def as_dict(self):
        """ Pre-serialisation of the meta data """
        drepr = {}
        drepr["name"] = self.name
        drepr["time"] = self.time
        # error pre-serialisation
        drepr["errors"] = [str(err) for err in self.errors]
        # warning  pre-serialisation
        drepr["warnings"] = [str(warn) for warn in self.warnings]
        return drepr
Pre-serialisation of the meta data