The RIXML
Research
Standard

The RIXML Research Standard is used across the industry, standardizing the way investment research is described, eliminating the need to create and maintain separate systems and procedures for each distribution channel.

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Improving all parts of the investment research lifecycle

The RIXML Research Standard is a custom XML definition that provides a standardized, flexible, and comprehensive mechanism for describing investment research content.

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For all types of investment research

company reports | models | sector, industry, country, and region overviews | macroeconomic analysis | thematic research

For all formats

PDF | Excel | text files | audio and video | HTML5

For all distribution channels

publisher's website | aggregation platforms | direct feeds | custom solutions

For all tasks

How does it work?

The RIXML Research Standard defines a structured set of tags and rules for describing investment research content such as research reports, models, and interactive content, helping firms more efficiently categorize, aggregate, compare, sort, search, and distribute global financial research.

When a research report, model, or other content is published, a RIXML Research metadata file travels along with it. This metadata describes the report ...

for more information about what metadata is and why it's important click here

to learn more about the other standards in our sute, click here

The Common Schema

contains the shared and multi-purpose tags

Efficiency is a core mandate of the RIXML standards...

The Research schema

Lightweight and purpose-built

Since all research arrives with standardized metadata, the process of commingling research is streamlined.

The enumeration lists

bringing like content together

To ensure that similar content is described in a consistent manner, many tags in the Research Standard are populated with pre-defined enumeration lists. All contributors map their terminology to this single, shared language,

Current production
version

RIXML Research Standard v2.5

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Documentation

Data Dictionary

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Implementation Guide

Level One Addendum

Release Notes

Schema files

Common schema

contains the tags used in multiple places in the Research Standard and/or in more than one of our standards.

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RIXML Research main schema

contains the research standard-specific tages used in the RIXML Research Standard

Data Types Schema

contains the valid values for the enumeration lists used in the RIXML Standards Suite.

Reference links

ISO and other standards

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