Abstract: A schema server receives from an application server vendor ID, solutions ID, and version fields extracted from a universally unique identifier (UUID) of a node and defining a protocol agnostic metadata schema application descriptor sheet identifier (PAMS ADS ID). The schema server retrieves from the memory a protocol agnostic metadata schema application descriptor sheet (PAMS ADS) that contains a list of property-type pairs and corresponds to the PAMS ADS ID, and sends the PAMS ADS to a host services gateway such that the host services gateway, using the PAMS ADS, establishes communications with the node and exposes an interface of the node as a web application programmer's interface (API).

Abstract: A schema server receives from an application server vendor ID, solutions ID, and version fields extracted from a universally unique identifier (UUID) of a node and defining a protocol agnostic metadata schema application descriptor sheet identifier (PAMS ADS ID). The schema server retrieves from the memory a protocol agnostic metadata schema application descriptor sheet (PAMS ADS) that contains a list of property-type pairs and corresponds to the PAMS ADS ID, and sends the PAMS ADS to a host services gateway such that the host services gateway, using the PAMS ADS, establishes communications with the node and exposes an interface of the node as a web application programmer's interface (API).

Abstract: A data transport system includes nodes configured to communicate with local devices via independent native protocols and to store a metadata schema that defines a data interface for process variables. The data transport system includes a computing system programmed to communicate with an application and the nodes using a media independent messaging service that is layered over respective communication protocols associated with the application and the nodes. The computing system receives, from the nodes, metadata corresponding to the data interface and dynamically render a web application programming interface (API) that allows users of the application to access the process variables.

Abstract: A data transport system includes nodes configured to communicate with local devices via independent native protocols and to store a metadata schema that defines a data interface for process variables. The data transport system includes a computing system programmed to communicate with an application and the nodes using a media independent messaging service that is layered over respective communication protocols associated with the application and the nodes. The computing system receives, from the nodes, metadata corresponding to the data interface and dynamically render a web application programming interface (API) that allows users of the application to access the process variables.