diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -14,5 +14,13 @@ module.exports = {
         return converter.convert(collection, options, callback);
     },
 
-    util: util
+    util: util,
+
+    isv1: function (object) {
+        return (object.name && object.order && object.requests);
+    },
+
+    isv2: function (object) {
+        return object && object.info && object.info.schema;
+    }
 };
added helper functions to check for v1 and v2 collections