Patent ID: 7337028

Claim:
A method for organizing a process in a decentralized control system in industrial automation technology having at least one processing device for carrying out predefinable subprocesses of said process, wherein the at least one processing device comprises an actuator, with which a sensor device is associated, said method comprising the following steps: a) registering individual items of subprocess-specific process structure information as a function of the process to be organized, comprising the steps of registering subprocesses associated with a specific subprocess and registering physical and logical characteristics of the processing device that is to carry out the specific subprocess; b) storing the subprocess-specific process structure information in at least one storage device; c) on the basis of predefinable subprocesses, accessing stored subprocess-specific process structure information, and d) processing the accessed subprocess-specific process structure information, displaying the accessed subprocess-specific process structure information or using the accessed subprocess-specific process structure information for the direct operation of the corresponding processing device depending on an organization phase selected from the group consisting of planning phase, compilation phase and operating phase.