Patent ID: 11940951
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method, implemented by a first computing system comprising at least one hardware processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one hardware processor, the method comprising:
storing a base definition of a database artefact, the base definition of the database artefact comprising a first set of one or more metadata elements that define fields for the respective database artefact, where values are associable with the fields in an instance of the respective database artefact created at least in part according to the base definition of the database artefact:
sending a request to a second computing system for a second set of one or more metadata elements of one or more metadata extensions defined for the database artefact, wherein metadata elements of the second set of one or more metadata elements add, change, or remove data or metadata of the database artefact without modifying the one or more metadata elements of the base definition of the database artefact;
receiving the second set of one or more metadata elements from the second computing system; and
instantiating the database artefact according to the first set of one or more metadata elements and the second set of one or more metadata elements or updating existing instances of the database artefact according to the second set of one or more metadata elements.