22. The computer-implemented system according to claim 20 , wherein the DELETED release status code that is associated with the second plurality of the business object entities by the second metadata that is associated with the second release of the application platform indicates that each of the second plurality of the business object entities is not visible in the second release of the application platform.
20. The computer-implemented system according to claim 17 , wherein the DEPRECATED release status code indicates that the application platform supports the associated business object entity in a current release of the application platform and will not support the associated business object entity in a next software release of the application platform.