Label	Element	Value
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO
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Risk/Return [Heading]	rr_RiskReturnHeading	DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio
Objective [Heading]	rr_ObjectiveHeading	Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block]	rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock	The investment objective of the DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Expense [Heading]	rr_ExpenseHeading	Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio
Expense Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock	This table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold or sell shares of the Portfolio. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and Example below.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text]	rr_ShareholderFeesCaption	Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text]	rr_OperatingExpensesCaption	Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading	PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block]	rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock	A fund generally pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was 14% of the average value of its investment portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate	rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate	14.00%
Expense Example [Heading]	rr_ExpenseExampleHeading	EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]	rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock	This Example is meant to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether you redeem or hold your shares would be:
Strategy [Heading]	rr_StrategyHeading	Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	To achieve the DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio’s investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”) implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolio’s design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Advisor’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Advisor’s portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs. The DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio, using a market capitalization weighted approach, is designed to purchase securities of small, non-U.S. companies in countries with developed markets that the Advisor determines to be lower relative price stocks at the time of purchase. A company’s market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. Under a market capitalization weighted approach, companies with higher market capitalizations generally represent a larger proportion of the Portfolio than companies with relatively lower market capitalizations. The Portfolio may emphasize certain stocks, including smaller capitalization companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks as compared to their representation in the small-cap value segment of developed ex-U.S. markets. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time. The DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio intends to purchase securities of small lower relative price companies associated with developed market countries that the Advisor has designated as approved markets. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of small companies in the particular markets in which it invests. The Advisor determines the maximum market capitalization of a small company with respect to each country in which the Portfolio invests. In the countries or regions authorized for investment, the Advisor first ranks eligible companies listed on selected exchanges based on the companies’ market capitalizations. The Advisor then determines the universe of eligible securities by defining the maximum market capitalization of a small company that may be purchased by the Portfolio with respect to each country or region. Based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2024, for the Portfolio, the market capitalization of a small company in any country in which the Portfolio invests would be below $8,786 million. This threshold will vary by country or region. For example, based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2024, the Advisor would consider a small company in Switzerland to have a market capitalization below $8,729 million, a small company in Norway to have a market capitalization below $1,602 million, and a small company in Japan to have a market capitalization below $2,434 million. These thresholds will change due to market conditions. The Advisor may also increase or reduce the DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio’s exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum, short-run reversals, and investment characteristics. In assessing a company’s investment characteristics, the Advisor considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing a company’s investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, the Advisor seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs. The DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio may gain exposure to companies associated with approved markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts, which may be listed or traded outside the issuer’s domicile country. The Portfolio also may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for foreign and U.S. equity securities and indices to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. Because many of the Portfolio’s investments may be denominated in foreign currencies, the Portfolio may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts, in connection with the settlement of foreign securities or to transfer cash balances from one currency to another currency. The DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.
Risk [Heading]	rr_RiskHeading	Principal Risks
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading]	rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading	Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block]	rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock	The bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the Portfolio’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows the changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year. The table illustrates how annualized returns for certain periods, both before and after taxes, compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The table also includes the performance of an additional index with a similar investment universe as the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Updated performance information for the Portfolio can be obtained by visiting https://www.dimensional.com/us-en/funds. The after-tax returns presented in the table for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text]	rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns	The bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the Portfolio’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows the changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text]	rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress	https://www.dimensional.com/us-en/funds
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text]	rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture	The Portfolio’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results.
Bar Chart [Heading]	rr_BarChartHeading	DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio Institutional Class Shares —Total Returns
Performance Table Heading	rr_PerformanceTableHeading	Annualized Returns (%)
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate	rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate	The after-tax returns presented in the table for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred	rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred	In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Principal Risks
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Principal Risks Because the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money. An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The following is a description of principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Risk Lose Money [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Because the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Risk Not Insured [Member]
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Equity Market Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Equity Market Risk: Even a long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit. Economic, market, political, and issuer-specific conditions and events will cause the value of equity securities, and a fund that owns them, to rise or fall. Stock markets are volatile, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Small Company Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Small Company Risk: Securities of small companies are often less liquid than those of large companies and this could make it difficult to sell a small company security at a desired time or price. As a result, small company stocks may fluctuate relatively more in price. In general, smaller capitalization companies are also more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse business or economic developments and they may have more limited resources.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Foreign Securities and Currencies Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Foreign Securities and Currencies Risk: Foreign securities prices may decline or fluctuate because of: (a) economic or political actions of foreign governments, and/or (b) less regulated or liquid securities markets. Investors holding these securities may also be exposed to foreign currency risk (the possibility that foreign currency will fluctuate in value against the U.S. dollar or that a foreign government will convert, or be forced to convert, its currency to another currency, changing its value against the U.S. dollar). The Portfolio does not hedge foreign currency risk. Foreign issuers may not be subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and there may be less reliable and publicly available financial and other information about such issuers, as compared to U.S. issuers. A fund may have greater difficulty voting proxies, exercising shareholder rights, securing dividends and/or interest and obtaining information regarding corporate actions on a timely basis, pursuing legal remedies, and obtaining judgments with respect to foreign investments in foreign courts than with respect to domestic issuers in U.S. courts. Depositary receipts are generally subject to the same risks as the foreign securities that they evidence or into which they may be converted. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities. Depositary receipts that are not sponsored by the issuer may be less liquid and there may be less readily available public information about the issuer.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Geographic Focus Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Geographic Focus Risk: If a fund focuses its investments in securities of issuers located in a particular country or region, the fund may be subjected, to a greater extent than if its investments were less focused, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that country or region, such as: adverse securities markets; adverse exchange rates; adverse social, political, regulatory, economic, business, environmental or other developments; or natural disasters.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Value Investment Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Value Investment Risk: Value stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and an investment strategy purchasing these securities may cause a fund to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies. Value stocks can react differently to political, economic, and industry developments than the market as a whole and other types of stocks. Value stocks also may underperform the market for long periods of time.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Profitability Investment Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Profitability Investment Risk: High relative profitability stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and an investment strategy purchasing these securities may cause a fund to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Derivatives Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are instruments, such as futures contracts, and options thereon, and foreign currency forward contracts, whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates or indices. The use of derivatives for non-hedging purposes may be considered to carry more risk than other types of investments. When a fund uses derivatives, the fund will be directly exposed to the risks of those derivatives. Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks including counterparty, settlement, liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, as well as the risk of improper valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Securities Lending Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Securities Lending Risk: Securities lending involves the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result, a fund may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. A fund could also lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the collateral falls, including the value of investments made with cash collateral. Securities lending also may have certain adverse tax consequences.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Operational Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Operational Risk: Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances are outside a fund’s or its advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. A fund and its advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, measures that seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures may not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Cyber Security Risk
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Risk [Text Block]	rr_RiskTextBlock	Cyber Security Risk: A fund and its service providers’ use of internet, technology and information systems may expose the fund to potential risks linked to cyber security breaches of those technological or information systems. Cyber security breaches, amongst other things, could allow an unauthorized party to gain access to proprietary information, customer data, or fund assets, or cause the fund and/or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality.
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| MSCI World ex USA Small Value Index (net dividends)
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Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]	rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes	(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes on sales)
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	MSCI World ex USA Small Value Index (net dividends)
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| MSCI World ex USA Small Value Index (net dividends)
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	2.95%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	3.37%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.13%
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends)
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Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text]	rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes	(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes on sales)
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends)
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| MSCI World ex USA Index (net dividends)
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1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	4.70%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	5.10%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.26%
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Institutional Class
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Management Fee	rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets	0.39%
Other Expenses	rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets	0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses	rr_ExpensesOverAssets	0.43%
1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleYear01	$ 44
3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear03	138
5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear05	241
10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleYear10	542
1 Year	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01	44
3 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03	138
5 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05	241
10 Years	rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10	$ 542
Annual Return 2015	rr_AnnualReturn2015	3.99%
Annual Return 2016	rr_AnnualReturn2016	8.00%
Annual Return 2017	rr_AnnualReturn2017	27.98%
Annual Return 2018	rr_AnnualReturn2018	(23.31%)
Annual Return 2019	rr_AnnualReturn2019	21.00%
Annual Return 2020	rr_AnnualReturn2020	0.81%
Annual Return 2021	rr_AnnualReturn2021	15.89%
Annual Return 2022	rr_AnnualReturn2022	(9.78%)
Annual Return 2023	rr_AnnualReturn2023	17.58%
Annual Return 2024	rr_AnnualReturn2024	7.89%
Label	rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Highest Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate	Dec. 31, 2020
Highest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn	19.81%
Label	rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel	Lowest Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate	Mar. 31, 2020
Lowest Quarterly Return	rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn	(33.70%)
Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Return Before Taxes
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	7.89%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	5.98%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	5.96%
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Institutional Class \| After Taxes on Distributions
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Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Return After Taxes on Distributions
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	6.88%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	5.25%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	4.99%
Prospectus Summary \| DFA INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO \| Institutional Class \| After Taxes on Distributions and Sales
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Label	rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel	Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Portfolio Shares
1 Year	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01	5.59%
5 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05	4.68%
10 Years	rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10	4.64%

If the Fund has annual returns for at least one calendar year, provide a bar chart showing the Fund's annual total returns for each of the last 10 calendar years (or for the life of the Fund if less than 10 years), but only for periods subsequent to the effective date of the Fund's registration statement. Present the corresponding numerical return adjacent to each bar. If the Fund's fiscal year is other than a calendar year, include the year-to-date return information as of the end of the most recent quarter in a footnote to the bar chart. Following the bar chart, disclose the Fund's highest and lowest return for a quarter during the 10 years or other period of the bar chart. When a Multiple Class Fund offers more than one Class in the prospectus, provide annual total returns in the bar chart for only one of those Classes. The Fund can select which Class to include (e.g., the oldest Class, the Class with the greatest net assets).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
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