XBRL News

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.

The Foundation appreciates the excellent work of the following organsition for translating the 2006 labels:

Translator : Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA)

Reviewer: Arab Society of Certified Accountants (ASCA)

To view the 2006 Arabic label linkbase, click here:
http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/translation_ar.html

Note: This translation is an Exposure Draft. Label translations are based on the IFRS Arabic Bound Volume. Please forward any comments or feedback on the translation to the IASC Foundation XBRL team.

Other Features:

Together with the label linkbase the IASC Foundation XBRL Team has also built and provided for the 2006 translation:

• An English/ Arabic Excel download of the translated labels.
  See: http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/ifrs-gp-lab-ar-en-2006-08-15.zip

• An online viewer to assist users to see the Arabic Labels and also the individual International Arabic labels together with the corresponding English labels under the "Labels" Tab.
  See: http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/abra/viewer-ar/index.html

• An IFRS-GP modules manager which allows the user to select English and Arabic label link bases together for download.
  See: http://xbrl.iasb.org/int/fr/ifrs/gp/2006-08-15/itmm.html

These links access large files, so a little patience is required when using them.