1. Apparatus for configuring a control system, comprising a plurality of objects instantiated in a store coupled to a digital data processor that represent entities in any of the control system, a system controlled thereby, a control level hierarchy, and the apparatus for configuring the control system, at least a selected one of the plurality of objects (the “selected object”) including an edit control type identifier, an editor, coupled to the store and executing on the digital data processor, that facilitates editing of at least the selected object, the functionality presenting at least a selected aspect of the selected object for editing with an edit control that is based on the edit control type identifier.