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== Message and Service Types ==

This is a summary of the [[msg]] and [[srv]] types available in the various ROS [[Packages|packages]] in the `common_msgs` stack. For more documentation, please see the relevant package.


== Standard Units of Measure and Coordinate Conventions ==

Please see [[http://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0103.html|REP 103]] for documentation on the standard units of measure and coordinate conventions followed here.

== Purpose of common_msgs stack ==
Isolating the messages to communicate between stacks in a shared dependency allows nodes in dependent stacks to communicate without requiring dependencies upon each other.  This stack has been designed to contain the most common messages used between multiple stacks to provide a shared dependency which will eliminate a problematic circular dependency.  

== Guidelines for submitting to common_msgs ==

To be accepted into common_msgs the package needs to have been API reviewed and be in active use in a non trivial amount of the ROS ecosystem. It's really supposed to represent messages which are commonly used. 

On the way to becoming a member of common_msgs please release a message only package and make it available to the community. Once it has matured, been reviewed, tested and possibly iterated upon by early adopters then it can be promoted to be a member of the common_msgs metapackage. 

== Packages within common_msgs ==

=== actionlib_msgs ===

<<MsgSrvDoc(actionlib_msgs False)>>

=== diagnostic_msgs ===

<<MsgSrvDoc(diagnostic_msgs False)>>

=== geometry_msgs ===

<<MsgSrvDoc(geometry_msgs False)>>

=== nav_msgs ===

<<MsgSrvDoc(nav_msgs False)>>

=== sensor_msgs ===

<<MsgSrvDoc(sensor_msgs False)>>


== Migrating Messages ==

Please see the [[/1.0_Migration_Guide|common_msgs 1.0 migration guide]].

== Report a Bug ==
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