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One possible solution is to add a new field to the pcl::PointCloud datatype (that is, create a custom point type in PCL). There is a tutorial on how to do this on the PCL website: http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/adding_custom_ptype.php

Then, you would simply publish this new pointcloud with an additional custom label field.

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