An Introduction to XML/XBRL

by Jim Richards Murdoch Business School Murdoch University Western Australia - Co-Chair, Education Working Group XBRL-AU The extensible Business Reporting Language (commonly referred to as XBRL) is a standard-based reporting system being built to accommodate electronic preparation of financial reports around the world. Currently the work to date has been based on external financial reporting, but the long-term goals include moving further back in the information supply chain. XBRL International recently released the core components for XBRL for General Ledger (XBRL GL) that use XML tags when data is captured within an organisation’s general ledger accounting system... Read More