def _init_object(self, catalog_id, proxy, runtime, cat_name, cat_class):
self._catalog_identifier = None<EOL>self._init_proxy_and_runtime(proxy, runtime)<EOL>self._catalog = cat_class(self._my_catalog_map)<EOL>self._catalog._authority = self._authority  <EOL>self._catalog_id = self._catalog.get_id()<EOL>self._forms = dict()<EOL>
Initialize this object as an OsidObject....do we need this??
        From the Mongo learning impl, but seems unnecessary for Handcar