The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating
remote namespace management in an industrial control environment. An
industrial control system is provided that includes an industrial
controller to communicate with a network such as the Internet. Namespace
information relating to network locations of associated control devices
are accumulated by the control system and/or a server interacting with
the control system. The accumulated namespace data can then be employed
to manage automated activities such as determining a network topology or
mapping. Accumulated topology information can be utilized to determine a
status of the collective entity contributing to the network and
facilitating remote management of the entity. Such status can be employed
to determine current device information in order to launch a plurality of
other automated procedures to located devices in the topology.