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Linking XBRL Financial Data

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One of the main ways of populating the Web of Data is by translating existing data sources. One interesting candidate for this approach is data based on the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), a standard for business and financial reporting. Many institutions are making available or requiring data in this format, e.g. the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through the EDGAR program. However, XBRL data is loosely interconnected and it is difficult to mix and query it. Our contribution is a translation from XBRL filings to Semantic Web technologies, which we have applied to more than 1000 filings obtaining more than 2 million triples. The resulting semantic data is easier to integrate and cross query. Moreover, it can be interconnected with the rest of the Web of Data in order to extract its full potential.

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    Roberto García & Rosa Gil

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GarcĂ­a, R., Gil, R. (2010). Linking XBRL Financial Data. In: Wood, D. (eds) Linking Enterprise Data. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7665-9_6

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