xs:string?=xfi:arcrole-definition( $arcrole as xs:string)

Last updated on 18-06-2013 at 14:00:00Z.

Returns a string containing the definition of the arcrole, or an empty sequence if none.

OIM Status

Supported

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
arcrole	xs:string	The subject arcrole.

Output

Type: xs:string?

Returns the definition (if found) or an empty sequence (if not found, or if no definition specified). If multiple arcroleTypes for this arcrole are present in the DTS any one is returned at the discretion of the implementation.

Conformance suite

90504 xfi.arcrole-definition testcase.xml [ download ]

Owners

Name	Affiliation	Email	Start	End
Herm Fischer	UBMatrix / Mark V Systems	fischer@markv.com	01-09-2008 at 00:00:00
Richard Ashby	CoreFiling	rna@corefiling.com	18-06-2013 at 14:00:00Z

Revisions

Name	On	Details
Herm Fischer	12-12-2008 at 00:00:00	Created the function definition.
Herm Fischer	12-12-2009 at 00:00:00	Removed reference to dynamically loaded instances from the xbrlinstance input and clarified attribute definition.
Herm Fischer	07-09-2010 at 00:00:00	Incorporated feedback from Hitoshi Okumura. Changed output type from xs:string to xs:string? to allow empty sequence result when no definition.
Herm Fischer	09-09-2010 at 00:00:00	Changed arcrole URIs to strings for cast-less coding and to be similar to fn:QName's $paramURI, an xs:string.
Richard Ashby	18-06-2013 at 14:00:00Z	As per agreement on FWG call 2013/06/13, removed optional instance parameter and created separate CR function that uses it.