title: How to Convert iXBRL to XBRL
body: <p>We have already been using Dragon View XBRL Parser to read out Tables, paragraphs and other content from XBRL documents. Now that more companies are switching over to file/report their Financial documents in iXBRL instead of XBRL, we have to write/have a new parser for iXBRL to read out its contents. Instead if we can have a mechanism to convert iXBRL documents to XBRL, we would still be able to use the existing parser with little changes to process iXBRL documents</p>
  
  <p><strong>In XBRL</strong>: instance document is separate and independent of rendering document</p>
  
  <p><strong>In iXBRL</strong>: instance document is integrated inline in rendering document</p>
  
  <p>My Question is: <strong>Is there any known/easy way to convert an iXBRL document to XBRL.</strong></p>
  
  <p>Many know what an XBRL document is. 
  To know more details about iXBRL document read here: <a href="http://www.xbrl.org/Specification/inlineXBRL/CR-2009-11-16/inlineXBRL-background-CR-2009-11-16.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.xbrl.org/Specification/inlineXBRL/CR-2009-11-16/inlineXBRL-background-CR-2009-11-16.html</a> </p>
  
  <p>Differences between XBRL and iXBRL: <a href="http://www.datatracks.co.uk/ixbrl-blog/what-is-ixbrl/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.datatracks.co.uk/ixbrl-blog/what-is-ixbrl/</a> </p>