Editing lifecycle and deployment of objects in an industrial automation environment

An industrial control system that facilitates state-based control, comprising:

• a programmable logic controller, comprising:
• memory that retains a state-based object, the state-based object designed in accordance with a hierarchically structured data model;
• and
• a processor that implements the state-based object;
• an input data set comprising at least one item of input data, the input data set is received by the programmable logic controller;
• and
• a control data set comprising at least one item of control data, the control data set is transmitted by the programmable logic controller.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure, the data structure comprising:

• a first field that includes schematic information relating to a hierarchically structured data model;
• a second field that includes data relating to a deployment service;
• a third field related to the second field that includes data relating to a deployment event, the deployment service is implemented upon occurrence of the deployment event;
• a fourth field that includes lifecycle state data;
• a fifth field related to the fourth field, the fifth field includes data related to a lifecycle event, a lifecycle state implemented upon occurrence of the lifecycle event;
• and
• the data structure is implemented on at least one of a programmable logic controller or a proxy component, the proxy component is communicatively coupled to a programmable logic controller.