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XBRL FILING FOR

MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS GOVT. OF INDIA

WHAT IS XBRL?
And why should you use Apex Xbrl Maker?

XBRL
Extensible

business reporting language

www.xbrl.org Built

around a few key ideas:

Concept Linkbases Fact Contexts

and Units

CONCEPT
Denes

the 'name' for an 'atom' of information other metadata with the concept name, like a

Associates

data type,
Example

of a concept: 'PaidUpShareCapital' with a data type of 'monetary'. a part of a collection of concepts within a 'Taxonomy'.

Usually

LINKBASES
Denes

linkages between concepts for the purpose of dening: and documentation for concepts based on concepts

Labels

Calculations References Denitions Presentation Part

(visual rendering for example)

of a Taxonomy

FACTS
A

'Business Fact' that is being reported. of a Report, also known as 'Instance Document' to a Concept as dened in a Taxonomy

Part

Corresponds Can

be either: 'Item' if it holds a single value

An A

'Tuple' if it holds one or more sets of values. (think of tables)

CONTEXTS AND UNITS


A

Context associate a fact with:


An

Entity. E.g. a company at 31-03-2011' or 'FY 2010-11'

Time. E.g. 'as A

Unit denes the unit of measurement of a fact


Example: INR, USD 'Pure' You

.. for monetary facts

for facts without units. E.g. Rates or ratios

can dene your own units in an XBRL instance document

LET'S NOT FORGET..


Footnotes If

you have something special to say about a business fact, use a footnote. can be linked to multiple facts

Footnotes A

fact can be linked to multiple footnotes.

TALKING ABOUT MCA


Ministry They They

of Corporate Affairs, Government of India

have dened a taxonomy (get it here)

want your data in XBRL format (if your company is a certain size, or bigger) would you do it?

How May

we suggest a way? .. Turn to the next slide..

APEX XBRL MAKER 2011


It's It It

free. Download it from here.

generates XBRL and edits XBRL lets you work with footnotes modes: Automatic and Manual

Calculation How

much does it cost? above, we said it's free!

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