http://www.itworld.com/xbrl xx http://www.itworld.com/software/79863/quickstudy-extensible-business-reporting-language-xbrl XBRL is a version of XML defined to meet the requirements of business and financial information. With XBRL, unique identifying tags are applied to financial data items. http://www.itworld.com/software/79863/quickstudy-extensible-business-reporting-language-xbrl#comments Development Software Tip XBRL XML Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:13:57 -0400 ITworld staff 79863 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/67631/survey-most-companies-ready-sec-conversion At least 340 of the estimated 500 public companies required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin filing financial data in the XBRL format in June have made the conversion, according to a survey from XBRL US, a nonprofit standards group. http://www.itworld.com/government/67631/survey-most-companies-ready-sec-conversion#comments Business Government News SEC XBRL XML Fri, 08 May 2009 11:38:57 -0400 ITworld staff 67631 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/64179/free-data-egov-and-open-standards When President Obama appointed his new federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, last week, Kundra announced ambitious plans to "democratize" federal government data by making it accessible in open formats and in data feeds. His plan calls for the creation of a single point of access to all public federal information. http://www.itworld.com/security/64179/free-data-egov-and-open-standards#comments Security Opinion diane mueller justsystems Vivek Kundra XBRL XML Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:33:20 -0400 Diane Mueller 64179 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/61118/will-obama-s-technology-push-extend-financial-regulators Obama’s technology-savvy election team worked very effectively to leverage a new world order of YouTube, social networking, and blogging tools to promote his agenda, connect with a nation of voters, and raise campaign funds. But does he really know what it’s going to take to overhaul and connect all the disparate government information systems? He has certainly raised hopes and set expectations high for both the technology and financial sectors. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/61118/will-obama-s-technology-push-extend-financial-regulators#comments Government Opinion Barack Obama financial industry regulation SEC XBRL Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:01:36 -0500 Diane Mueller 61118 at http://www.itworld.com