Automation control and monitoring system and method

An automation control and monitoring system, comprising:

• an operating system, configured to:
• receive a request for instantiation of an object representing an attribute of the automation control and monitoring system;
• and
• generate an object identifier when the request for instantiation is received, wherein the object identifier is unique from any other object identifiers employed by the operating system;
• a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components are configured to facilitate one or more functions of the automation control and monitoring system;
• and
• a data model distributed to the plurality of components, the data model comprising an association of the object with the generated object identifier such that any component of the plurality of components of the automation control and monitoring system may access the object by referencing the object identifier in a respective local copy of the data model.