by Andy Greener | Dec 20, 2017 | Extensibility
What is taxonomy extensibility? To recap from the first post in this series, “an XBRL taxonomy is the formal definition of a financial or business reporting vocabulary for a given jurisdiction or reporting domain, imparting meaning to the concepts which describe the...
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....
by Andy Greener | Nov 30, 2017 | Taxonomy, US GAAP, XBRL
In this series of articles, we propose a categorisation of taxonomies based on different aspects of their design. Using this categorisation we look at the evolution of taxonomy design through three generations. What is taxonomy coherence? Our dictionary provides two...
by Katherine Haigh | Aug 24, 2017 | Eurofiling, XBRL
CoreFiling’s Katherine Haigh and Joe Leeman are active contributors to XII’s Filing Rules Working Group. In this interview, we find out what motivated them and what insights they’ve gained that are useful either to regulators, filers or both. Why did you join the...
by CoreFiling | Jul 28, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence
From reports of the DeepMind scandal a few weeks ago, to several talking spots at this year’s London Fintech week, July has arguably become Artificial Intelligence Month in the Fintech world. But while there has been a great deal of interest in future applications of...