Patent ID: 8073967

Claim:
A method of communicating process control information between a first web service associated with a process control system and a second web service associated with a data consuming application, the process control information having content therein, wherein the process control system is associated with a database that stores a user profile including organizational role information, and an information server, the method comprising: determining an update in the process control information associated with the first web service and including the updated process control information in the content; sending a message containing the process control information from the first web service to the information server, the message being sent from the first web service in response to the process control information associated with the first web service being updated; using a router within the information server to process the message to determine a destination for the process control information contained therein based on the content of the process control information and the organizational role information in the user profile, including: using a first schema to map the process control information for use by the data consuming application, and using the organizational role information according to a second schema to determine a user to whom the process control information should be sent, wherein the user is associated with the destination; and sending the process control information to the second web service associated with the destination.