A system comprising: a context model manager computer and one or more intelligent programmable logic controllers, wherein the context model manager computer is configured to generate a semantic context model representative of an automation system, and wherein the context model manager computer comprises: a model import component configured to import a plurality of distinct context models that are specified in a plurality of data formats and comprise g automation system knowledge from an automation engineering system and an automation runtime system, wherein the system knowledge from the automation engineering system is imported from an automation engineering tool, and wherein the automation system knowledge is provided in a plurality of distinct context models; a management services component configured to: identify conceptual entities associated with the automation system based on the automation system knowledge, and generate the semantic model comprising a plurality of ontologies providing formal specifications of concepts associated with the automation system by formally and semantically aligning the plurality of distinct context models to yield the semantic model and translating the plurality of distinct context models into a common semantic language, wherein the plurality of ontologies comprises an asset ontology comprising plant topology information associated with the automation system; and a model export component configured to deploy the semantic model to the one or more intelligent programmable logic controller in the automation system, wherein the intelligent programmable logic controller comprises a data acquisition component configured to collect context information from at least one external system, the context information including environmental condition context data, and wherein the one or more intelligent programmable logic controller is configured to use the deployed semantic model to enrich locally acquired data during runtime with the collected context information. a model import component configured to import a plurality of distinct context models that are specified in a plurality of data formats and comprise g automation system knowledge from an automation engineering system and an automation runtime system, wherein the system knowledge from the automation engineering system is imported from an automation engineering tool, and wherein the automation system knowledge is provided in a plurality of distinct context models; a management services component configured to: identify conceptual entities associated with the automation system based on the automation system knowledge, and generate the semantic model comprising a plurality of ontologies providing formal specifications of concepts associated with the automation system by formally and semantically aligning the plurality of distinct context models to yield the semantic model and translating the plurality of distinct context models into a common semantic language, wherein the plurality of ontologies comprises an asset ontology comprising plant topology information associated with the automation system; and a model export component configured to deploy the semantic model to the one or more intelligent programmable logic controller in the automation system, wherein the intelligent programmable logic controller comprises a data acquisition component configured to collect context information from at least one external system, the context information including environmental condition context data, and wherein the one or more intelligent programmable logic controller is configured to use the deployed semantic model to enrich locally acquired data during runtime with the collected context information.