The RIXML Standards Suite Designed for efficiency, the RIXML Standards Suite uses shared and specialized XML tags to help buy-side, sell-side, and vendor firms streamline the investment research publication, dissemination, and discovery process. Documentation Support Designed BYand FORthose who know investment researchbest Our standards provide Flexibility With a small number of required tags and a large number of optional tags, our standards let publishers choose what level of...

Simplify CommunicationFrom Start to End The RIXML standards were designed by buyside firms, sellside firms, and vendors to address the needs of all firms involved in creating, disseminating, and using investment research. Build the toolsnot the taxonomy Building RIXML metadata functionality into the tools that are used to create investment research and to transmit interaction records reduces technical friction as this content works its way through the distribution and aggregation process. Not only does this improve the quality of traditional search results, it also increases the...

What is metadata? (in non-technical terms) And why is RIXML metadata important? Metadata is usually unseen by the end user, but is critical for organizing, searching for, and managing content. Metadata means “data about data”; it refers to the structured data that is used to describe content in the machine-readable way that databases, search engines, and ai-powered tools need. Metadata: critical for humans, critical for AI What is metadata? RIXML: the metadata for investment research What about...

Focused on investment research RIXML is an industry group dedicated to investment research. Member firms include buyside firms, sellside firms, and vendors who provide products and services to support the process of creating, aggregating, and consuming investment research and interaction data. Our standards Our organization Critical to the process, invisible to end users Whether the end user is a human investment professional or an AI-powered research analysis tool, the RIXML metadata that describes each...

If your firm is involved increating, distributing, or consuminginvestment research, RIXML is for you RIXML: working together to reduce friction in the investment research and interaction lifecycle Standards development Best practice guidance Expert insights Our organization is for Learn more Sellside firms and other investment research creators Buyside firms and other investment research...

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Guidance documents In addition to our XML standards, member firms have worked together to develop guidance for other key tasks. Linkbacks Technical Implementation Guide Guidance on best practices for developing a linkback implementation between a research publisher and aggregator. Read More Usage Reporting A set of usage reporting standards that buyside and sellside firms can use to form their bilateral agreements. Read More These documents do not represent the views of any individual firm or of RIXML; instead, they...

Linkbacks Technical Implementation Guide Guidance on best practices for developing a linkback implementation between a research publisher and aggregator. Get the guide Introduction A linkback is a mechanism by which a research provider delivers content that is stored on its portal to end users through URL links provided via research distribution aggregation vendors. When accessed, the link directs the user to a report stored in the provider’s database. The aggregation vendor stores a link to the research content, rather than storing a copy of the content itself....