Patent ID: 6922704
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: G05B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for generating at least one application specific input file for applications that require input files in varying file formats, where data for specifying industrial equipment are stored in a database of a computer system as XML-formatted files based on a class model, and an automated modular transformation into said at least one application-specific input file takes place in one or more phases, said method comprising the steps of: (a) loading one or more of said XML formatted files into a memory of said computer system, said loaded one or more XML formatted files decoded and subjected to semantics and consistency verification to produce in the absence of a detected error one or more verified XML files; (b) generating, by means of an interface containing descriptions of the respective applications, specifications of objects of industrial equipment in XML format based on said one or more verified XML files, said generated object specifications having a structure that corresponds to a predetermined structure of the at least one application-specific input file, which is different from a structure of the class model; and (c) generating said at least one application-specific input file using a canonical transformation from said generated object specifications in XML format.