# OpenXC Message Format Specification
-Version: v0.5.0-dev
+Version: v0.5.0
This specification is a part of the [OpenXC platform][OpenXC].
The binary format is best if you need to maximize the amount of data that can be
sent from the VI, trading off flexibility for efficiency.
+ ## Message Pack
+ MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format. It lets you exchange data
+ among multiple languages like JSON. But it's faster and smaller. Small integers are
+ encoded into a single byte, and typical short strings require only one extra byte
+ in addition to the strings themselves
+ For protocol specification visit https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md
+
## Trace File Format
An OpenXC vehicle trace file is a plaintext file that contains JSON objects,