message definition file
if this file is in the same directory as the common xml file the contents of that file will be included in the final mavlink code generated from this description file this is probably the way you want to organize your custom message definition file in your own autopilot you may find the need for some of your own custom messages and should organize those into a single message definition file like common xml and the other xml files under message definitions an example skeleton xml definition file might look like the following