As a product developer of a new and innovative software application, I want to be able to find all the components that have potentially useful information using off-the-shelf browse mechanisms. I do not expect the original developers to have planned for my use. I know that some of those devices will provide me information directly and some will be represented by aggregators or other edge-gateway type devices. Once I have found useful information, I want to be able to read it whenever I want using off-the-shelf mechanisms. While my task will be made easier with devices because of the consistency of their information models, I do not expect to have knowledge of any specific mechanisms (state machine, application relationships etc.) to read that information.

These software applications will be customized based on the installed base of devices and equipment, so discoverability of information contained in CIP devices will be needed . In addition, both on-line and off-line enumeration of information may be needed as some applications may require configuration prior to delivery.

The following applications may be considered applicable to this story:
• IoT Gateways
• HMI, SCADA or MES
• Analytics, including Machine Learning
• Energy Management
• Predictive Maintenance