XBRL News

Chairman of the Trustees addresses XBRL Conference

14 May 2008

On 7 May 2008, Gerrit Zalm, Chairman of the Trustees, gave the following speech at XBRL International's 17th Conference in Eindhoven, The Netherlands: It is an honour to be invited to speak today at XBRL International’s 17th Conference.

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IFRS Taxonomy 2008 Architecture Release

02 May 2008

The IASC Foundation XBRL Team is pleased to announce the release of the IFRS Taxonomy 2008 Architecture (exposure draft). The exposure draft discusses the changes from the previous International Financial Reporting Standards General Purpose (IFRS-GP) taxonomy regarding the use of dimensions, versioning, taxonomy modularisation, taxonomy framework and taxonomy extensions. This draft reflects discussions with IFRS Taxonomy users and the feedback provided for the IFRS Taxonomy Architecture discussion paper.

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IFRS Taxonomy 2008 Style Guide Release

17 April 2008

The IASC Foundation XBRL Team is pleased to announce the release of the Style Guide (Exposure Draft) for the IFRS Taxonomy 2008. The purpose of this document is to summarise information used when creating labels for the IFRS Taxonomy. The purpose is also to (a) provide style standards for those creating elements for inclusion in the taxonomy, (b) serve as a reference for users and (c) otherwise contribute to consistency within the IFRS Taxonomy.

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IFRS Taxonomy 2008

31 March 2008

The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation’s XBRL Team today announced the release of the near final version of the IFRS Taxonomy 2008. The IFRS Taxonomy 2008 is a complete translation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as published in the IFRS Bound Volume 2008 into XBRL, an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) language that is used to communicate information between businesses. The IFRS Taxonomy 2008 is published in the same languages as the IFRS Bound Volume 2008.

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March 2008 Newsletter

11 March 2008

Here we are with the first edition of XBRL Update in 2008.  Last year, 2007, ended brilliantly—over 400 attending in Vancouver, the US GAAP taxonomy release and the kick-off of the SBR project in Australia.  On the technical side, XBRL is now really mature: significant improvements in Versioning, Formula and Rendering have been achieved by XBRL International; our XBRL Quality Review Team is providing very helpful feedback and the XBRL Advisory Council… very good advice.

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Release of IFRS-GP 2006 Taxonomy Labels in Arabic

20 February 2008

The IASC Foundation XBRL Team is pleased to announce the release of the Exposure Draft Arabic translation of the complete label linkbase for the IFRS-GP (August 06) Taxonomy.

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ERICA - European Records of IFRS Consolidated Accounts

12 February 2008

During its last meeting in Porto, the ECCBSO 3rd Working Group revealed the latest update on the project, reaching a new milestone in the creation of a company information database (ERICA - European Records of IFRS Consolidated Accounts).

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IFRS Taxonomy Architecture and Prototype

04 December 2007

The IASC Foundation XBRL Team is redeveloping the IFRS taxonomy to reflect the new versions of IFRSs and the new XBRL technologies. The announcement today is a first stage of public consultation on the new IFRS taxonomy. We are publishing the IFRS Taxonomy Architecture paper as well as an IFRS Taxonomy Prototype containing architectural decisions. Both documents are open for discussion. ...

Comments on the IFRS Taxonomy Architecture paper and on the IFRS Taxonomy Prototype should be sent by email (XBRL@iasb.org) not later than 11 January 2008.

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XBRL Team developments

03 December 2007

Update on the developments of the IASC Foundation XBRL Team
Here is the text of the speech being given by Olivier Servais, XBRL Team Leader, in Vancouver on 3 December.

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Interactive Data and Disclosure

03 December 2007

Interactive Data and Disclosure : Cooperation towards Multinational Interoperability
Here are the slides of the joint presentation of US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Services Agency of Japan and the IASC Foundation in Vancouver on 3 December.

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