Integrating cloud service functionality by using document metadata

A method for facilitating development of a software application in a networked enterprise computing environment, the method comprising:

• employing a first cloud service to provide software functionality for enabling development of one or more enterprise software applications;
• using a second cloud service to provide document management functionality for facilitating management of one or more documents;
• and
• modifying one or more of the services with one more of middleware, application programming interfaces, or web services to integrate the first cloud service with the second cloud service such that document management functionality associated with the second cloud service is usable by software functionality of the first cloud service, wherein the document management functionality includes providing metadata characterizing one or more documents associated with a software application developed using the first cloud service to the software application at runtime of the software application.

An apparatus for facilitating development of a software application in a networked enterprise computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a tangible processor-readable storage device including instructions for:
• employing a first cloud service to provide software functionality for enabling development of one or more enterprise software applications;
• using a second cloud service to provide document management functionality for facilitating management of one or more documents;
• and
• modifying one or more of the services with one or more of middleware, application programming interfaces, or web service to integrate the first cloud service with the second cloud service such that document management functionality associated with the second cloud service is usable by software functionality of the first cloud service, wherein the document management functionality includes providing metadata characterizing one or more documents associated with a software application developed using the first cloud service to the software application at runtime of the software application.