The primary goal of the RIXML specification is to provide extensive capabilities to be able to tag any piece of research content, in any form or media, with enough meta-data information for consumers to search, sort and filter through publisher research and quickly provide highly relevant information to their decision makers.

RIXML version 2.2 is principally motivated by the desire to partner with the XBRL organization to improve the financial data tagging associated with RIXML documents. We offer the capability to add XBRL content via our Resource package. Version 2.2 does not break backward-compatibility with version 2.1. That is, a RIXML instance document that validates against version 2.1 will also validate against version 2.2, with one stipulation. The use of language, currency, and country codes must be true to the corresponding ISO standards. Version 2.1 made no attempt to enforce this. Version 2.2 imposes some contstraints on the number and type of characters used.

If you have any feedback on this release that you'd like to provide to the RIXML organization, please do so via the Contact Us link or via the Discussion Groups link. We welcome any comments you might have, and appreciate your interest in RIXML.

User Guide

The purpose of the User Guide is to assist readers in their understanding of the RIXML specification. It outlines the approach we took in creating the RIXML standard and also explains some fundamental concepts such as XML, object modeling, schemas, etc. Diagrams of the RIXML object model are included as are definitions for the elements and attributes.
Download the User Guide in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf)

Level One Definition

Level One is a subset of the full schema that represents a common starting point for introducing RIXML into a research platform. It includes the most important and most widely implemented tags. Parties interested in getting started with RIXML should do so with Level One.
Download the Level One Definition (.pdf)

Change Log

This document highlights the changes between version 2.1 of the RIXML specification and version 2.2.
Download the Change Log (.pdf)

Schema

The RIXML Schema is the actual XSD files that represent the relationships and components as defined by the object model. These files can also be used to validate instance documents to ensure they are RIXML-compliant. Beginning with this release, the RIXML schema is now distributed as a set of three files, as described in the Change Log.
Download the RIXML Schema: Main | Common | DataTypes (.xsd)