<Characteristics xmlns="http://qifstandards.org/xsd/qif3">
  <FormalStandardId xId="">{1,1}</FormalStandardId>
  <CharacteristicDefinitions n="">{1,1}</CharacteristicDefinitions>
  <DefaultCharacteristicDefinitions n="">{0,1}</DefaultCharacteristicDefinitions>
  <DefaultToleranceDefinitions n="">{0,1}</DefaultToleranceDefinitions>
  <CharacteristicNominals n="">{1,1}</CharacteristicNominals>
  <CharacteristicItems n="">{0,1}</CharacteristicItems>
  <CharacteristicGroups n="">{0,1}</CharacteristicGroups>
  <SimultaneousRequirementGroups n="">{0,1}</SimultaneousRequirementGroups>
</Characteristics>

<xs:element name="Characteristics" type="CharacteristicAspectsListsType">
  <xs:annotation>
    <xs:documentation>The global Characteristics element contains four lists of characteristics aspects.</xs:documentation>
  </xs:annotation>
</xs:element>