Current Taxonomies

Draft Taxonomies

  • Draft 2018 Volcker Rule Metrics Instructions and Technical Specifications

The Commission, together with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”), Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), and Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (“CFTC”), proposed amendments to the regulations implementing section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act (commonly referred to as the “Volcker Rule”). See https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2018/bhca-3.pdf. The public comment period for the rule proposal will end on September 17, 2018.

The proposal includes amendments to the requirement that certain banking entities subject to the Volcker Rule prepare
and furnish to the applicable agency certain qualitative measurements (“metrics”). In connection with the proposal, SEC staff, together with colleagues at the Board, OCC, FDIC, and CFTC, prepared draft Instructions for Preparing and Submitting Quantitative Measurement Information and draft Technical Specifications Guidance. Please provide any questions or comments on the 2018 draft metrics instructions and technical specifications to 2018DraftVolckerMetricsDocuments@sec.gov.

  • Draft 2018 Exchange Transaction Fee Summary Schema for NMS Stocks

The Commission proposed to conduct a Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks that would require
certain exchanges to use a Commission schema to post information on their fees and fee changes.
See https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2018/34-82873.pdf.
The public comment period for the rule proposal will end on May 25, 2018.

The draft 2018 Exchange Transaction Fee Summary Schema for NMS Stocks and the corresponding draft technical
specification are available below. Please provide comments on the 2018 schema and technical specification to StructuredData@sec.gov.  Include “Draft 2018 Exchange Transaction Fee Summary Schema” in the subject header.
The public comment period for the draft schema and technical specification will end on May 25, 2018.

  • Draft 2016 Order Handling Data Schema and Report Renderer for Broker-Dealers

The Commission proposed to require that broker-dealers use a Commission schema and associated PDF renderer to provide customers with data on retail and institutional order handling, and provide the public with aggregate data on order handling. See https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2016/34-78309.pdf. The public comment period for the rule proposal will end on September 26, 2016.

The draft 2016 Order Handling Data schema and report renderer for broker-dealers and the corresponding draft technical specification are available below. Please provide comments on the draft 2016 schema, report renderer, and technical specification to StructuredData@sec.gov. Include “Draft 2016 Order Handling Data Schema” in the subject header. The public comment period for the draft schema, report renderer, and technical specification will end on September 26, 2016.

  • Draft 2015 FpML and FIXML Schemas for Security-Based Swap Data Repositories

The Commission proposed to specify the form and manner with which security-based swap data repositories (“SDRs”) make security-based swap data available to the Commission under Exchange Act Rule 13n-4(b)(5) by requiring that the data be made available according to the FpML or FIXML schemas as published on the Commission’s website. See http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2015/34-76624.pdf. The public comment period for the rule proposal will end on February 22, 2016.

The draft 2015 FpML and FIXML schemas for security-based swap data repositories and the corresponding draft technical specification are available below. Please provide comments on the draft 2015 schemas and the draft technical specification to StructuredData@sec.gov and include “Draft 2015 Schemas for SDRs” in the subject header. The public comment period for the draft schemas and draft technical specification will end on February 22, 2016.