An interview in the August issue of the Journal of Accountancy with Charles Hoffman (the father of XBRL) sets XBRL in a current context, identifying the issues facing XBRL and the challenges and pointing to some possible directions to take. It's worth a read. And worth thinking about. http://www.ubmatrix.com/Press05/XBRL%20It’s%20Unstoppable.htm

For a list of the filings to date under the SEC's voluntary XBRL filing program, see this link: All filings containing XBRL from SEC EDGAR Archives

The annual UWCISA Research Symposium, sponsored by the University of Waterloo, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association and the International Journal of Accounting Information Systems is being held in Toronto. Notable in the program are a presentation and a paper on XBRL. The presentation is “XBRL at 6”, presented by Glen Gray, California State University, William McCarthy, Michigan State University, Daniel Roberts, Grant Thornton and Mike Willis of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The paper is "SportsStuff.com – Reporting Financial Performance in XBRL with Assurance", presented by Roger Debreceny, University of Hawai`i and Skip White, University of Delaware. The papers are available on the following website: CALL FOR PAPERS

XBRL International issues periodic progress reports. The October, 2005 report is available at: http://www.xbrl.org/ProgressReports/

Dragon Tag 1.5 is now available. This is one of the leading XBRL implementation tools, and warrants close attention. XBRL Enabled Dragon Tag Software at RivetSoftware.com

Registration information is available for the 12th International XBRL Conference in Tokyo on November 7 - 11 at: http://www.xbrl.org/tokyo

Adoption of XBRL Streamlines Financial Reporting, Microsoft Accounting Chief Says. Microsoft has also become the first company to file it's 10-K report with the SEC using XBRL under the SEC's voluntary filing program. The Windows Observer--But Wait, There's More

The comment period for the XBRL-GL Public Working Draft expires on Oct 10. The Draft centers around a new XBRL-GL taxonomy, which is intended to provide a standardized format for representing accounts in different systems, thus facilitating the interchangability of data. Materials to be commented on are found at: XBRL GL 2005

The SEC has extended its voluntary filing program using XBRL. It also is seeking input from the software industry to see if the implementation tools can be improved to make them more user friendly.SEC XBRL Voluntary Program Extends to Investment Companies

Bryant University is announcing its latest Global Academic XBRL Competition. xbrl

KPMG has a great site on XBRL - Referred to there as Digital Business Reporting. = KPMG XBRL: Digital Business Reporting =

The main site for information on XBRL globally is that of the International XBRL site as referenced here. There is a wealth of information on it about current activities, existing taxonomies training, and a great deal of other information. It's at http://www.xbrl.org

New XBRL Blog

This new blog will track developments in the use of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) it will feature research and significant developments in this important new technology that promises to revolutionize accounting.