A number of additional sections of the Edgar and Global Filer manuals are now being tested, mostly in the semantics tests area. Some of these can be considered experimental, and filtered out of results, because they’re in early use (such as detection of missing calculation relationships). Severity levels for semantics tests are uniquely identified as […]

A plug-in is available to output SKOS RDF files from an XBRL DTS: https://github.com/Arelle/Arelle/blob/master/arelle/examples/plugin/saveSKOS.py The W3C SKOS Recommendation is at http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/. Print for later Tell a friend

The master branch of source code on gitHub now contains the lxml branch code.  Maintenance to the gitHub lxml branch of source code will cease. Print for later Tell a friend

A QuickBooks interface has been added to the web services API. This allows capture of Windows-based QuickBooks General Ledger, Journal, and Trial Balance reports in XBRL-GL instances. The web services API allows the interface to be automated in any programming language. Please send suggestions and experiences with this new feature to support@arelle.org. Print for later […]

Initial implementation has been added for XML schema particle model composition (sequence, choice, all, any), and unique particle attribution (UPA, as tested in the conformance suite). This supplements XML schema data type validation previously provided. Please let support@arelle.org know of any issues that arise, and any new examples for testing. Print for later Tell a […]

A web service API, based on REST, has been provided, to facilitate integration of Arelle with applications in other environments, such as Excel and Java.  This API is provided as a prototype for feedback, and expected to evolve according to user needs.  (See Documentation: API, Web Service.) The web server in included in the standard distribution, […]

Inline XBRL processing and test case support for XBRL Transformation Registry 2 is now available.  These new transformations simplify the U.S., and European notations, while adding full support for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean transformations. Print for later Tell a friend

The Windows and MacOS installed applications can now be used in a command line mode (for batch shell scripts), in the lxml branch.  (Previously one had to install Python and source code for command line operation.)  See the documentation page on command-line-operation. Print for later Tell a friend

Arelle now has two code branches, the original, using the W3C conforming minidom xml library and its API interfaces, and a new one, using the lxml library, which is much faster and uses a lot less memory.  The lxml branch is still in testing, please send bugs to support@arelle.org.  Both branches are on GitHub, and the lxml branch source code […]

The view panes have alternating stripe backgrounds for viewing on large screens.  Tabular windows (such as Concepts) have sortable columns with clickable column headers.  A find dialog has been introduced (icon on toolbar), to search concepts and facts by text matching, regular expressions, or XPath 2. Print for later Tell a friend