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Open Source and XBRL the Arelle Project 5th University of Kansas International Conference on XBRL April 29, 2011 open source xbrl platform
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Why now? Community request for open source XSB survey responses Foster wider XBRL adoption Reduced barriers to entry Easy-to-learn, compact implementation Perceived inconsistencies of products
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Why this platform? Technical groups need to move forward No commercial return for new features Stymied progress Proving concepts Rapidly prototyping Testing early use Versioning, formula, rendering… XBRL abstract model development Comparability development
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What is Arelle? screenshot
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What? Fully integrated XBRL platform Parses, validates, views, formula checks, versioning Users can interact directly Desktop GUI, Command line, (Web Browser) Programmers can use features Full API access
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Implementation Python 3.1 Acceptance by financial modeling community Reputed high productivity No fee-licensed content Python-specific object model and API Fresh new code, no reuse of anything
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Licensing Use under Apache 2 license No GPL Contribution under Apache’s Agreements Copyright, trademark owner is Mark V Trademark 009577453 in EU Trademark applied for in US
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Current Features XBRL parser/discovery/viewer instance, inline XBRL, DTS, RSS feed Integrated test case facility Validation Desktop GUI Command line operation API examples
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Integrated Test Suite View
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Integrated Test Suite Operation Test suite object model integration Load/view/run test cases Encourage use of test suites User-developed suites Users can run standard suites GUI and Batch operation
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Validation XBRL Specifications 2.1 Base Spec, Dimensions Generic linkbase Formula linkbase Versioning report Units registry Disclosure systems Edgar, Global Filer Manuals
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Disclosure Systems Disclosure system parameters Edgar or GFM (rules to apply) Standard taxonomies xml file Identifiers scheme, format Role definitions format Label checks (xml, Unicode whitespace) DEI element names Filer identification
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Formula View
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Formula linkbase Formula instance output & assertions Load formulas, validate Debug traces and steps Full implementation of filters Less-used functions still on to-do list
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Eurofiling Rendering Support
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Eurofiling Rendering Linkbase Linkbase view Tables, axes, coordinates, labels Primary items, dimensions Table view Validation checks Primary items, dimensions, other T.B.D.
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Localization String translation All UI strings translatable End users can install translations Number localization Default uses system global settings Model for per-instance number format per-fact-unit currency format
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Versioning
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Produce versioning reports Load two DTSes Diff produces versioning report Consume versioning reports Validates to CR specifications
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Integrated RSS Feed Watching RSS feed object model integration Watch criteria (e-mail alerts) Text (regex) match Formula assertion Motivate XBRL Formula Use User formulas to watch filings (Better use of your PC than SETI?)
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RSS Feed Control
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RSS Feed View
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Text matched!
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MVC Architecture Model Documents, DTS objects, Vers. objects Formula objects View GUI trees, concepts, tests, properties Controller GUI (laptop), Cmd Line, Web (deferred)
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API Examples provided Validation (Vers. and Filer manuals) Tree walks (Linkbase and XDT) DTS, formula objects Community helps evolve API Simplicity of {use, implementation} Easy to integrate {external use of API}
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Performance - Optimization At present Focus is open-source of features Memory twice of commercial products Optimizations planned Dimensional validation Formula execution Share loaded/validated DTS components
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Contributors and Users Versioning developers Disclosure system developers Smaller country banking supervisors RSS feed watching formulas
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Features for Academia Compact code base 41k source lines vs. 200k-500k in Java Small enough to be teachable Coverage of XBRL features Unified object model XBRL, validation, formula, test and GUI
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Adopter-driven Roadmap Integrated desktop support Versioning support EFM (SEC), GFM validation 2.1, XDT, Generic validation Formula validation XML schema validation Optimize dimensional validation, formula Web browser-based UI SQL serialization and query Now
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Get Started! http://arelle.org Download Documentation Blog support@arelle.org
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