Information related to an operational condition of a machine in a process
plant is generated, where the generated information is in a first data format.
The information may be generated based on data in a second format. The second format
may, for example, correspond to a format used by a certain type or types of process
entities, whereas the first format may, for example, correspond to a format used
to process operational condition information of other types of process entities
in the process plant. Providing operational condition data for various types of
process entities in a common format may, for example, assist an operator in ascertaining
the relative importance of the operational condition for various types of entities.
