RIXML Documentation

FinancialDates

RIXML 2.5 Element

Required

Element providing temporal context for financial data, including the last reported period, year, and actual publication date of financial numbers. Uses ISO 8601 datetime standards with Zulu time requirements.

Usage

Used within Issuer or Security elements to provide date context for financial information. All attributes are optional but work together to establish financial reporting timeline. Can specify reporting periods (Q1, Q2, etc.) and actual publication dates.

Business Context

Essential for maintaining accuracy and relevance of financial analysis by establishing clear temporal context. Critical for comparing financial data across time periods and ensuring proper sequencing of financial updates.

Source:data-dictionary-2.5.1
Schema:RIXML-Common-2_5.xsd:1787

Where It Fits

Canonical Path

Definition

Type
Namespacehttp://www.rixml.org/2017/9/RIXML
Min Occurs1
Max Occurs1
Content ModelText content (string)

Attributes

Used together with lastReportedYear to indicate the period when the financials were last reported. For example, Q1 2000.

optionalSince 2.1

Used together with lastReportedPeriod to indicate the period when the financials were last reported. For example, Q1 2000.

optionalSince 2.1

Represents the date the numbers were actually published. Expressed using ISO 8601 (as refined by the World Wide Web Consortium's note http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime). In addition, RIXML requires the use of Zulu time or Z-time (GMT +/- n hours:minute:seconds). All times are absolute and easier to compute, rather than using a relative (i.e. 08:30 +5) time.

optionalSince 2.1

Children

Contains text content (type: string)

This element's value is its text content. Attributes provide additional context.

Example

<FinancialDates>ABC-123</FinancialDates>

Version History

Unchanged since introduction in RIXML 2.1

Business Rules

MUST

The lastReportedPeriod and lastReportedYear attributes must be used together to indicate the period when the financials were last reported

paired-requirementvalidation

Design Decisions

Level One excludes FinancialDates, SecurityType, SectorIndustry, and Weighting elements as children of Security

To simplify Level One implementations by removing complex financial and analytical data from security descriptions

RIXML Level One Addendum v2.5, p.14

Semantic Relationships

Qualifies1 relationship

Last reported period works together with last reported year to indicate when financials were last reported

RIXML Research Data Dictionary v2.5.1, p.57lastReportedPeriod (Optional, PeriodEnum)