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DSS, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 11/14/22, at 4:41pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1493152-22-32148   ·   File #:  1-32146

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/14/22  DSS, Inc.                         10-Q        9/30/22   59:34M                                    M2 Compliance LLC/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.74M 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     63K 
 3: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     27K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
13: R1          Cover                                               HTML     69K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    137K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    126K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    121K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     62K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
19: R7          Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     71K 
                Policies                                                         
20: R8          Revenue                                             HTML     29K 
21: R9          Notes Receivable                                    HTML     72K 
22: R10         Financial Instruments                               HTML    133K 
23: R11         Acquisitions                                        HTML     28K 
24: R12         Investments                                         HTML     66K 
25: R13         Short-Term and Long-Term Debt                       HTML     57K 
26: R14         Lease Liability                                     HTML     41K 
27: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     40K 
28: R16         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML     37K 
29: R17         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     40K 
30: R18         Segment Information                                 HTML    293K 
31: R19         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     60K 
32: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     21K 
33: R21         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     85K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
34: R22         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    131K 
35: R23         Lease Liability (Tables)                            HTML     38K 
36: R24         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     39K 
37: R25         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    285K 
38: R26         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     84K 
                Policies (Details Narrative)                                     
39: R27         Revenue (Details Narrative)                         HTML     20K 
40: R28         Notes Receivable (Details Narrative)                HTML    157K 
41: R29         Schedule of Cash and Marketable Securities by       HTML     57K 
                Significant Investment Category (Details)                        
42: R30         Acquisitions (Details Narrative)                    HTML     82K 
43: R31         Investments (Details Narrative)                     HTML    185K 
44: R32         Short-Term and Long-Term Debt (Details Narrative)   HTML    164K 
45: R33         Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments           HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R34         Lease Liability (Details Narrative)                 HTML     20K 
47: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     63K 
48: R36         Stockholders? Equity (Details Narrative)            HTML     75K 
49: R37         Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow Information      HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R38         Schedule of Operations by Reportable Segment        HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R39         Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)     HTML     42K 
52: R40         Segment Information (Details Narrative)             HTML     19K 
53: R41         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML    208K 
54: R42         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     26K 
57: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     97K 
55: XML         XBRL Instance -- form10-q_htm                        XML   2.20M 
56: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    142K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- dss-20220930_cal                XML    159K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- dss-20220930_def                 XML    617K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dss-20220930_lab                      XML   1.05M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dss-20220930_pre               XML    815K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- dss-20220930                          XSD    150K 
58: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              370±   514K 
59: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001493152-22-032148-xbrl      Zip    304K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — dss-20220930_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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