US GAAP Financial Report Ontology (Prototype)

Get information about financial reporting report elements and other logical structures related to US GAAP for use in creating general purpose financial reports. These resources are intended to be used by expert systems which are used to create financial reports.

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This resource provides information that is used in the process of creating a financial report. Curated metadata will play a significant role in accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis in a digital environment.

Select a tab and retrieve US GAAP XBRL Taxonomy and other related information by Topic, by Disclosure, by Reference, by Tempate, by Element, by Network, or by Example.

In simple terms, ontology is about naming parts and processes and grouping those parts and processes together into categories. An ontology is a description of what exists within some field or domain; the parts and the relationship and hierarchy of the parts relative to one another. Why is ontology important? Ontologies help you think about a field or domain. Ontologies help you have precise discussions about challenging questions, to build theories, to construct models, to help you better understand the field or domain represented by the ontology.

This resource is created using the Open Source Framework for Implementing XBRL-based Digital Financial Reporting.

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