# XML Schema Documentation

### Complex Type: Interval

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Super-types: | None
Sub-types: | CalculationPeriodFrequency (by extension) Offset (by extension) DateOffset (by extension) RelativeDateOffset (by extension) AdjustedRelativeDateOffset (by extension) RelativeDates (by extension) ResetFrequency (by extension)

Name | Interval
Used by (from the same schema document) | Complex Type ForecastRateIndex , Model Group FloatingRateIndex.model
Abstract | no
Documentation | A type defining a time interval or offset, e.g. one day, three months. Used for specifying frequencies at which events occur, the tenor of a floating rate or an offset relative to another date.

XML Instance Representation
<...
id=" xsd:ID [0..1]">
<periodMultiplier> xsd:integer </periodMultiplier> [1]

'A time period multiplier, e.g. 1, 2 or 3 etc. A negative value can be used when specifying an offset relative to another date, e.g. -2 days. If the period value is T (Term) then periodMultiplier must contain the value 1.'

<period> PeriodEnum </period> [1]

'A time period, e.g. a day, week, month, year or term of the stream. If the periodMultiplier value is 0 (zero) then period must contain the value D (day).'

</...>
Diagram
Schema Component Representation
<xsd:complexType name="Interval">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="periodMultiplier" type=" xsd:integer "/>
<xsd:element name="period" type=" PeriodEnum "/>
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:attribute name="id" type=" xsd:ID "/>
</xsd:complexType>