Abstract: A control support apparatus communicably connected to at least one predetermined device includes a managing unit configured to manage the predetermined device in association with internal information of the predetermined device and manage the predetermined device in association with external information disclosed for the predetermined device, and an analyzing unit configured to generate analysis information by analyzing an operation state of a target device of the predetermined device based on internal information related to the target device and external information corresponding to the target device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control system comprises a plurality of devices and a controller. The controller stores first information representing a linkage of a plurality of functions that realize a single process and second information representing a correspondence between the devices and the functions, and controls the devices based on the first information and the second information to realize the single process.

Abstract: A data searching unit 12 of a data searching apparatus 10 Obtains, according to a searching request including a search condition specified by a data searching application 16, metadata which satisfy the search condition from a data storage unit 11, and instructs an external communication unit 15 to request searching of data to a data providing apparatus 20 with the same search condition.

Abstract: A data searching unit 12 of a data searching apparatus 10 obtains according to a searching request including a search condition specified by a data searching application 16, metadata which satisfy the search condition from a data storage unit 11, and instructs an external communication unit 15 to request searching of data to a data providing apparatus 20 with the same search condition.