In at least one example, a method for that includes receiving, by a
machine, a plurality of documents, each in an unstructured text format that includes a respective
workflow description with a respective plurality of steps, converting, by the
machine, the plurality of documents in the unstructured text format to a
data interchange format, extracting, by the
machine, respective
textual information and respective position information associated with the
textual information from each of the plurality of documents in the
data interchange format based on a dictionary for the
plant including a plurality of rules for the extraction, determining, by the machine, a respective
workflow function associated with the respective extracted
textual information based on the respective position information, and generating, by the machine, a respective application program format of the respective
workflow description utilizing the respective textual information and corresponding respective workflow function.