XBRL-DIMENSIONS

XBRL multi-axis for analytics.

Definition

XDT 1.0 (published 2006) introduces Hypercubes, Dimensions, Members. Each fact may carry several explicit or typed dimensions. Heavily used by FINREP/COREP (country, counterparty, instrument axes) and US-GAAP (business segment, geographic axes).

Origin

XBRL Dimensions 1.0 published 18 September 2006 by XBRL International.

Example in context

A bank reports its outstanding amounts by country (FR, DE, IT) using the geo-axis dimension of the FINREP taxonomy.

Related terms

• XBRL Taxonomy — underlying support.