MANAGING FIELD DEVICES HAVING DIFFERENT DEVICE DESCRIPTIONS SPECIFICATIONS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

According to an aspect of the present invention, device descriptions of different DD specifications are converted (represented) into a single format. In an embodiment, the single format corresponds to extended markup language (XML). The device description in the single format is then examined to provide a user interface for management of the corresponding field devices. Due to such use of a common format, integration of field devices (into a management system) having device description defined according to a new DD specification, may be simplified.