docs: function (exports) {
  
      var exp = undefined;
  
      // retrieve the export object
      exports.forEach(function (_export) {
  
          // Linz's default export function is called export
          if (_export.action && _export.action === 'export') {
              exp = _export;
          }
  
      });
  
      // if the export object could not be found, throw an error
      if (!exp) {
          throw new Error('The export was using Linz default export method, yet the model\'s list.export object could not be found.');
      }
  
      return exp;
  
  }