PricewaterhouseCoopers' IFRS conversion solution is enriched with XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) to address the specific challenge of adapting current reporting systems and processes to IFRS more easily and efficiently, from transaction level through higher consolidation levels.

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Microsoft and PricewaterhouseCoopers have embarked on a pilot programme to introduce the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) standard into delivery of investor information over the Internet.

A powerpoint presentation about the XBRL fundamentals.

A powerpoint presentation to evaluate XBRL.

The promise of XML (define) to help streamline and expand the collection and sharing of data is arriving at a federal financial institution that ensures the soundness of many of the nation's banks.

E-Keeper has released eKXBRL, a software component that reduces the time it takes for a developer to generate XBRL-compatible code for financial reporting. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an Internet specification that first appeared on the financial and accounting scene in October of 1999. It uses a financial reporting specification to facilitate open exchange of financial reporting data across all software and technologies.

Hyperion (Nasdaq: HYSL) CFO David Odell foresees that an important emerging technology standard will expedite business problem-solving throughout the enterprise. The technology, called XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), is designed to increase transparency and make communicating financial and business information more efficient and less costly. When used in conjunction with Business Performance Management software, XBRL will help CFOs in their efforts to keep employees focused on current corporate goals, to continually update business plans and to drive accountability.

This presentation is based on the book Introducing XBRL: Decision Making in a Digital Economy (Prentice Hall; 2001). The presentation provides (I) a global overview of XBRL ("eXtensible Business Reporting Language"), then (II) proceeds to predict the impact XBRL will have on business, government and society.

You could say that PricewaterhouseCoopers consultant Walter Hamscher began his work with the XML standards consortium XBRL International more than a few years ago while he was working on his PhD in computer science at MIT.

The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) organization has enhanced its specification for Financial Statements in light of the recent release from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) regarding its recommendation for use of XML Schema.

TowerGroup’s Wholesale Banking practice has published new research on how the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) can help automate the collection and transfer of financial information among corporations and financial institutions, bringing greater speed and transparency to financial reporting.

The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) U.S. Domain Working Group and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants have posted for public review a Public Working Draft of the U.S. Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework and U.S. GAAP Commercial and Industrial Taxonomy. The U.S. Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework provides a foundation that will be used in future taxonomy development, while the U.S. GAAP Commercial and Industrial Taxonomy provides companies within that industry the ability to create XBRL Financial Statements. Separately, the 6th International XBRL Conference will be held November 11 to 15 in Tokyo.

Time to learn another acronym. Later this month, a new version of xBRL, a subset of the XML Internet language intended to standardize how financial data is shared among Web-based applications, will be released. Leading makers of accounting software say they will incorporate xBRL-tagging capabilities into their products by the end of the year. This will go a long way toward transforming xBRL from a promising concept to a useful reality, but experts caution it will be several years before the code reaches its full potential. Until then, companies that want to exchange and analyze financial data over the Internet must continue to rekey or repackage much of it.

The XBRL data format could help companies more quickly create reports on business conditions and thus comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act reporting requirements, say proponents of the format.

A powerpoint presentation which shows XBRL in the view of a buisness.

XBRL is the specification for the eXtensible Business Reporting Language. XBRL allows software vendors, programmers and end users who adopt it as a specification to enhance the creation, exchange, and comparison of business reporting information. Business reporting includes, but is not limited to, financial statements, financial information, non-financial information, general ledger transactions, and regulatory filings such as annual and quarterly financial statements.

Investors, the financial markets and regulators can look forward to accessing more accurate and reliable financial information faster as the result of an electronic reporting initiative currently being trialed in New Zealand.

An emerging XML standard called XBRL, or eXtensible Business Reporting Language, promises to simplify the mechanics of working with financial statements. As XBRL catches on, analysts will be able to spend less time building intricate spreadsheets from scratch and more time scrutinizing companies' finances and accounting practices-which they're bound to be doing more of in the wake of the Enron scandal.

EDGAR Online has unveiled a new service called XBRL Express, which is to become a public repository for XBRL-tagged company financial statements, at yesterday’s Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) organization meeting.

Dean Harry Norman, University Extended Education Services, California State University, Fullerton, has created an XBRL Advisory Group and is seeking volunteers to serve. The initial XBRL Advisory Group members should work in Southern California or visit Southern California frequently in order to attend meetings in person in Fullerton, California. The ideal members will be persons who are involved in XBRL projects and who know well the education and training needed by persons seeking careers today using XBRL. In the future, there may be needs for additional advisory groups related to extended education in other countries or to online courses.