The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) provides a common platform for the electronic representation of financial reporting data. XBRL builds upon XML to create an environment for defining extensible, application-specific reporting vocabularies.

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), formerly code named XFRML, is a freely available electronic language for financial reporting. It is an XML-based framework that provides the financial community a standards-based method to prepare, publish in a variety of formats, reliably extract and automatically exchange financial statements of publicly held companies and the information they contain. XBRL is not about establishing new accounting standards but enhancing the usability of the ones that we have through the digital language of business. XBRL will not require additional disclosure from companies to outside audiences.

TSX Group is pleased to be the first Canadian public company, as well as the first publicly-listed stock exchange globally, to publish its annual financial results in the XBRL data format. TSX Group believes this format will provide an additional channel for shareholders to access the company's current financial data. This material has been created through a collaboration between TSX Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a new and better way of composing financial reports that are created, exchanged and processed internationally. Based on XML, this open standard was developed in the United States, and is being adopted across the world in countries such as Australia, Japan, Germany and the UK. In Ireland, the Institute of Chartered Accountants is currently the sole member of XBRL International.

Westbridge Technology, a leading provider of Web Services Management (WSM) and XML Firewall enterprise solutions today announced support for Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). XBRL is an XML-based standard for identifying and better communicating the complex financial information in corporate business reports. XBRL is being developed and used by more than 50 of the world's leading accounting, financial, government and software organizations.

You are invited to attend the 8th XBRL International Conference November 3 to 7, 2003 in Seattle, Washington, USA, hosted by XBRL International, XBRL US and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The conference schedule includes public information and education sessions, industry interest groups and working sessions. The conference will demonstrate how XBRL enables transparent reporting to financial markets, with a day spent on visiting the business reporting model and witnessing the applications throughout. This conference will focus on the use of XBRL in software packages and within companies along with many pilot projects conducted throughout the world.

Corporate reporting is in the spotlight today more than ever before. Until now, most of the attention to date has been focused on what information is (or is not) reported. The other side is how information is going to be delivered in the future.

Commerce One's Common Business Library (xCBL) is an open XML specification for the cross-industry exchange of business documents such as product descriptions, purchase orders, invoices, and shipping schedules. XCBL is a set of XML building blocks and a document framework that allows the creation of robust, reusable XML documents for electronic commerce. Commerce One participates with the W3C, with the eCo framework initiative, and with UN/EDIFACT to coordinate its efforts.

XBRL is a royalty free, open specification that uses XML-based data tags to describe financial data in business reports and databases. XBRL International is a global consortium of over 200 leading accounting, technology and financial services companies and government agencies.

The short answer is that XBRL (short for eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an XML-based standard for handling corporate financial information.

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is an XML-based language being developed specifically for the automation of business information requirements, such as the preparation, sharing, and analysis of financial reports, statements, and audit schedules. XBRL steering committee members include financial, accounting, software, and governmental communities from around the world: member organizations include Microsoft, ACCPAC, Oracle, Deloitte & Touche, IBM, Hyperion, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The goal of the steering committee is to create a standard specification for industry-wide use.

The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday will launch a pilot program that allows companies to more easily communicate their financial information over the Internet and which helps investors more easily analyze this data.

Short for Extensible Business Reporting Language, an XML-based specification for publishing the financial information of an enterprise. The standardization of the specification makes it easier for public and private companies to share information with each other and with industry analysts across all software formats and technologies, including the Internet.

XBRL International has announced the release of an XBRL version 2.1 Specification Working Draft and a 60-day public review period preliminary to consideration as a final XBRL 2.1 Recommendation. XBRL "provides users with a standard format in which to prepare business reports that can subsequently be presented in a variety of ways.

Nasdaq, Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers have announced the launch of a new pilot program "to provide investors with remote access to financial data from five years of financial reports for twenty-one (21) Nasdaq-listed companies. The pilot program, designed by PwC and stored on Nasdaq hardware, provides access to XBRL data through Microsoft Office.

News from the March 4-8 German XBRL Symposium in Berlin and from a published 'XBRL Progress Report' highlights the global adoption of the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) by financial services institutions, government agencies, regulatory bodies, software developers, and other organizations. Following closely upon the announcement by Bank of America that it has begun to pilot XBRL in the US, the Deutsche Bank has announceed its use of XBRL to process loan information and streamline its credit analysis process.

XBRL.org recently announced the release of 'XBRL for General Ledger' for public comment, along with a new version of the 'XBRL for Financial Statements' specification. The XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) initiative "is a worldwide effort to develop a common framework for using XML for business reports such as financial statements, bank loans, credit reports and tax filings."

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EDGAR Online, Inc. has announced the launch of an 'XBRL Express' web site designed to serve as a public repository for company financial statements tagged in XBRL. The new web site will function "as a marketplace for companies and organizations wishing to display their XBRL statements and where XBRL developers can demonstrate their applications and tools.

XBRL International announced today that adoption and use of XBRL is gaining momentum worldwide. During its 4th International conference in Berlin, NASDAQ Europe CEO Michael Sanderson addressed delegates from more than 20 countries on the importance of XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) as a means to unclog the information pipeline between companies and investors, analysts, and regulators.