diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0d9de67da..9d621fb69 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export * from './storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor';
 
 // Storage/Conversion
 export * from './storage/conversion/ChainedConverter';
+export * from './storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
 export * from './storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter';
 export * from './storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter';
 export * from './storage/conversion/RepresentationConverter';
diff --git a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
index 7cb26710c..125e7aa2b 100644
--- a/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/RepresentationConvertingStore.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifie
 import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
 import { InternalServerError } from '../util/errors/InternalServerError';
 import type { Conditions } from './Conditions';
-import { matchingTypes } from './conversion/ConversionUtil';
+import { matchingMediaTypes } from './conversion/ConversionUtil';
 import type { RepresentationConverter, RepresentationConverterArgs } from './conversion/RepresentationConverter';
 import { PassthroughStore } from './PassthroughStore';
 import type { ResourceStore } from './ResourceStore';
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class RepresentationConvertingStore<T extends ResourceStore = ResourceSto
     }
 
     // Check if there is a result if we try to map the preferences to the content-type
-    return matchingTypes(preferences, [ contentType ]).length > 0;
+    return matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ contentType ]).length > 0;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
index 4294a3a90..5dea6890c 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Representation } from '../../ldp/representation/Representation';
 import { getLoggerFor } from '../../logging/LogUtil';
-import { validateRequestArgs, matchingMediaType } from './ConversionUtil';
+import { supportsConversion, matchesMediaType } from './ConversionUtil';
 import type { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from './TypedRepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export class ChainedConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
     // So we only check if the input can be parsed and the preferred type can be written
     const inTypes = this.filterTypes(await this.first.getInputTypes());
     const outTypes = this.filterTypes(await this.last.getOutputTypes());
-    validateRequestArgs(input, inTypes, outTypes);
+    supportsConversion(input, inTypes, outTypes);
   }
 
   private filterTypes(typeVals: Record<string, number>): string[] {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class ChainedConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
       for (const rightType of rightKeys) {
         const rightWeight = rightTypes[rightType];
         const weight = leftWeight * rightWeight;
-        if (weight > bestMatch.weight && matchingMediaType(leftType, rightType)) {
+        if (weight > bestMatch.weight && matchesMediaType(leftType, rightType)) {
           bestMatch = { type: leftType, weight };
           if (weight === 1) {
             this.logger.info(`${bestMatch.type} is an exact match between ${leftKeys} and ${rightKeys}`);
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts b/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
index 592771fbb..0174d8aba 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
  *
  * @returns The weighted and filtered list of matching types.
  */
-export const matchingTypes = (preferences: RepresentationPreferences, types: string[]):
+export const matchingMediaTypes = (preferences: RepresentationPreferences, types: string[]):
 RepresentationPreference[] => {
   if (!Array.isArray(preferences.type)) {
     throw new BadRequestHttpError('Output type required for conversion.');
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ RepresentationPreference[] => {
  *
  * @returns True if the media type patterns can match each other.
  */
-export const matchingMediaType = (mediaA: string, mediaB: string): boolean => {
+export const matchesMediaType = (mediaA: string, mediaB: string): boolean => {
   if (mediaA === mediaB) {
     return true;
   }
@@ -85,24 +85,26 @@ export const matchingMediaType = (mediaA: string, mediaB: string): boolean => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Runs some standard checks on the input request:
+ * Determines whether the given conversion request is supported,
+ * given the available content type conversions:
  *  - Checks if there is a content type for the input.
  *  - Checks if the input type is supported by the parser.
  *  - Checks if the parser can produce one of the preferred output types.
+ * Throws an error with details if conversion is not possible.
  * @param request - Incoming arguments.
  * @param supportedIn - Media types that can be parsed by the converter.
  * @param supportedOut - Media types that can be produced by the converter.
  */
-export const validateRequestArgs = (request: RepresentationConverterArgs, supportedIn: string[],
+export const supportsConversion = (request: RepresentationConverterArgs, supportedIn: string[],
   supportedOut: string[]): void => {
   const inType = request.representation.metadata.contentType;
   if (!inType) {
     throw new BadRequestHttpError('Input type required for conversion.');
   }
-  if (!supportedIn.some((type): boolean => matchingMediaType(inType, type))) {
+  if (!supportedIn.some((type): boolean => matchesMediaType(inType, type))) {
     throw new NotImplementedHttpError(`Can only convert from ${supportedIn} to ${supportedOut}.`);
   }
-  if (matchingTypes(request.preferences, supportedOut).length <= 0) {
+  if (matchingMediaTypes(request.preferences, supportedOut).length <= 0) {
     throw new NotImplementedHttpError(`Can only convert from ${supportedIn} to ${supportedOut}.`);
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
index 116552c60..63d73890b 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/QuadToRdfConverter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../ldp/representation/Represe
 import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
 import { guardStream } from '../../util/GuardedStream';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/UriConstants';
-import { validateRequestArgs, matchingTypes } from './ConversionUtil';
+import { supportsConversion, matchingMediaTypes } from './ConversionUtil';
 import type { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from './TypedRepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class QuadToRdfConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   public async canHandle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<void> {
-    validateRequestArgs(input, [ INTERNAL_QUADS ], await rdfSerializer.getContentTypes());
+    supportsConversion(input, [ INTERNAL_QUADS ], await rdfSerializer.getContentTypes());
   }
 
   public async handle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<Representation> {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class QuadToRdfConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   private async quadsToRdf(quads: Representation, preferences: RepresentationPreferences): Promise<Representation> {
-    const contentType = matchingTypes(preferences, await rdfSerializer.getContentTypes())[0].value;
+    const contentType = matchingMediaTypes(preferences, await rdfSerializer.getContentTypes())[0].value;
     const metadata = new RepresentationMetadata(quads.metadata, { [CONTENT_TYPE]: contentType });
     return {
       binary: true,
diff --git a/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts b/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
index 80b8daca9..299e1c1d1 100644
--- a/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
+++ b/src/storage/conversion/RdfToQuadConverter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { INTERNAL_QUADS } from '../../util/ContentTypes';
 import { BadRequestHttpError } from '../../util/errors/BadRequestHttpError';
 import { pipeSafely } from '../../util/StreamUtil';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../util/UriConstants';
-import { validateRequestArgs } from './ConversionUtil';
+import { supportsConversion } from './ConversionUtil';
 import type { RepresentationConverterArgs } from './RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from './TypedRepresentationConverter';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class RdfToQuadConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   public async canHandle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<void> {
-    validateRequestArgs(input, await rdfParser.getContentTypes(), [ INTERNAL_QUADS ]);
+    supportsConversion(input, await rdfParser.getContentTypes(), [ INTERNAL_QUADS ]);
   }
 
   public async handle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<Representation> {
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
index 4b266cff3..4ccae6910 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Representation } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Represen
 import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationMetadata';
 import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import { ChainedConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ChainedConverter';
-import { validateRequestArgs } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
+import { supportsConversion } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
 import type { RepresentationConverterArgs } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/RepresentationConverter';
 import { TypedRepresentationConverter } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/TypedRepresentationConverter';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE } from '../../../../src/util/UriConstants';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DummyConverter extends TypedRepresentationConverter {
   }
 
   public async canHandle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<void> {
-    validateRequestArgs(input, Object.keys(this.inTypes), Object.keys(this.outTypes));
+    supportsConversion(input, Object.keys(this.inTypes), Object.keys(this.outTypes));
   }
 
   public async handle(input: RepresentationConverterArgs): Promise<Representation> {
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
index 5a4d3746a..e7b33ef77 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { RepresentationMetadata } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/Repre
 import type { RepresentationPreferences } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/RepresentationPreferences';
 import type { ResourceIdentifier } from '../../../../src/ldp/representation/ResourceIdentifier';
 import {
-  matchingMediaType,
-  matchingTypes,
-  validateRequestArgs,
+  matchesMediaType,
+  matchingMediaTypes,
+  supportsConversion,
 } from '../../../../src/storage/conversion/ConversionUtil';
 import { BadRequestHttpError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/BadRequestHttpError';
 import { InternalServerError } from '../../../../src/util/errors/InternalServerError';
@@ -20,93 +20,93 @@ describe('ConversionUtil', (): void => {
     representation = { metadata } as Representation;
   });
 
-  describe('#validateRequestArgs', (): void => {
+  describe('#supportsConversion', (): void => {
     it('requires an input type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = {};
-      expect((): any => validateRequestArgs({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'a/x' ]))
+      expect((): any => supportsConversion({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'a/x' ]))
         .toThrow('Input type required for conversion.');
     });
 
     it('requires a matching input type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
-      expect((): any => validateRequestArgs({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'c/x' ], [ 'a/x' ]))
+      expect((): any => supportsConversion({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'c/x' ], [ 'a/x' ]))
         .toThrow('Can only convert from c/x to a/x.');
     });
 
     it('requires a matching output type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
-      expect((): any => validateRequestArgs({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'c/x' ]))
+      expect((): any => supportsConversion({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'c/x' ]))
         .toThrow('Can only convert from a/x to c/x.');
     });
 
     it('succeeds with a valid input and output type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       metadata.contentType = 'a/x';
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
-      expect(validateRequestArgs({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'b/x' ]))
+      expect(supportsConversion({ identifier, representation, preferences }, [ 'a/x' ], [ 'b/x' ]))
         .toBeUndefined();
     });
   });
 
-  describe('#matchingTypes', (): void => {
+  describe('#matchingMediaTypes', (): void => {
     it('requires type preferences.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = {};
-      expect((): any => matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'a/b' ]))
+      expect((): any => matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'a/b' ]))
         .toThrow('Output type required for conversion.');
     });
 
     it('returns matching types if weight > 0.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type:
           [{ value: 'a/x', weight: 1 }, { value: 'b/x', weight: 0.5 }, { value: 'c/x', weight: 0 }]};
-      expect(matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'b/x', 'c/x' ])).toEqual([{ value: 'b/x', weight: 0.5 }]);
+      expect(matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'b/x', 'c/x' ])).toEqual([{ value: 'b/x', weight: 0.5 }]);
     });
 
     it('errors if there are duplicate preferences.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences =
         { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }, { value: 'b/x', weight: 0 }]};
-      expect((): any => matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'b/x' ]))
+      expect((): any => matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'b/x' ]))
         .toThrow(new BadRequestHttpError(`Duplicate type preference found: b/x`));
     });
 
     it('errors if there invalid types.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences =
         { type: [{ value: 'b/x', weight: 1 }]};
-      expect((): any => matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'noType' ]))
+      expect((): any => matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'noType' ]))
         .toThrow(new InternalServerError(`Unexpected type preference: noType`));
     });
 
     it('filters out internal types.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences = { type: [{ value: '*/*', weight: 1 }]};
-      expect(matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ])).toEqual([{ value: 'a/x', weight: 1 }]);
+      expect(matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ])).toEqual([{ value: 'a/x', weight: 1 }]);
     });
 
     it('keeps internal types that are specifically requested.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences =
         { type: [{ value: '*/*', weight: 1 }, { value: 'internal/*', weight: 0.5 }]};
-      expect(matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ]))
+      expect(matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ]))
         .toEqual([{ value: 'a/x', weight: 1 }, { value: 'internal/quads', weight: 0.5 }]);
     });
 
     it('takes the most relevant weight for a type.', async(): Promise<void> => {
       const preferences: RepresentationPreferences =
         { type: [{ value: '*/*', weight: 1 }, { value: 'internal/quads', weight: 0.5 }]};
-      expect(matchingTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ]))
+      expect(matchingMediaTypes(preferences, [ 'a/x', 'internal/quads' ]))
         .toEqual([{ value: 'a/x', weight: 1 }, { value: 'internal/quads', weight: 0.5 }]);
     });
   });
 
-  describe('#matchingMediaType', (): void => {
+  describe('#matchesMediaType', (): void => {
     it('matches all possible media types.', async(): Promise<void> => {
-      expect(matchingMediaType('*/*', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/*', '*/*')).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/*', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/plain', 'text/*')).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/turtle', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('*/*', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/*', '*/*')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/*', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/plain', 'text/*')).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/turtle', 'text/turtle')).toBeTruthy();
 
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/*', 'application/*')).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/plain', 'application/*')).toBeFalsy();
-      expect(matchingMediaType('text/plain', 'text/turtle')).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/*', 'application/*')).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/plain', 'application/*')).toBeFalsy();
+      expect(matchesMediaType('text/plain', 'text/turtle')).toBeFalsy();
     });
   });
 });