System and method for application development and deployment

摘要

An industrial control system 10 is provided that includes an application module 16 with machine-readable instructions in a first format. The instructions specify inputs, outputs, processing, or any combination thereof, relating to a process of the industrial control system 10. The industrial control system 10 also includes a conversion server 19 with a processor that creates a platform-specific application by converting the application module 16 in the first format to a second format that is understandable by a common computing platform of the industrial control system 10.