EDGAR Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML Technical Specification (Version 2.0)

Implementation Date: May 18, 2009

EDGAR is being upgrade to Release 9.15.1.e.4 to validate the Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML documents against the schema and will suspend the SH-ER submission if the XML document violates the schema. In addition, the schema has been modified to allow for short sale data to be provided for more than one CIK.

The following specific changes have been made to the EDGAR Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML Technical Specification (Version 2.0):

• The XML schema version has been updated to X0200.
   
 
• A new parent tag has been added as a mandatory tag.
   
 
• All of the following elements become mandatory in the XML schema if short sale data is provided.
   
  1. <nameOfIssuer>
  2. <cusip>
  3. <shortStartPosition>
  4. <numberSecuritiesSoldShort>
  5. <shortEndPosition>

• Download the EDGAR Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML Technical Specification (Version 2.0)

http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/sh-ertablexmlspec.htm