Issue As companies tag the detailed footnotes, the need to define additional units of measure is increasing. A number of filers have questioned which units can and should be used with different datatypes. The requirement to use the Units registry adds further complexity to this issue. This guidance is intended to clarify the use of […more]
Issue The XBRL Consortium has issued the Units Registry, the latest version of which is located at http://www.xbrl.org/utr/utr.xml. This link shows the registry in a formatted table. The objective of the registry is to ensure that consistent units are used when companies report facts that may be measured in different ways. It also allows automated […more]
This guidance is archived. See Using the Units Registry for updated Best Practice Guidance. Issue In the filings to date, issuers have begun to define different kinds of units besides currency. To manage this, issuers have either defined the unit in the label of the extension element, in the element name, as an extended unit or by […more]
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