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Defining XBRL Filing Rules? Refer to This Checklist

Filing rules are specific technical requirements, including descriptions of limitations of filing system. They are needed to ensure that XBRL and iXBRL reports are accepted by data collection systems used by regulators, exchanges and data aggregators. Each reporting programme defines a list of filing rules addressing more or less the same categories of rules. The Filing Manual Task Force, […]

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TAGTF: Get Involved.

Want to get involved with the Taxonomy Architecture Guidance Task Force (TAGTF)? The TAGTF will be holding their next face-to-face meeting at the Eurofiling event in Frankfurt in June, the perfect opportunity for newcomers to observe the group in action. During the meeting the group will be planning guidance for their latest topic, “How to indicate that […]

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Defining Taxonomy Labels? Guidance now available

  Labels are an essential part of an XBRL taxonomy, providing human-readable descriptions of the tags that it defines.  XBRL provides a very flexible and powerful mechanism for defining labels, supporting labels of different types and in different languages. In order to help taxonomy creators define labels in a clear and consistent manner, the XBRL […]

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Managing Company Specific Disclosures and Extensions

Making company-specific reports more comparable

To help with analysis and comparability XBRL International has published draft guidance on Entity Specific Disclosures — disclosures made in a company’s financial statements that are specific to that entity.

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Implementing business rules? Assess alternatives

One of the key outcomes expected from a digital reporting program is enhanced data quality. Business rules are key to ensuring that the data collected meets expected quality levels.  XBRL provides a number of ways in which business rules can be implemented. The Best Practices Board’s Implementation Guidance Task Force has published guidance on assessing different alternatives to […]

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How to publish a Taxonomy? What are Taxonomy Packages?

Taxonomy is at the heart of an XBRL program, publishing taxonomies for stakeholder consumption needs to be given a careful thought. Guidance note now is available for taxonomy owners. The Best Practices Board’s Implementation Guidance Task Force have come-up with guidance for the right way of publishing a taxonomy and business-friendly explanation of Taxonomy Packages […]

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Need to Model Multiple Entities in a Taxonomy? Guidance now available.

Designing reports that reference a number of organisations can be be challenging. Help is to hand for XBRL taxonomy authors in a new Guidance Note.

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Share your Experience with Filing Manuals and Rules

Our view is that minimising constraints within filing manuals and maximising the use of taxonomies for standardising the filing process leads to enhanced interoperability. What’s yours?

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XBRL Best Practices Board Sets its Sights on Filing Rules

XII’s Best Practices Board is examining and classifying filing rules on a global basis to produce guidance and standardisation.

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XBRL Glossary Released for Public Comment

The XBRL Best Practices Board has published the first public draft of a glossary that aims to provide clear and simplified terminology for XBRL concepts, aimed at business users rather than software developers.

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