When I say "view" the crowd say "selector"
function processInitialData(value, name) {
            if (name == View.prototype.modelName) {
                options.model = def.models[name].unique(value);
            } else if (def.models[name]) {
                    options.data[name] = def.models[name].unique(value);
            } else {
                    options.data[name] = value;
            }
        }