Start with the filing type
The form number determines whether you are reading an initial holding, a change in ownership, an annual catch-up, or a proposed sale notice.
raw-xml
Raw XML
Medium signalDefinition
The SEC XML payload stored locally before parsing. We retain it so that any parser bug or schema change can be re-run against the original bytes — the normalized product tables are derived from raw XML, not the other way around.
How to read this term
Practical filing context for this specific glossary entryUse identifiers carefully
CIKs, accession numbers, and SEC URLs are durable references. They are safer than company names when matching across systems.
Do not mix surfaces
A Form 144 proposed sale is not the same thing as an executed Form 4 sale. Keep proposed-sale context separate from transaction rows.
Quick facts
- Code
- —
- Priority
- Medium signal
- Scope
- Every ingested Form 3, 4, 5
- Slug
raw-xml