Legal
RIXML 2.5 Element
Top-level container for legal information required to accompany research products. Contains optional Copyright and Disclaimer elements for generic legal text, with IssuerSecurityID aggregations linking specific legal disclosures to particular securities or issuers.
Usage
Optional element in Product structure, can appear multiple times. Use for copyright notices, generic disclaimers, and security-specific legal disclosures. IssuerSecurityID children link disclosures to specific entities.
Business Context
Essential for regulatory compliance in research distribution, ensuring proper legal disclosures accompany research products and protecting publishers from liability while meeting regulatory requirements.
Where It Fits
Children
Definition
| Type | LegalType |
| Namespace | http://www.rixml.org/2017/9/RIXML |
| Min Occurs | 1 |
| Max Occurs | 1 |
Attributes
No attributes defined for this element
Children
Copyrightstring0..1 |
Copyright information relating to the product. optionalSince 2.1 |
Disclaimerstring0..1 |
Disclaimer is the long generic legalese that automatically gets pasted into a note/report that 'disclaims' against liabilities for losses associated with buying/selling stocks etc. This could also include generic disclaimers when a report discusses MSCI indexes. This section changes infrequently. optionalSince 2.1 |
IssuerSecurityID(complex)0..unbounded |
optionalSince 2.1 |
Example
<Legal />Version History
Unchanged since introduction in RIXML 2.1
Design Decisions
Level One excludes Legal elements as children of Product
To simplify the Level One implementation by removing non-essential legal elements
RIXML Level One Addendum v2.5, p.6
Legal elements are not permitted in Level One
To substantially reduce complexity for both publishers and vendors, alleviating implementation costs
RIXML Level One Addendum v2.5, p.24