Patent ID: 8239339

Claim:
A system capable of implementation upon an industrial control configuration, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions to implement the system, including: an identification component configured to recognize a change to a definition; and a resolution component configured to determine a manner in which the change is to be propagated to one or more instances of the definition and to propagate the change in the determined manner, wherein the resolution component is further configured to employ a rule set to determine a manner in which the change is to be propagated to the one or more instances of the definition; and an adjustment component configured to: observe the manner in which the change is propagated to the one or more instances of the definition for errors; and in response to observation of an error, change at least a portion of the rule set to prevent the error from occurring in a subsequent propagation of a change.