1. An industrial automation device, comprising: a data storage component that retains at least a portion of a schema, the schema transforms data from a flat data structure to a hierarchically structured data model; a workflow engine that executes Business Process Execution Language, the workflow engine executes at least one operation based at least in part on utilization of the schema; and a processor that facilitates at least one of receipt, execution, and creation of an object that conforms to the hierarchically structured data model.