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Guides · By Jess Luper

Data standards, explained

XBRL, Inline XBRL, data point models, SDMX, granular data. The standards behind supervisory reporting, written for the people who supervise with them: what each one is, what it means for your team, and where AI helps while people decide.

How they fit together

Every standard does one of four jobs on the way from a firm’s systems to a supervisor’s decision.

  1. 01

    Define

    What must be reported, and what it means.

  2. 02

    Transport

    How the data travels from firm to supervisor.

  3. 03

    Check

    Whether it is right before anyone relies on it.

  4. 04

    Use

    What supervisors do with it once it lands.

TransportXBRLeXtensible Business Reporting LanguageThe global open standard for digital business reporting.Read the guide →TransportInline XBRLiXBRLOne document that people can read and machines can process.Read the guide →DefineXBRL taxonomyThe dictionary of what can be reported, and the rules it must pass.Read the guide →CheckXBRL validationThe checks that decide whether a filing is accepted.Read the guide →TransportxBRL-CSV and xBRL-JSONOpen Information ModelThe same XBRL meaning and rules, in lighter CSV and JSON formats.Read the guide →DefineData point modelDPMReporting requirements defined once, as data points, not template cells.Read the guide →TransportSDMXStatistical Data and Metadata eXchangeThe standard for exchanging statistics between central banks and international bodies.Read the guide →UseGranular data reportingAnaCredit, IReF, BIRDCollecting the underlying records, then deriving the views you need.Read the guide →UseSolvency II reportingQRTsHow insurers and reinsurers report solvency, and what supervisors do with it.Read the guide →

Standards are the easy part

Every standard here makes the same promise: data defined once, checked by rules, read by people. Most supervisory teams still lose that promise somewhere between the portal and the analyst. Closing that gap is what Line4 is built for.

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