Patent ID: 7805507

Claim:
A method for managing an asset comprising: identifying a relative location of a scheme, wherein the scheme is used to manage the asset, and wherein the relative location is defined with respect to a location of an instance of the asset; creating a relative Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) comprising the relative location, wherein the relative URI comprises at least one variable and the relative location of the scheme, and wherein the at least one variable is for specifying the location of an instance of the asset; creating an entry in a native access interface definition, wherein the entry comprises the relative URI; generating by a computer processor, a data acquisition (DAQ) definition from the native asset interface definition, wherein the DAQ definition is an executable, wherein the DAQ definition comprises the relative URI based on the native asset interface definition comprising the relative URI; receiving, by a DAQ manager, executing on the computer processor, a management request for managing the asset from the information model; identifying, by the DAQ manager, executing on the computer processor, based on an asset type of the asset, the DAQ definition corresponding to the asset type; triggering, by the DAQ manager executing on the computer processor, using the DAQ definition, the protocol handler based on an actual URI and the management request to obtain management information from the instance of the asset, wherein the actual URI is obtained by replacing the at least one variable of the relative URI in the DAQ definition with an address of the location of the instance of the asset, wherein the actual URI comprises the relative location; and transmitting executing on the computer processor, the management information to a management application.