Period type

An attribute of an element that reflects whether it is reported as an instant or duration time period.

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Parent-child hierarchy

Relationship between elements that indicates subordination of one to the other as represented in a print listing or financial statement…

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Nillable

An attribute that appears on all taxonomy elements, and is used (false) on elements that, if used in an instance…

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Namespace

Every element has a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies the organization that maintains the element definitions, with an indication…

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Name

Unique identifier of an element in a taxonomy.

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Mapping

Process of determining the elements that correspond to lines and columns in a financial statement and which elements must be…

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Linkbase

XBRL technical term for a relationships file.

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Line item

Elements that conventionally appear on the vertical axis (rows) of a table.

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Label type

A distinguishing name for each distinct element indicating the circumstances in which it should be used; each is given a…

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Label

Human-readable name for an element; each element has a standard label that corresponds to the element name, and is unique…

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