1. A method for supporting industry-specific applications using a core data model, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer systems, an industry-generic data model representing a core data model, wherein the industry-generic data model comprises an RFID data model established by a standards entity; receiving, at the one or more computer systems, information provided via an object-oriented relational mapping utility defining an industry-specific data model having attributes defined using the core data model; generating, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, an Extensible Markup Language (XML) deployment file based on the information provided via the object-oriented relational mapping utility, the XML deployment file encapsulating an object-to-data source definition and an object-to-data representation mapping for the industry-specific vertical data model; receiving, at the one or more computer systems, a request from a runtime component of an application configured at runtime to use the industry-specific vertical data model based on the runtime component having a reference to the XML deployment file; and generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, a response to the request based on accessing an object-oriented database for the industry-specific data model.