Major News!! TNT Filings has announced in a press release the first filing with SEDAR under the CSA's Voluntary Filing Program. The XBRL documents were filed for the first quarter results of Newstrike Resources Ltd using TNT's new tagging program - XBRLit, which is available free of charge to companies filing under the Voluntary Filing Program.

Press Release: SEC Chairman Cox Announces Landmark Progress in Providing Instant, User-Friendly Access to Financial Reporting Information for Investors; 2007-200; September 25, 2007

Chairman Cox of the SEC has announced that work has been completed in developing tgs for US GAAP. This has been a monumental job and will help to pave the way to adoption of XBRL in the investor space as all data in financial reports using US GAAP can now be converted into XBRL instance documents or filings. Press Release: SEC Chairman Cox Announces Landmark Progress in Providing Instant, User-Friendly Access to Financial Reporting Information for Investors; 2007-200; September 25, 2007

If You Tag It, It Will Be Used: Sustainability Reporting in XBRL

XBRL is capable of being used for sustainability reporting. The taxonomy written for the GRI is one part of thisinitaitive. this article gives some information on the application. If You Tag It, It Will Be Used: Sustainability Reporting in XBRL

License Agreement for Use of XBRL WEB Viewer Source Code

The SEC has made the source code for its XBRL Viewer available free of charge to users. It's intention is to make it easier for users to view and analyze XBRL data, thus facilitating its use. The source code is available at the following URL. License Agreement for Use of XBRL WEB Viewer Source Code

Cox Cheers Big Board XBRL Launch - - CFO.com

In a very significant move, the New York Stock Exchange has decided to publish its financials in XBRL format. While this does not require members to follow suit, they will sit up and take notice. Cox Cheers Big Board XBRL Launch - - CFO.com

The Australian government has announced a new Country-wide Standard Business Reporting (SBR) project, which is intended to simplify the reporting of companies to governments. The program is modelled on the Netherlands National Taxonomy project, and therefore there is expected to be a strong XBRL component. The press release is at: http://www.treasurer.gov.au/tsr/content/pressreleases/2007/084.asp
This would be an ideal project for the Canadian government. There are millions of dollars to be saved, as well as saving a lot of frustration among businesses that need to file using diverse systems. A 2004 CICA Research Study - "Electronic Filing of Information" - recommended the use of XBRL for these purposes.