Today the SEC updated their official SEC EDGAR Standard Taxonomies page to announce forthing support for the US GAAP 2009 taxonomies.  On the , the SEC states that July 22, 2009 is when the EDGAR system will officially support these new taxonomies.  This means that as of that day, XBRL test/live filings based on the 2009 taxonomies against the EDGAR system can be done.  Until then, test/live filings can only be done using the 2008 taxonomies.

In addition to this roadmap, the SEC “strongly enurages” panies to begin working with and using the 2009 taxonomies.  I agree pletely!!…but what does a pany do between now and July 22nd to make sure their 2009 taxonomy-based XBRL data is mandate-ready?  I’d remend  the Bowne Interactive XBRL Viewer as it provides not only the visual review of XBRL data but also SEC mandate-level validation when uploading files.