Publishing Financial Data in Multi‑Format Outputs: XML, JSON, CSV, APIs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-9416.IJAIBDCMS-V7I1P119Keywords:
Multi-Format Financial Reporting, Semantic Governance, Canonical Data Model, XBRL, JSON, CSV, Financial Data APIs, Schema GovernanceAbstract
In this paper, a governance-based structure of publishing financial data with a regular frequency across XML, JSON, CSV, and API interfaces are suggested. It claims that the problem of multi-format publishing is essentially a matter of semantics and control, and not a file-conversion issue. Whether it is a transformation or an operational data-quality performance, the study assesses the accuracy of transformation, schema governance, reconstruction integrity, and data-quality of operational information, based on the use of a canonical semantic data model as the foundation. Continuous quality measures are very useful as early warning signals of semantic and comparability risk. The paper also illustrates that APIs can act as delivery mechanisms as well as governance tools when regulated in the form of formal contracts. These results find that to have sustainable financial data disclosure, integrated canonical modeling, stringent schema control, reconciliation control, and ongoing quality monitoring are needed to provide trustful, regulatorially defensible, and consumer-useful multi-format financial reporting.
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