A computing system and methods are provided for executing an application framework to provision a pipeline or workspace which may include applications that collaborate, such as, in performing a physical actuation of a physical component. The provisioning may include determining or receiving an indication of the applications to be installed and contextual information of each of the applications. The contextual information includes data objects, data types, or data formats supported by each of the applications and relationships among the applications. The computing system may provision one or more of the applications based on the indication of the applications to be installed and the contextual information. The computing system may receive an indication of an update at a first application of the applications and propagate the update to a subset of the applications based on the contextual information.