Instead of having to write below code to be able to reference the instance with id test as $test
<fx-model>
<fx-instance id="test"><data>something</data></fx-instance>
<fx-vars name="test" value="instance('test')"></fx-vars>
</fx-model>
I propose to add the as attribute to create that ... link(?)
<fx-model>
<fx-instance id="test" as="test"><data>something</data></fx-instance>
</fx-model>