Common data pipeline for sharing data associated with industrial automation systems

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, via a first electronic device, data generated by a plurality of components of an industrial automation system, wherein the data comprises a plurality of portions having an original order;
• characterizing, via the first electronic device, one or more portions of the plurality of portions of the data by applying metadata to the one or more portions of the data, wherein the metadata enables a second electronic device receiving the data to determine one or more components of the plurality of components to which the one or more portions of the data pertain;
• rearranging, via the first electronic device, the data by modifying the original order of the one or more portions of the data;
• and
• causing, via the first electronic device, the characterized and rearranged data to be sent to the second electronic device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a first electronic device to:

• receive, from a second electronic device communicatively coupled to the first electronic device, characterized and rearranged data generated by the second electronic device, wherein the characterized and rearranged data is generated by:
• characterizing one or more portions of data generated by a plurality of components of an industrial automation system by applying metadata to the one or more portions of the data;
• and
• rearranging an order of the one or more portions of the data;
• and
• determine one or more contexts of the one or more portions of the data generated by the plurality of components of the industrial automation system, wherein each of the one or more contexts comprise:
• the one or more portions of the data being associated with a particular component of the plurality of components;
• the one or more portions of the data being associated with a particular hierarchical level of a plurality of hierarchical levels of the industrial automation system;
• or
• a type of the data.