Virtual marketplace for distributed tools in an enterprise environment

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media (CRM) storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to provide an interactive user interface for a virtual marketplace by performing acts comprising:

• determining, based on state information stored in a state information database and corresponding to an enterprise software platform of an end user, one or more implemented articles currently in use or selected for use on the enterprise software platform;
• determining based on status data stored in an article status database and corresponding to the one or more implemented articles, one or more dependencies of the one or more implemented articles, each dependency being one of an input dependency corresponding to data or functionality that may be provided to the one or more of the implemented articles, an output dependency indicating data or functionality that may be provided by the one or more of the implemented articles, and an incorporation dependency indicating additional articles that may be incorporated into the one or more of the implemented articles;
• determining one or more associated articles from the virtual marketplace that has at least one dependency relationship with the one or more implemented articles, each dependency relationship being one of an input dependency relationship corresponding to an ability to provide data or functionality corresponding to an input dependency of the one or more implemented articles, an output dependency relationship corresponding to an ability to use data or functionality corresponding to an output dependency of the one or more implemented articles, and an incorporation relationship indicating an ability to be incorporated into the one or more of the implemented articles;
• providing the interactive user interface including providing a menu including the one or more associated articles for display to the user;
• and
• receiving, from the end user via the menu of the interactive user interface;
• a selection of a selected article from among the one or more associated articles,
• wherein at least one of the state information database and the article status database are stored in a computer storage media, and
• wherein each article is a tool, a metadata object (MDO), or a combination thereof.