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This specification is an extension to the XBRL Variables Specification [VARIABLES]. It defines a simple filter that can be applied when other more specific filters are not suitable. The general filter is particularly suitable when a filter is required that conditions on several aspects of a fact.
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Relationship to other work
1.3 Language independence
1.4 Terminology
1.5 Document conventions (non-normative)
1.6 Namespaces and namespace prefixes
1.7 XPath usage
2 Syntax
2.1 General filter
A Normative schema
B References
C Intellectual property status (non-normative)
D Acknowledgements (non-normative)
E Document history (non-normative)
F Errata corrections in this document
1 Namespaces and namespace prefixes
This specification is an extension to the XBRL Variables 1.0 Specification [VARIABLES]. It defines XML syntax [XML] for a simple filter that can be applied when other more specific filters are not suitable. The general filter is particularly suitable when a filter is required that conditions on several aspects of a fact. An example of a general filter is a filter that tests for facts with a period instant that is later than a particular date if the entity identifier scheme has a particular value.
This specification is a member of a suite of similar specifications that define specific types of criteria that can be used to select facts from XBRL instances. It enhances the fact selection capabilities of the XBRL Variables Specification [VARIABLES].
This specification depends upon the XBRL Specification [XBRL 2.1], and the XBRL Variables Specification [VARIABLES]. In the event of any conflicts between this specification and the specifications upon which it depends, this specification does not prevail.
The official language of XBRL International's own work products is English and the preferred spelling convention is UK English.
This specification is consistent with the definitions of any of the terms defined in specifications that it depends on.
Documentation conventions follow those set out in the XBRL Variables Specification [VARIABLES].
Namespace prefixes [XML NAMES] will be used
for elements and attributes in
the form ns:name where ns is the
namespace prefix and name is the local name.
Throughout this specification, the mappings
from namespace prefixes to actual namespaces is consistent
with
Table
1.
The prefix column in Table 1 is non normative. The namespace URI column is normative.
| Prefix | Namespace URI |
|---|---|
gf
|
http://xbrl.org/2008/filter/general
|
xbrlgfe
|
http://xbrl.org/2008/filter/general/error
|
eg
|
http://example.com/
|
fn
|
http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions
|
link
|
http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase
|
xbrli
|
http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance
|
xfi
|
http://www.xbrl.org/2008/function/instance
|
xbrldi
|
http://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldi
|
xbrldt
|
http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt
|
xl
|
http://www.xbrl.org/2003/XLink
|
xlink
|
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
|
xs
|
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
|
xsi
|
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance
|
gen
|
http://xbrl.org/2008/generic
|
variable
|
http://xbrl.org/2008/variable
|
iso4217
|
http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217
|
This specification only provides a textual declaration of syntax constraints when those constraints are not expressed by the normative schema supplied with this specification.
Explanations of elements and attributes are only supplied when explanations are not already provided in other specifications.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, a reference to a specific element MUST be read as a reference to that element or to any element in its substitution group.
A general filter is declared by a
<gf:general>
element.
The syntax for the
<gf:general>
element is defined by the normative schema supplied with this specification.
The general filter does not cover any aspect.
The XPath expression implied by a general filter is:
.[#test]
where #test is the value of the
@test
attribute on the general filter.
Filter
@test attribute |
Selection criteria |
|---|---|
. eq 0
|
The value must equal zero |
. gt 0
|
The value must be greater than zero |
. lt 0
|
The value must be less than zero |
(. le 0) or @xsi:nil
|
The value must be less than or equal to zero or nil |
. eq 'hello world'
|
The value must be the string value "hello world". |
@eg:custom eq 'confidential'
|
The fact must have a custom attribute
called
@eg:custom with
a value of confidential
|
(
xfi:is-instant-period(xfi:period(.)) and
(xfi:period-instant(xfi:period(.)) lt xfi:scenario(.)/eg:restatementDate)
) or
(
xfi:is-start-end-period(xfi:period(.)) and
(xfi:period-end(xfi:period(.)) lt xfi:scenario(.)/eg:restatementDate)
)
|
The fact must be reported with an instant or a duration end date that
is less than the value of the
<eg:restatementDate>
element
in the fact's scenario.
|
The following is the XML schema provided as part of this specification. This is normative. Non-normative versions (which should be identical to these except for appropriate comments indicating their non-normative status) are also provided as separate files for convenience of users of the specification.
NOTE: (non-normative) Following the schema maintenance policy of XBRL International, it is the intent (but is not guaranteed) that the location of non-normative versions of these schemas on the web will be as follows:
http://www.xbrl.org/2008/ - during the drafting process for
this specification this directory should contain a copy of the
most recent published version of the schema at
http://www.xbrl.org/2008/general-filter.xsd.
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This document could not have been written without the contributions of many people including the participants in the Formula Working Group.
| Date | Author | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May 2007 | Geoff Shuetrim |
First internal working draft created. |
| 24 July 2007 | Hugh Wallis |
Edited for public working draft publication. |
| 05 November 2007 | Geoff Shuetrim |
Converted the specification to XML format. Added in the definitions and the hyperlinks to the relevant sections of the normative schema. Added a suggestion that we allow instances of general filters to nominate the aspects that they cover. |
| 26 November 2007 | Jim Richards |
Minor grammatical corrections. |
| 29 November 2007 | Geoff Shuetrim |
Added examples. |
| 31 January 2008 | Geoff Shuetrim |
Standardised the format of the hyperlinks to the normative schema.
Changed the example to use value comparison operators and to reflect the fact
that the |
| 08 February 2008 | Geoff Shuetrim |
Moved the examples for the value filter into the examples for the general filter because the general filter is equivalent to the value filter that has now been deleted. Corrected the custom attribute name in the custom attribute example for general filters as suggested by Masatomo Goto. |
| 14 April 2008 | Geoff Shuetrim |
Changed the general filter XPath expression in the first example for the comparison of period information
to scenario restatement date information to balance the parentheses and to use the
|
This appendix contains a list of the errata that have been incorporated into this document. This represents all those errata corrections that have been approved by the XBRL International Formula Working Group up to and including 22 June 2009. Hyperlinks to relevant e-mail threads may only be followed by those who have access to the relevant mailing lists. Access to internal XBRL mailing lists is restricted to members of XBRL International Inc.
No errata have been incorporated into this document.