SIG Coordinator:

Topics: Use external library for message IDL and marshalling. Determine which library to use and how to integrate it into ROS.

Members:

• Dirk Thomas
• Geoffrey Biggs
• Daniel Stonier
• Nico Hochgeschwender
• Bob Dean
• Damon Kohler
• Jack O'Quin

Mailing list:

• http://groups.google.com/group/ros-sig-msg-idl

Proposed new features

• Use external library for message IDL and marshalling (i.e. Protocol Buffers, MsgPack, ...).

• Consider replacement of ROS message IDL vs. generate external IDL based on ROS IDL.