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Accounting
XBRL Inline
A format that embeds XBRL machine-readable tags directly within a human-readable HTML financial document — making financial reports simultaneously readable by people and processable by computers.
Inline XBRL significantly reduces the compliance burden compared to traditional XBRL. Previously, companies had to create and maintain two parallel documents — the human-readable version and the tagged XBRL version — and ensure they matched perfectly. Discrepancies between the two versions were a common compliance issue. Inline XBRL eliminates this by making the human-readable document the primary source, with tags embedded within it.
For data consumers — investors, analysts, regulators, and financial data companies — Inline XBRL improves data quality because there's only one source document. The risk of discrepancies between human-readable and machine-readable versions disappears. The SEC's EDGAR system processes Inline XBRL filings and makes the structured data immediately available for automated extraction and analysis.