xbrl Resources

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XBRL: EXtensible Business Reporting Language A specification for publishing financial information in the XML format. It is designed to provide a standard set of XML tags for exchanging accounting...; Full XBRL Definition >>

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Financial Analysis and Reporting Using XBRL - Click-Through Demo (msi): This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: The creation, analysis, and verification of financial reports is time-consuming and error-prone. Data must be manually re-entered or copied and...; Tags: Financial Analysis, Financial, XBRL, Financial Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2007-10-05
Reuters defensive play: acquires StarMine: Reuters is acquiring StarMine for an undisclosed sum. StarMine provides specialized analysis and equity research tools to 350 investment companies. To me this is a defensive move. At one time, Reuters, along with Bloomberg and Thomson had the provision of real-time information for the investment banking market to themselves. But...; Tags: XBRL, Reuters Ltd., Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-08-21
Accelerating XBRL Adoption: An Intelligent Approach to Business Reporting: To reduce resource burdens and increase efficiencies, organizations throughout the reporting chain need a business reporting environment that reduces data rekeying and other manual tasks; helps manage document versioning and auditing; ensures transparency within the reporting chain; allows the creation of multiple dynamic reports from the data; offers programmatic access...; Tags: XBRL, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2006-08-01
XML grows up as XBRL: XML grows up as XBRLStandardsWhen open standards are involved, protocols can flourish. So, I have no doubt this will have legs.http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Further thoughts on the XBRL taxonomies as open sourceDana Blankenhorn is absolutely correct in his conclusion that XBRL is lowering the cost of doing business which is good for companies...; Tags: Financial accounting, Standards Bodies, XML, XBRL, taxonomy, financial reporting, financial; Discussion threads 2006-06-23
XML grows up as XBRL: XML has always been perfect for open source development.As an evolving standard, the tags which can represent anything need cooperation in order to be useful. Early efforts like adXML applied the technology to specific types of business transactions, in the ad space.But business processes are more complex than any set...; Tags: UBmatrix, Darren Peterson, taxonomy; Blog posts 2006-06-23

XBRL View (zip): XBRL raw data is in essence face to software, not human. The situation becomes more worse with the powerful and agile tool Linkbase. Both of accountant starting to study XBRL and experienced auditor and analyst need a tool to read XBRL data easily. For researcher and developer, they want a...; Tags: XBRL, Financial Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2006-05-29
Big surprise: SOA enters the trough of disillusionment: Big surprise: SOA enters the trough of disillusionmentTwo XBRL points not one on the hype cycleIt is not correct that "XBRL ... has begin its rise up the hype cycle." There are *two* dots related to XBRL on the hype cycle; XBRL the language is at the nadir of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Financial accounting, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, XBRL; Discussion threads 2005-08-30
Big surprise: SOA enters the trough of disillusionment: Gartner has released its 2005 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, one of 68 hype cycles released by the analyst firm this year. Along with the really funky stuff, such as carbon nanotubes, podcasting, and mesh networks, SOA and Web services get a special mention -- a very special mention --...; Tags: Gartner Inc., SOA, XBRL; Blog posts 2005-08-30
Credit Risk Assessment Using XBRL: Credit risk assessment plays an important role in the day to day operation of a business. Credit risk assessment is performed when a Buyer asks a Seller to ship merchandise without prior payment. (It is also used in other areas of a business including marketing. For example, a business may...; Tags: Risk Assessment, XBRL, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Security, Management; White papers 2003-11-21
FRx Reporter - What's New in 6.7-Level 200: Preview what's coming in Microsoft Business Solutions for Analytics-FRx 6.7. We'll demonstrate how the new Report Manager can save time and money by allowing you to publish a monthly report book, simplifying distribution processes. XBRL holds the promise of changing the way financial reporting is done and Microsoft FRx 6.7...; Tags: XBRL, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance; Webcasts
Transforming Business and Financial Reporting With XBRL Web Services: This paper will discuss current use, challenges and potential for a financial tracking solution that adequately meets the needs of the CDC community. Information for this report was culled from data collected by NPower NY and NPower Seattle as part of its Living Cities assessment work, as well as interviews...; Tags: Financial Reporting, Financial, XBRL, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance; White papers
Microsoft and Rivet Software Work Together to Pioneer Streamlined XBRL-Based Financial Reporting for SEC: On February 3, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC announced that it would begin accepting corporate financial reports tagged with Extensible Business Reporting Language XBRL. Always seeking to maintain its leadership in financial best practices, Microsoft Corporation chose to participate in the voluntary filing program. It needed a...; Tags: Software, Financial Reporting, Financial, SEC, XBRL, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance; Case studies
Research and Analysis Firm Saves Time With Microsoft Office-Based XBRL Solution: Founded in 1983, R.L. Renck & Co. Inc. Renck has a solid reputation in the financial industry as a premier provider of advanced securities research and investment advisory services. With a long history of putting new technology to use for effective financial analysis, Renck knew the value of eXtensible Business...; Tags: Financial, Microsoft Office, XBRL, Microsoft Corp., Analysis, Financial Accounting, Finance; Case studies

Additional Resources

Forget predictions, get a wishlist: At this time of the year, pundits of all stripes seek to grab attention by appearing sage and wise by making predictions for the coming year. Heck, I've done it myself - and lived to regret such pretensions. This year I prefer to pen an enterprise wishlist because that's...; Tags: Innovation, Twitter, Enterprise, Fashion Victim, Hugh, Seesmic Twitter, Leadership, Social Networking, Strategy, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-12-26
Reuters defensive play: acquires StarMine: Reuters defensive play: acquires StarMineThere´s a downside to it..Maybe it´s a great way to get new data resources, but how accurate will it be? There´s no proper way to verify the accuracy and reliability of the data you acquire and that´s because you lack controll of the Source systems of...; Tags: Financial accounting, StarMine, Sh#t, Reuters Ltd.; Discussion threads 2007-08-21
Are half of businesses clueless?: Are half of businesses clueless?RE: Open Source BPM - A second thingie like unto ithttp://www.xbrlopen.org/The site was created with one goal in mind. To provide information about open source software products to the XBRL extensible business reporting language community. We give you the opportunity to find descriptions, comments...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, spreadsheet; Discussion threads 2006-11-27
Open source stack era ending?: Open source stack era ending?Making a product unique.Open source companies have an even greater problem with commoditization than have proprietary companies, because imitation is facilitated.A reasonable alternative to improving a product is tossing in more functionality. Even shareware products become combinations of applications available elsewhere, often for free.But even...; Tags: open source, software; Discussion threads 2006-08-28
Execs: SOA is more marketing than substance: Execs: SOA is more marketing than substanceMaybe Corruption Disclosure is SOA's ImpedimentThink about all the positive Wallstreet C-Suite news you've heard lately; now think about all the scandals. Do you really think a CEO is going to hand over his datasource without personally inspecting it very closely with the aid...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, marketing; Discussion threads 2006-04-05
Palamida laying the Groundwork for software transparency: Palamida laying the Groundwork for software transparencyTransparencyHey, as long as we're on the topic of transparency how about speeding the adoption of xbrl budgets for states, the fedgov and NPOs.; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Financial accounting, software transparency, Palamida, software; Discussion threads 2005-12-07
GoXML Transform (exe): GoXML Transform, desktop tool, powers your any-to-any data transformation projects with advanced visual data mapping that lets you transform your data without custom programming. GoXML delivers high-speed transformation to accelerate your data integration projects. GoXML solves the data integration challenge quickly, easily, and accurately through features that allow you to...; Tags: Data Integration, GoXML Transform, EDI, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2005-09-16