Comments on: XBRL snippets 15 December 2008 http://derek.abdinor.co.za/2008/12/15/xbrl-snippets-15-december-2008/ online disclosure Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:23:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: derek http://derek.abdinor.co.za/2008/12/15/xbrl-snippets-15-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3205 derek Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:52:58 +0000 http://derek.abdinor.co.za/?p=265#comment-3205 Hi Bob, Agreed, the current focus on xbrl is relevant, but pretty much the tail end (wagging the dog). I think the naming of the concept and its aliases (interactive data, standard business reporting) don't allow organisations to see the full scope yet. What do you think? Thanks for the link, and your blog (hitachidatainteractive.com) which is recommended reading ;-) Hi Bob,

Agreed, the current focus on xbrl is relevant, but pretty much the tail end (wagging the dog). I think the naming of the concept and its aliases (interactive data, standard business reporting) don’t allow organisations to see the full scope yet. What do you think?
Thanks for the link, and your blog (hitachidatainteractive.com) which is recommended reading ;-)

]]> By: Bob Schneider http://derek.abdinor.co.za/2008/12/15/xbrl-snippets-15-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3193 Bob Schneider Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:19:35 +0000 http://derek.abdinor.co.za/?p=265#comment-3193 Coupled with the SEC meeting on implementing XBRL for financial reporting, this is an exciting development. It's not fully realized that XBRL isn't simply a reporting mechanism for items like cash and inventories, but rather that it can be used for the full range of financial and nonfinancial data key to management and investor decision-making. (BTW, the brochure for the February conference is at http://www.fstc.org/docs/conferences/IBMDataGovernanceForumonXBRL.pdf) Bob Schneider Editor, Data Interactive (the Hitachi XBRL blog) hitachidatainteractive.com Coupled with the SEC meeting on implementing XBRL for financial reporting, this is an exciting development. It’s not fully realized that XBRL isn’t simply a reporting mechanism for items like cash and inventories, but rather that it can be used for the full range of financial and nonfinancial data key to management and investor decision-making. (BTW, the brochure for the February conference is at http://www.fstc.org/docs/conferences/IBMDataGovernanceForumonXBRL.pdf)

Bob Schneider
Editor, Data Interactive (the Hitachi XBRL blog)
hitachidatainteractive.com

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