Industrial automation information contextualization method and system

A method, comprising:

• rendering, by a system comprising a processor, program development interfaces;
• generating, by the system based on design input received via interaction with the program development interfaces, an industrial control program;
• defining, by the system based on the design input, data tags associated with the industrial control program, wherein at least a subset of the data tags respectively conform to one of a set of basic information data types;
• and
• sending, by the system, the industrial control program and the data tags to an industrial controller,
• wherein
• the data tags comprise fields for storing current values of the data tags and metadata fields, specific to the basic information data types, that store user-defined metadata for the data tags, and
• the set of basic information data types comprise at least a state data type comprising a first metadata field defining names of available states associated with an industrial asset, a rate data type comprising a second metadata field defining a maximum value of a rate associated with the industrial asset, and an event data type comprising a third metadata field defining one or more event names of an instantaneous event or a persistent event associated with the industrial asset.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device configuration system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• rendering program development interfaces;
• generating, based on design input received via interaction with the program development interfaces, an industrial control program;
• defining, based on the design input, data tags associated with the industrial control program, wherein at least a subset of the data tags respectively conform to one of a set of basic information data types;
• and
• sending the industrial control program and the data tags to an industrial controller,
• wherein
• the data tags comprise fields for storing current values of the data tags and metadata fields, specific to the basic information data types, that store user-defined metadata for the data tags, and
• the set of basic information data types comprise at least a state data type comprising a first metadata field defining names of available states associated with an industrial asset, a rate data type comprising a second metadata field defining a maximum value of a rate associated with the industrial asset, and an event data type comprising a third metadata field defining one or more event names of an instantaneous event or a persistent event associated with the industrial asset.