Automation code generator for interoperability across industrial ecosystems

A method performed in an industrial system that comprises a plurality of ecosystems that define respective physical assets and automation equipment configured to control the physical assets, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request from a first ecosystem of the plurality of ecosystems, the first ecosystem defining a first programming language native to the automation equipment of the first ecosystem;
• determining that the first programming language is native to the automation equipment of the first ecosystem;
• based on the first request, determining that a second ecosystem of the plurality of ecosystems is involved in fulfilling the first request, the second ecosystem defining a second programming language native to the automation equipment of the second ecosystem;
• determining that the second programming language is native to the automation equipment of the second ecosystem;
• and
• based on the first request and responsive to determining that the first and second ecosystems define first and second programming languages, respectively, generating, by a generator module, an interface between the first and second ecosystems,
• wherein the interface defines code that translates the first request such that the first request from the first ecosystem can be satisfied at least in part by the second ecosystem.