1. An industrial device, comprising: a memory that stores executable components; a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising: a metadata retrieval component configured to, in response to a request received from a client device for a data item stored on the memory, send the data item and presentation metadata to the client device, wherein the memory stores data mapping information that defines graphical formats associated with respective data items including the data item, the presentation metadata specifies a graphical format to be used to render the data item on the client device, the metadata retrieval component selects the presentation metadata based on the data mapping information, and the industrial device is at least one of an industrial controller, a motor drive, a meter, a telemetry device, a vision controller, an industrial robot controller, or an optical sensor.