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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def serialize(cls, conversation):
 """ Serialize a conversation instance for storage. """

        return {
            'namespace': conversation.namespace,
            'units': sorted(conversation.units),
            'scope': conversation.scope,
        }