1. A memory medium comprising program instructions implementing a measurements expert system, wherein the expert system is operable to perform: receiving a measurement task specification, wherein the measurement task specification specifies a measurement task; and analyzing the measurement task specification; and generating a run-time specification for the measurement task in response to said analyzing; wherein the run-time specification is useable to configure one or more measurement devices to perform the measurement task, and wherein the run-time specification is further useable to generate a run-time which is executable to perform the measurement task using the configured one or more measurement devices.