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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 resource_from_data(self, data_element, resource=None):
 """ Converts the given data element to a resource. :param data_element: object implementing :class:`everest.representers.interfaces.IExplicitDataElement` """

        return self._mapping.map_to_resource(data_element, resource=resource)