1. A computer implemented human-machine interface (HMI) generation system comprising: at least one processor coupled to a memory, the processor executes: a voice recognition component that receives voice commands relating to generation of a human-machine interface within an industrial automation environment, the voice recognition component further translates the voice commands into machine code; a view generation component communicatively coupled to the voice recognition component, the view generation component generates a human-machine interface based at least in part upon the received voice commands; and a data store accessed by the view generation component based upon the received voice commands to facilitate generating the human-machine interface, the data store retains data in accordance with a hierarchically structured data model (HSDM), the HSDM employs a common schema to represent devices, portions of devices, processes, portions of processes, associations between components, systems and applications at all levels of a plant wide system, the common schema allowing the low level logic language of a programmable logic controller (PLC) to interface with the high level language employed by a plant wide application allowing seamless communication between the PLC and the high level language application.