1. A device comprising: a processing module configured to: receive data from a process sensor, the data including data associated with a system monitored or controlled by the process sensor, a description of the data and a description of a quality of the data, and execute a transformation process for mapping the data from the process sensor to a process parameter associated with the system monitored or controlled by the process sensor, wherein the process parameter is capable of being processed by a process controller that is incapable of processing the data from the process sensor; and an output module configured to: receive the process parameter, generate an output signal representing the process parameter, and output the process parameter to the process controller capable of processing the process parameter and incapable of processing the data from the process sensor.
1. A device comprising: a processing module configured to: receive data from a process sensor, the data including data associated with a system monitored or controlled by the process sensor, a description of the data and a description of a quality of the data, and execute a transformation process for mapping the data from the process sensor to a process parameter associated with the system monitored or controlled by the process sensor, wherein the process parameter is capable of being processed by a process controller that is incapable of processing the data from the process sensor; and an output module configured to: receive the process parameter, generate an output signal representing the process parameter, and output the process parameter to the process controller capable of processing the process parameter and incapable of processing the data from the process sensor. 6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the process sensor is a self-validating process sensor configured to generate self-validating process metrics.