Units Registry 1.0

The XBRL 2.1 specification requires that all numeric facts be associated with a unit, and mandates specific units to be used in a small number of cases such as monetary facts.

The Units Registry provide a centralised list of units, in order to promote consistent use of units across preparers and jurisdictions.

This specification defines the following registry locations:

Registry	Location
Units Registry	http://www.xbrl.org/utr/utr.xml		history

Specification document:
Structure	2013-11-18	Recommendation	history
Supporting documents:
Registry Conformance Suite	2013-05-17	Conformance suite	history
Specification Conformance Suite	2013-11-18	Conformance suite	history
Draft specification documents:
Conformance	2013-11-18	Candidate Recommendation	history
Process	2011-12-21	Proposed Recommendation	history