Abstract: A system for managing industrial enterprise (IE) data models may include a storage device storing instructions and IE data models. Each of the IE data models may include references to artifacts and a directed graph having nodes and edges. Each of the nodes may represent a respective one of the artifacts. Each of the edges may indicate a relationship between a respective pair of the artifacts. The system may also include a processing device operable to execute the instructions to perform operations including managing dataflow through a particular one of the data models, wherein the edges of the directed graph of the particular data model define a direction of propagation of data through the artifacts of the particular data model, and providing version control functionality for the plurality of data models and for the artifacts referenced by any of the plurality of data models.