diff --git a/articles/140_topic_and_service_name_mapping.md b/articles/140_topic_and_service_name_mapping.md index 43870e4eb..d80df1992 100644 --- a/articles/140_topic_and_service_name_mapping.md +++ b/articles/140_topic_and_service_name_mapping.md @@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ In order to differentiate ROS topics easily, all DDS topics created by ROS shall For example, a plain topic called `/foo` would translate to a DDS topic `rt/foo`, which is the result of implicitly adding `rt` to the namespace of a ROS topic which is in the root namespace `/` and has a base name `foo`. As another example, a topic called `/left/image_raw` would translate to a DDS topic `rt/left/image_raw`, which is the result of implicitly adding `rt` to the namespace of a ROS topic which is in the namespace `/left` and has a base name `image_raw`. -For systems where Services are implemented with topics (like with OpenSplice), a different subsystem character can be used: `rq` for the request topic and `rr` for the response topic. -On systems where Services are handled explicitly implemented, we consider a separate prefix, e.g. `rs`. +For systems where Services are implemented with topics (like with OpenSplice), a different subsystem character can be used: `rq` and `raq` for the request topic, `rr` and `rar` for the response topic. +On systems where Services are handled explicitly implemented, we consider a separate prefix, e.g. `rs` and `ras`. Here is a non-exhaustive list of prefixes: @@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ Here is a non-exhaustive list of prefixes: | ROS Service Response | rr | | ROS Service | rs | | ROS Parameter | rp | -| ROS Action | ra | +| ROS Action Topics | rat | +| ROS Action Service Request | raq | +| ROS Action Service Response | rar | +| ROS Action Service | ras | While all planned prefixes consist of two characters, i.e. `rX`, anything proceeding the first namespace separator, i.e. `/`, can be considered part of the prefix. The standard reserves the right to use up to 8 characters for the prefix in case additional prefix space is needed in the future.