old_contents: /*global require*/
  // Identify require as a global function/keyword for JSHint
  
  var mongoose = require('mongoose');
  var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
  var ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId;
  //var config = require('../../config.js');
  
  this.assertionModel = {
  		timestamp: {type: Date, "default": Date.now},
  		alpha_report_id: ObjectId
  };
  var AssertionSchema = new Schema(this.assertionModel);
  this.assertion = mongoose.model('Assertion', AssertionSchema);
new_contents: /*global require*/
  // Identify require as a global function/keyword for JSHint
  
  var mongoose = require('mongoose');
  var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
  var ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId;
  //var config = require('../../config.js');
  
  this.assertionModel = {
  	createdDate: {type: Date},
  	updatedDate: {type: Date},	
  	alpha_report_id: {type: String, required: true},
  	reporter_id: {type: String},
  	entity1: {type: String, required: true},
  	relationship: {type: String, required: true},
  	entity2: {type: String, required: true}
  };
  var AssertionSchema = new Schema(this.assertionModel);
  this.assertion = mongoose.model('Assertion', AssertionSchema);
  
  this.assertionValidation= {
  	properties: {
  		createdDate: {
  			description: 'Date this assertion was created in datastore',
  			type: 'date'
  		},
  		updatedDate: {
  			description: 'Date this assertion was last updated in datastore',
  			type: 'date'
  		},
  		alpha_report_id: {
  			description: 'ID of the corresponding alpha report',
  			type: 'string',
  			required: true
  		},
  		reporter_id: {
  			description: 'ID of the reporter who submitted the alpha report',
  			type: 'string',
  		},
  		entity1: {
  			description: 'The subject of the raw feed',
  			type: 'string',
  			required: true
  		},
  		relationship: {
  			description: 'The verb connecting the two entities',
  			type: 'string',
  			required: true
  		},
  		entity2: {
  			description: 'The object of the raw feed',
  			type: 'string',
  			required: true
  		}
  	}	
  };
  
subject: Define assertion model and validation