1. A method for enabling collaborative development of a database application, the method comprising: receiving a database generated via a first database management system (DBMS); designating a set of tables from the database as a set of static data tables; committing the database and the set of static data tables to a repository; deploying, from the repository, the database in a second DBMS; receiving a change to the database via at least one of: the first DBMS, and the second DBMS, wherein the change is represented as metadata that is general to both the first DBMS and the second DBMS; and synchronizing the change to the database within the repository based on the metadata.