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Using SEC Company Facts for Structured Financial Data
Company Facts can support normalized financial datasets, but taxonomy concepts, units, instant versus duration periods, amendments and missing us-gaap facts require explicit validation rather than blind field extraction.
| Concept | Engineering implication |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | Equivalent concepts can use different elements or extensions |
| Units | USD, shares and other units require explicit handling |
| Periods | Instant and duration facts require different selection rules |
| Availability | Not every issuer exposes every target fact |
Production principle: preserve source identifiers and provenance, distinguish missing values from valid zero values, and validate required fields before delivery.
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