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Disclosure of Interests_v1.0_Confluence.pdf
REVISION REQUESTS
Request #1
- Proposed: Change “Professional Services” label to “Professional Services and Activities”; Pages 50
- Description: Contains sub-elements that describe professional services and activities provided to an entity. Professional services include employment, fiduciary officer relationships, or other professional activities.
- Rationale: Element is already optional in the specification.
Request #2
- Proposed: Add "Hourly Rate" element under "Employment" element; Page 55
- Note: "Hourly Rate" needs to be an element (rather than attribute) in order to factor in different types of currency.
- Description: The amount of money that you receive for each hour you spend working.
- Rationale: Element will be optional in the specification.
Request #3
- Proposed: Change "Independent Contractor" label to "Other Professional Activities"; Page 58
- Description: Contains sub-elements that describe other types of professional activity relationships with an entity.
- Attributes: (i)financialInterestExists(/i) - The 'financialInterestExists' attribute can be used to show the existence of a financial interest. This attribute is optional and should be used when further information isn't required by organization.
- Rationale: Element is already optional in the specification.