A method is provided for transmission and reception, by an object
carousel, of an object including data and a message to reference the
data. The method includes inserting into the message information
regarding an encoding system used to encode character strings within the
message; transmitting the data and the message by the object carousel;
receiving the data and the message; determining the information from the
message; and decoding the character strings within the message according
to the information, wherein the message is a broadcast inter ORB protocol
(BIOP) message.