2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy

Guidance and Supporting Materials

• 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Release Notes (COMPLETE)
  
  
  •   Release Notes by Section
    • 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Release Notes
    • Appendices 1 and 2–Data Type and Period Type Changes
    • Appendix 3–Deprecated Items  
    • Appendix 4–Label Changes  
    • Appendix 5–Definition Changes  
    • Appendix 6–New Elements  
  • NEW—FASB XBRL Extension Taxonomy Change Application (TC App) 
    This application helps users quickly identify element changes in an existing XBRL extension taxonomy resulting from a new U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy (UGT) release. Save and unzip the TC App to a local drive and follow instructions in the User Guide contained therein.
     
  • 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Change Report (csv format)   
    Flat list of all changes as described in the Release Notes formatted to facilitate software consumption
     
  • 2011 US GAAP Taxonomy (Excel Version)
    Taxonomy in a spreadsheet format to facilitate taxonomy review
     
  • 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Architecture 
    Explains the taxonomy design rationale and how the architecture satisfies stakeholder requirements.
     
  • 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy Technical Guide 
    Provides technical details of the taxonomy
     
  • 2011 US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy File Reference List
    List and URL location for all files contained in the taxonomy
     
  • Guide for Using the Taxonomy Viewer 
    Detailed guide for using the Taxonomy Viewer. We recommend that users review the entire guide with special attention given to the "Commenting" instructions starting on page 12 and the "Searching" instructions starting on page 8. The search function includes a new highlight feature that can be used to identify all new elements in the taxonomy. We have included a "saved search" for new elements but users can easily create custom searches.