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What data types can be used in defining concepts in XBRL taxonomies?

April 26, 2017concepts Data defining taxonomies types Used XBRL

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What data types can be used in defining concepts in XBRL taxonomies?

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XBRL users can define a concept in a taxonomy to have any simple datatype that can be defined using XML Schema. The XML Schema defining the syntax to be used in defining XBRL taxonomies (this schema is associated with the namespace “http://www.xbrl.org/2001/instance”) does some of the leg work required to use these simple XML Schema data types for you.