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Can an XBRL instance document contain multiple context elements that are identical in all respects except for their id attribute?

April 26, 2017contain context DOCUMENT elements Id identical instance respects XBRL

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Can an XBRL instance document contain multiple context elements that are identical in all respects except for their id attribute?

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Yes. However, such instance documents are more verbose than they need to be and they limit the ability of users of those instance documents to conduct inference using calculation relationships and the “closed world assumption”.