normalizeAsset = function(asset) {
        if (!asset) {
          return;
        }

        if (_.isString(asset.version)) {
          asset.version = {
            id: asset.version
          };
        }

        return asset;
      }
Normalize the asset object returned by sails over SocketIO.
Note: Sails will not populate related models on update
Specifically:
 - The version parameter will sometimes only contain the version id.
@param  {Object} asset Unnormalized asset object
@return {Object}       Normalized asset object