Method and standard for integrating aplications into a cloud

A method for integrating a vendor application into a host platform, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the host platform, an application package corresponding to the vendor application, wherein the application package comprises a plurality of metadata files, control method descriptions, and content files;
• integrating, by an application packaging controller of the host platform, the application package to generate an integration of the vendor application, wherein the integration includes a validation of each of a format and structure of the application package, metadata of the metadata files, and at least one application programming interface (API) function of the vendor application;
• setting up, by the application packaging controller, a vendor application programming interface (API) configured to execute the control method descriptions, the vendor API further configured to receive a plurality of control parameters used by the vendor application to perform a plurality of operations requested by an end-user;
• updating, by the application packaging controller, a list of integrated applications to include the vendor application corresponding to the application package;
• identifying, by the application packaging controller, available resources being managed by the application packaging controller, wherein integrating the application package to generate the integration of the vendor application includes providing access to the identified available resources managed by the application package;
• monitoring, by the application packaging controller, resource usage of one or more resources by the integration;
• transmitting a result of the monitored resource usage to the host platform;
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• adding, by the application packaging controller, one or more services from the application package to extend functionality of a second integration associated with a second application package of a second vendor application.