A method for generating application-specific input files for applications that
require input files in varying file formats, where data for specifying industrial
equipment are stored in a database of a computer system as XML-formatted files,
which are based on a class model, and a modular transformation into at least one
application-specific input file takes place. One or more of the XML files are loaded
into a memory, decoded, interpreted and verified-particularly with regard to semantics
and consistency. In the absence of an error specifications of objects of the industrial
equipment are generated in XML format based on the verified XML files by using
an interface containing descriptions of the functionality of the respective applications.
The at least one application-specific file is generated via canonical transformation
from the generated object specifications in XML presentation.
