1. A method for identifying traffic information, the method comprising: receiving traffic data including a first identifier, information that is encoded, and information corresponding to a field indicative of an encoding scheme, wherein the first identifier enables a determination of a type of information that is included within the received traffic data; determining a type of information included within the received traffic data based on the first identifier; determining encoding information based on the field indicative of an encoding scheme included in the received traffic data only if the first identifier enables a determination that the received traffic data includes a field indicative of an encoding scheme; and identifying the information that is encoded based on the determined encoding information.