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
By Ben Russell, Specialist Sales Consultant Chair of Taxonomy Architecture Guidance Task Force, XBRL International 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...
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 Andy Greener | May 31, 2016 | IASB, Taxonomy, US GAAP, XBRL
In this series of articles, we propose a categorisation of taxonomies based on three aspects of their design: architecture, coherence and extensibility. Using this categorisation we look at the evolution of taxonomy design through three generations. 1. An example of...
by Andy Greener | Dec 1, 2015 | IASB, Taxonomy, US GAAP, XBRL
1. The future of taxonomy design This is the first in a series of articles in which I propose a novel categorisation of accounting taxonomies based on three aspects of taxonomy design: Architecture, Coherence and Extensibility. In this first overview article I will...
