Automation objects for integrated design environments

A system for facilitating cross-domain, multi-user industrial automation control,

• the system comprising:
• a memory that stores executable components;
• and
• a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
• an object library component configured to maintain, in an object library, a cross-domain object comprising a plurality of layers and shared elements that are shared by the plurality of layers, wherein the plurality of layers comprise a visual layer, a controller layer, and a collaboration layer, and wherein the shared elements comprise:
• a device property corresponding to an industrial device deployed in an industrial automation process,
• a visualization property corresponding to the industrial device, and
• a collaboration method performed on one or more properties of the cross-domain object, wherein the collaboration method facilitates multi-user access to the cross-domain object;
• an industrial control development module functionally coupled to the object library component and configured to:
• incorporate the cross-domain object into the industrial control development module and update control logic executable by an automated control device in the industrial automation process for controlling the industrial device based on the cross-domain object;
• and
• an HMI development module functionally coupled to the object library component and configured to:
• incorporate the cross-domain object into the HMI development module and update display elements corresponding to the industrial device in the industrial automation process.