Calculation Validation Location Bug Fixed

I have checked in code that fixes a bug in the validation of calculation arc values in Gepsio.

In the current CTP, the value of a xlink:href attribute of a locator element for a calculation arc is used to find the appropriate contributing concept. This is in error; in fact, the xlink:label attribute must be used instead. This bug hasn’t been caught until now because many of the XBRL documents in XBRL-CONF-CR3-2007-03-05 conformance suite use the same value for the xlink:href and label attributes. The 305.07 test, for example, references a calculation linkbase document that includes markup as follows:

<loc
    xlink:type="locator"
    xlink:href="305_07_decimals_test.xsd#decimals_Land"
    xlink:label="decimals_Land"
/>

As you can see, the resource ID of the value of the xlink:href attribute (decimals_Land) matches the value of the xlink:label attribute (decimals_Land), so it didn’t matter which value Gepsio used to find the correct element.

The 395.01 test, however, uses different location markup:

<loc
    xlink:type="locator"
    xlink:href="SummationItem.xsd#CurrentAsset"
    xlink:label="labelCurrentAsset"
    xlink:title="CurrentAsset"
/>

In this markup, the resource ID of the value of the xlink:href attribute (CurrentAsset) does not match the value of the xlink:label attribute (labelCurrentAsset) and Gepsio’s use of the resource ID is in error. Gepsio must use the value of the xlink:label attribute to find the correct element.

This bug has been fixed and will be available in the next CTP of Gepsio (which I am currently planning on releasing on Nov 01 2011).