Techniques and architectures for providing references to custom metametadata in declarative validations

A system comprising:

• a memory system comprising one or more memory devices;
• one or more processors coupled with the memory system, the one or more processors configurable to:
• receive, within a database system provided by the one or more processors, a definition of a custom object specifying a custom format for metadata, wherein creation of the metadata is required to comply with the custom format specified within the custom object with the metadata is associated with the custom object, and further wherein at least a portion of the metadata refers to another custom metadata object type,
• customize the metadata format specified by a particular custom object to be used in creating metadata,
• store the custom object having the definition within the database system,
• create a database record utilizing the custom object having the associated metadata that references another custom metadata object type, and
• define at least one aspect of an application utilizing the database system using the metadata associated with the custom object utilized in the created database record, wherein the reference to the another custom metadata object type is within a formula field that do not require hard coding as with the formula.

A method comprising:

• receiving, within a database system provided by the one or more processors, a definition of a custom object specifying a custom format for metadata, wherein creation of the metadata is required to comply with the custom format specified within the custom object with the metadata is associated with the custom object, and further wherein at least a portion of the metadata refers to another custom metadata object type;
• customizing the metadata format specified by a particular custom object to be used in creating metadata;
• storing the custom object having the definition within the database system;
• creating a database record utilizing the custom object having the associated metadata that references another custom metadata object type;
• and
• defining at least one aspect of an application utilizing the database system using the metadata associated with the custom object utilized in the created database record, wherein the reference to the another custom metadata object type is within a formula field that do not require hard coding as with the formula.