XBRL

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XBRL

• John Mania
• Director, Product Management

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CNW Group XBRL

• CNW Group - XBRL involvement on two fronts
• News Release dissemination
• Regulatory Filing to Canadian US Securities
  Commissions

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XBRL Filings to SEC Q3 09
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XBRL Challenges

• Implementation considerations during planning
  processes
• People
• Data
• Software (technology)
• Process (vendor)
• Submission

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Alternatives for Tagging Your Data in XBRL
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Conversion Workflow
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Reviewers Guide XBRL Excel Proof
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Reviewers Guide Review XBRL Files
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Reviewers Guide XBRL Validation Filing

• XBRL validation checks integrated into workflow
• Conforms to XBRL 2.1 specifications
• SEC-compliant XBRL
• Calculation consistencies
• Test filing with SEC to pass 828 XBRL major
  errors 18 warnings listed on SEC website
• If test filing successful, submit XBRL

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XBRL Submission Technology Issues with Self
Filers
Issuer
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XBRL Submission Custom tags vs. Standard Tags

• Observations from review of Interactive Data
• Issuer created a custom XBRL tag when there were
  already standard elements available

VS
Custom
Standard
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XBRL as filed to SEC
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XBRL Rendering through Viewer
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XBRL Sample Scenarios
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Contact Information

• XBRL Regulatory Filing
• John Mania
• John.Mania_at_newswire.ca
• 416.863.5628
• www.newswire.ca
• www.linkedin.com
• www.xbrl.ca

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