Release 18.3: On October 1, 2018, EDGAR Release 18.3 introduced the following changes:

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EDGAR introduced changes that remove the ability to access return copies of submissions if a return copy is requested. Filers are encouraged to save a copy of their submission prior to transmitting a TEST or LIVE filing. EDGAR will continue to provide Notification Information for test and live submissions. For more information on the elimination of the ability to access a return copy of EDGAR submissions, see Chapter 5 (Maintenance of Company Data), Appendix A (Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations) and Appendix B (Frequently Asked Questions) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: General Information.” See Chapter 2 (Quick Guide to EDGAR Filing), Chapter 7 (Preparing and Transmitting EDGARLink Online Submissions), Chapter 8 (Preparing and Transmitting Online Submissions), Chapter 10 (Determining the Status of Your Filing), Appendix B (Frequently Asked Questions), and Appendix F (Glossary of Commonly Used Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing.”

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Submission form types N-CEN and N-CEN/A were updated to rename the save button for Part E: Additional Questions for Exchange-Traded Funds and Exchange-Traded Managed Funds to “Save & Close This Fund.” See Chapter 8 (Preparing and Transmitting Online Submissions) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing.”

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Submission form types 8-K/A, 8-K12B/A, 8-K12G3/A, 8-K15D5/A, 20-F/A, and NT 20-F/A were updated to issue a warning, but still allow the submission to go through, if the period tag does not match the period tag of their live and accepted original filing or amendment. See Appendix A (Messages Reported by EDGAR) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing.”

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EDGAR was updated to show submission progress once an action is submitted. The progress indicator helps prevent a filer from submitting more than one copy of a submission. This update is for the following locations: Filer Web, Online Forms Management, EDGARLink Online, or EDGAR Filer Management. See Chapter 3 (Becoming an EDGAR Filer), Chapter 4 (Generating EDGAR Access Codes), and Chapter 5 (Maintenance of Company Data) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume I: General Information.” See Chapter 7 (Preparing and Transmitting EDGARLink Online Submissions) and Chapter 8 (Preparing and Transmitting Online Submissions) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing.”

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EDGAR notifies filers when their submissions have possible XBRL tagging issues. Clarifying changes have been made to the following sections of Chapter 6 (Interactive Data) of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing”:

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Section 6.5 ‘Syntax of Instances’ and its subsections of the "EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing" were updated as follows:

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Provide an EDGAR warning (not a suspension) when certain US-GAAP and IFRS numeric reporting items are tagged incorrectly as negative

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Provide an EDGAR warning (not a suspension) if a filing uses deprecated tags in a submission

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Provide an EDGAR warning (not a suspension) if a filing contains custom Axis tags for purposes already served by certain existing standard taxonomy axes

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Section 6.7.12 of the “EDGAR Filer Manual, Volume II: EDGAR Filing” was updated to be in line with the phrasing of other Interactive Data validation descriptions. It tests whether 17 CFR § 232.405 (d)(1) through (d)(4) are followed by the Interactive Data file, and only issue a warning to the filer when the requisite ordering is not followed.

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EDGAR no longer provides support for the IFRS-2016 taxonomy. Please see https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/edgartaxonomies.shtml for a complete list of supported standard taxonomies.

Release 18.3 also introduced changes to the following Technical Specifications:

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The N-PORT schema was updated with changes including but not limited to the following:

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Allow filers to provide “N/A” at the following locations:

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Date Items C.9.a and C.10.e

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Item C.2.b at both the holding and reference instrument level, and allow Item C.2.c (exchange rate) to be skipped if “N/A” is the response to Item C.2.b

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Items C.2.c and C.2.d at the reference instrument level

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Items C.5.a and C.5.b at both the holding and reference instrument level

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Revise the validation for CUSIPs and ISINs, including allowing filers to provide “N/A”

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Allow filers to report up to 1,000 reference instruments for convertible debt under Item C.9.f.iii

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Allow filers to report up to 100 counterparties and their LEIs for Item C.11.b.i

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Increase the ticker field size to 40 characters and remove ticker spaces prohibitions throughout the Form

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Add "Other" as an option to Items C.11.f.i.1 and C.11.f.i.2

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Add an ISO code field to Item C.11.c.v at the holding and reference instrument levels

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The data format for decimal fields changed from Decimal (36,12) to Decimal (24)

In addition, EDGAR prevents the dissemination of submission form type NPORT-P and its variants if there is a period date of August 31, 2019 or earlier.

For more information, see the updated “EDGAR Form N-PORT XML Technical Specification” document available on the SEC’s Public Website (https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/tech-specs).

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The N-CEN schema was updated with the following change:

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The data format for decimal fields changed from Decimal (36,12) to Decimal (24).

For more information, see the updated “EDGAR Form N-CEN Technical Specification” document available on the SEC’s Public Website (https://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/tech-specs).