Call for Papers Academic Track-21st XBRL International Conference-Beijing “One Language, Common Vision: the role of XBRL in the Post Crisis Era”

· Consuming XBRL Financial Information: Semantic Web Prototype App Aims To Make It Easier, Faster, Automatic -- And Socially Connected      Data Interactive    2010-08-18

    There’s no replacement for XBRL. But Dr. Graham G. Rong, Fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management and chair of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, thinks there are opportunities for Semantic Web technologies to enhance it, turning the data within financial reports into meaningful knowledge that helps both the producers and consumers of these materials.

· XBRL: The Israeli Experience      Data Interactive    2010-07-30

    A few weeks ago, Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, published an article about the country’s adoption of XBRL with the chilling headline A third of Israeli companies get int’l financial reports wrong. Summarizing the findings of a recently published study by a trio of researchers, the piece states:

· XBRL US Releases New Version of XBRL Consistency Suite – Now Covers Detailed Footnotes, FASB’s 2011 Taxonomy Pre-Release      xbrl.us    2010-07-27

    WASHINGTON, July 27 /PRNewswire/ — XBRL US, the non-profit consortium for XML business reporting, has released a second version of its XBRL Consistency Suite with improved functionality and additional checks that now cover detailed footnote tagging. The new version also now provides a quick and easy way to compare the 2009 Taxonomy Release to the 2011 Pre-release of the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, recently published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

· XBRL Developments in India      Data Interactive    2010-07-22

    Vinod Kashyap is a Director at NextGen Knowledge Solutions Private Ltd., which is engaged in the business of conducting training courses on XBRL for banks, corporations, and financial professionals in India. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is a qualified Information Systems Auditor.

· The SEC’s XBRL Mandate for NRSROs      Data Interactive    2010-07-17

    SEC requirements for XBRL disclosures affect three types of entities: operating companies, mutual funds, and credit rating agencies that are Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs).

· The SEC’s XBRL Mandate Will Improve Company Accounting      Data Interactive    2010-07-09

    the impact that creating XBRL exhibits has on traditional financial statements. The process forces (or, more optimistically, enables) accountants to think about their financials and the underlying accounting in fresh and useful ways.

· XBRL Innovators Interview: Rivet Software      Data Interactive    2010-07-08

    We spoke to Patrick Quinlan (CEO) and Kevin Berens (VP, Products) to get some insights into what is happening in XBRL land.

· SEC Updates XBRL Display Engine; Good Rendering Times Ahead?      Data Interactive    2010-07-08

    Ahead of the start of the June 30th filing season, the first that requires Year 2 detail tagging for the largest SEC registrants, the SEC has updated their SEC Viewer (live XBRL filings made to the SEC) and Pre-Viewer (preview XBRL files prior to live filing) with a new XBRL rendering engine. Details of the new release can be found here, but it looks like the new rendering engine addresses the following display issues

· Interactive Financial Data and XBRL: the Way Forward?      PFM Blog    2010-06-28

    Today's means of exchanging financial data have entered a process of global synchronization and standardization. Intuitively, this makes sense given the interconnected and interdependent nature of economic and business entities around the world, coupled with advances in computing power.