Patent ID: 8555248
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing first metadata associated with a first release of an application platform and defining business object entities, each business object entity associated with a respective one of a plurality of business objects, the first metadata associating a first plurality of the business object entities with a RELEASED release status code, and the first metadata associating a second plurality of the business object entities with a DEPRECATED release status code; and providing second metadata associated with a second release of the application platform and defining the business object entities, the second metadata associating one or more of the first plurality of the business object entities with a DEPRECATED release status code, and the second metadata associating one or more of the second plurality of the business object entities with a DELETED release status code that is different than the DEPRECATED release status code; wherein the second release of the application platform is different from and later in time than the first release of the application platform; the computer-implemented method further comprising: