diff --git a/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha1/component_capabilities_db.go b/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha1/component_capabilities_db.go
index b00f8683..fb407cd6 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha1/component_capabilities_db.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha1/component_capabilities_db.go
@@ -25,18 +25,23 @@ type ComponentCapabilityDB struct {
 	Capability
 }
 
+// ComponentCapabilityFromCCDB produces a client facing instance of ComponentCapability from a database representation of ComponentCapability.
+// Use this function to interconvert any time the ComponentCapability is fetched from the database and is to be returned to client.
 func ComponentCapabilityFromCCDB(cdb ComponentCapabilityDB) (c ComponentCapability) {
 	c.Capability = cdb.Capability
 	c.TypeMeta = cdb.TypeMeta
 	c.Spec = cdb.Spec
 	m := make(map[string]interface{})
-	json.Unmarshal(cdb.Metadata, &m)
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(cdb.Metadata, &m)
 	c.Metadata = m
 	schematic := make(map[string]interface{})
-	json.Unmarshal(cdb.Schematic, &schematic)
+	_ = json.Unmarshal(cdb.Schematic, &schematic)
 	c.Schematic = schematic
 	return
 }
+
+// ComponentCapabilityDBFromCC produces a database compatible instance of ComponentCapability from a client representation of ComponentCapability.
+// Use this function to interconvert any time the ComponentCapability is created by some client and is to be saved to the database.
 func ComponentCapabilityDBFromCC(c ComponentCapability) (cdb ComponentCapabilityDB) {
 	cdb.Capability = c.Capability
 	cdb.TypeMeta = c.TypeMeta