1. A method, comprising: receiving first information describing characteristics of one or more parameters of a field device, the field device operable to operate in a process control system, the characteristics described in the first information using a first device description language, the first information associated with a first communication protocol, the first information comprising a first device description language source file; converting the first information into second information describing the characteristics of the one or more parameters of the field device, the characteristics described in the second information using a second device description language, the second information associated with a second communication protocol; and providing the second information to facilitate interaction with the field device; wherein converting the first information into the second information comprises: parsing the first device description language source file into individual first components; mapping each first component from the first device description language source file to a corresponding second component of a target file that is compliant with the second device description language; and generating the target file using the component mappings by (i) taking each first component, (ii) extracting data from that first component, and (iii) generating the corresponding second component using the extracted data, wherein each second component is compliant with the second device description language.
1. A method, comprising: receiving first information describing characteristics of one or more parameters of a field device, the field device operable to operate in a process control system, the characteristics described in the first information using a first device description language, the first information associated with a first communication protocol, the first information comprising a first device description language source file; converting the first information into second information describing the characteristics of the one or more parameters of the field device, the characteristics described in the second information using a second device description language, the second information associated with a second communication protocol; and providing the second information to facilitate interaction with the field device; wherein converting the first information into the second information comprises: parsing the first device description language source file into individual first components; mapping each first component from the first device description language source file to a corresponding second component of a target file that is compliant with the second device description language; and generating the target file using the component mappings by (i) taking each first component, (ii) extracting data from that first component, and (iii) generating the corresponding second component using the extracted data, wherein each second component is compliant with the second device description language. 10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing the first information to facilitate communication between the field device and an intermediate device using the first communication protocol; and providing the second information to facilitate communication between the intermediate device and the process control system using the second communication protocol.