Automatic controller relationship resolution

An industrial control method, comprising:

• identifying a supplemental binding that is at least partially erroneous through alteration of a primary binding;
• and
• modifying the supplemental binding such that the supplemental binding is no longer erroneous.

A industrial control system, comprising:

• means for analyzing a distributed directory to determine a manner in which to change a supplemental binding that becomes less effective from an alteration to a primary binding;
• and
• means for implementing the determined manner upon the supplemental binding.

An industrial control system, comprising:

• means for retaining metadata of a binding among a primary component and a supplemental component in a directory;
• and
• means for automatically resolving the binding when the primary component moves from a first location to an auxiliary location in an industrial control system through utilization of the retained metadata.

A computer program embodied upon a computer-readable medium comprising:

• program code for collecting metadata related to a change in a controller relationship;
• and
• program code for resolving a dependent relationship based at least in part upon the collected metadata as a function of the change in the controller relationship.