code: function addPropertyToModelMeta(modelName, property, meta) {
      if (!exports.propertiesByModel[modelName]) {
          exports.propertiesByModel[modelName] = {};
      }
      // TODO: investigate why we need to genericize to model (from <T>)
      exports.propertiesByModel[modelName][property] = meta;
  }
docs: allows the addition of meta information to be added to a model's properties