ISO/TS 10303-1654:2008 specifies the application module for Characteristic.

The following are within the scope of ISO/TS 10303-1654:2008:

• identification of scalar characteristic;
• identification of tolerance characteristic;
• identification of range characteristic;
• identification of measurements in which there is an associated uncertainty;
• items within the scope of application module Basic data representation, ISO/TS 10303-1773;
• items within the scope of application module Document assignment, ISO/TS 10303-1122;
• items within the scope of application module Extended measure representation, ISO/TS 10303-1106;
• items within the scope of application module External library, ISO/TS 10303-1778;
• items within the scope of application module Value with unit extension, ISO/TS 10303-1753.