by Philip Allen | May 10, 2021 | Quality, Solutions, Taxonomy
In my previous blogs, I have talked about how the iXBRL document validation process consists of a number of steps, like a ladder. If the validation process returns a failure at one step, it must stop processing immediately. It must NOT move on to the next step. Why?...
by Philip Allen | Apr 9, 2021 | Quality, Taxonomy, XBRL
The invention of schemas to provide formal definition of the contents of XML documents was one of the most important innovations accompanying the creation of the World Wide Web. For the first time, it was possible to develop a generic data validator which was...
by Ben Russell | Feb 19, 2019 | Solutions, Taxonomy
When CoreFiling undertook a survey of data collectors, we found a core message coming through: “Writing taxonomies should be as easy as possible and as automated as possible!” CoreFiling took this on board when moving our Taxonomy Management System (TMS) out of the...
by Ben Russell | Feb 12, 2019 | Quality, Solutions, Taxonomy
Business rules can be found throughout regulatory reporting programmes, with everything from proportionality to supervisory process defined in a single rulebook. Automation of these rules allows regulators to reduce the cost of regulation and free up specialists from...
by Andy Greener | Jan 31, 2018 | Taxonomy, XBRL
What is instance document integrity? Any discussion about the capabilities of XBRL taxonomies would be incomplete without considering mechanisms that help to ensure the integrity of instance documents prepared in accordance with them. But what do we mean by...
by Ben Russell | Dec 12, 2017 | Fraud, Taxonomy, True North, XBRL
As part of our drive to showcase how innovative apps can be built on the True North® data platform, we’ve released a new at-a-glance fraud indicator tool. And it’s free on our website! The design team behind this app were inspired by the principles of Benford’s law....
