9. The template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility of claim 4 wherein the toolkit comprises a set of components including a base object template.
9. The template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility of claim 4 wherein the toolkit comprises a set of components including a base object template. 10. The template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility of claim 9 wherein the set of components further includes primitives that are user-extendable by designating script primitives and user-defined attributes.