XMLSpy also adds additional features for simplifying your taxonomies including a Namespace Dialog for creating and color coding your namespace references. It adds Elements tab to graphically display information about your taxonomy concepts which will give your users a clearer view of the architecture as well as providing dimensionality and semantic meaning
There is a new Relationship tab that let users edit concept relationships, or arcroles, graphically with drag and drop functionality and entry helpers to simplify the creation complex dimensional taxonomies. Finally, XMLSpy also can be used to validate both XBRL taxonomies and XBRL instance files to ensure more accurate and compliant financial reporting.
The next thing that the MissionKit addresses is that XBRL data typically needs to be transformed from another storage format such as databases, Excel, accounting systems (ERP, etc.), or even XML and then be electronically transferred. This is where Altova MapForce 2009 comes in.
MapForce 2009 is an any-to-any graphical data mapping and integration tool with support for transforming XML, databases, flat files, EDI, Excel 2007, Web services, and now XBRL, into other data formats and/or structures. This lets XBRL users extract data from one system and convert it into compliant XBRL instance documents, or transform the XBRL data received for repurposing in any number of ways.
By allowing these tasks to be either one-timers, or automated through code generation via Java, C#, or C++, you have the ability be flexible in your approach. If you need a repeatable and manageable process, you have it. By using the graphical drag-and-drop interface, you can easily map XBRL from or to any other format supported by MapForce.
One additional note on MapForce 2009, they have added support for HL7 v2.x EDI messages. HL7 (Health Level 7) is a collection of message formats used by healthcare organizations to comply with international mandates for the secure transmission of clinical data. This will allow users to insert a HL7 message as the source or target of any data mapping project and then translate it to and from these different formats as well as HIPAA X12.
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