SEC: XBRL RSS Feed File Now Available

In continuing support of the SEC's Voluntary Program for Reporting Financial Information Using XBRL, an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed file for EDGAR XBRL submissions is now available to the public on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/xbrlrss.xml). This file will be updated nightly to contain link information and metadata (company name, accession number, CIK, filing date, file number, form type) for all XBRL filings that have been accepted by EDGAR so far.

RSS (which also stands for RDF Site Summary and Rich Site Summary) is an open XML-based standard for news syndication. It can be consumed by standard RSS readers or custom-built applications to automatically access standardized and up-to-date web information without necessarily having to use a browser.

The EDGAR XBRL RSS feed file contains links to and useful metadata for all EDGAR XBRL documents. This information can be subsequently consumed by applications that view, analyze and manipulate the XBRL tagged data contained in these documents.

Direct access to the EDGAR RSS feed file is available at http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/xbrlrss.xml. Access is also available by going to the Search the EDGAR Database page at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm and pressing the orange XML button located next to XBRL RSS Feed.

Please note that since this file is another proof-of-concept aspect of the pilot program, its contents and format may be subject to change with little or no prior warning.