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XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a freely available global framework for exchanging business information. XBRL allows the expression of semantics commonly required in business reporting. The standard was originally based on XML, but now supports reports in JSON and CSV formats in addition to the original XML-based syntax. XBRL is also…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XBRL | Developed by | XBRL International | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Extended from | XML | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Filename extension | .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .xbrl, .xml | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Initial release | December 31, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-12-31) | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Internet media type | application/xml | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Latest release | v2.1 (with errata corrections) February 20, 2013; 13 years ago (2013-02-20) | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Standard | XBRL 2.1 Specification | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | Type of format | Markup language | 1.00 | infobox |
| XBRL | is a | exchange of financial information | 0.90 | text |
| XBRL | is a | standards-based way to communicate and exchange business information between business systems | 0.90 | text |
| the U.S | instance of | Information being communicated or exchanged is provided within an XBRL instance.Early users of XBRL included regulators | 0.80 | text |
| the Securities | instance of | agencies | 0.80 | text |
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