemData = function(f) {
+    return _.map(collection.items, function(item) {
+//      console.log("item", item);
+      var map = _.reduce(item.data, function(map, field) {
+//        console.log("field", field);
+        map[field.name] = field.value;
+        return map;
+      }, {});
+//      console.log("map", map);
+      return f(map);
+    });
+  };
+
+  return collection;
+}
+module.exports.fromObject = fromObject;
+
+function fromString(s) {
+  var object = {};
+  try {
+    object = JSON.parse(s);
+  }
+  catch(ex) {
+  }
+  return fromObject(object);
+}
+module.exports.fromString = fromString;