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Bryant University has been running a series of online workshops on "XBRL Research Opportunities for the past several months. The series includes the views of several innovators and leaders in the XBRL world and offer up a wide range of ideas and directions for researchers in the area. The workshops can be downloaded from the site of the XBRL Educational Resource Center at Bryant University: xbrl

SEC Finance Division Director, John White has confirmed in a speech what is now common knowledge - that the SEC is seriously considering making XBRL mandatory in the fall, after the introduction of a draft rule in the spring. This follows upon the recent SEC Advisory Committee report recommending a phasing in of XBRL by starting with the 500 largest companies. SEC May Propose Mandatory XBRL Use - Technology - CFO.com

U.S. tries to catch up as XBRL goes global - EDGAReview

The recent initiatives by Chairman Cox have been touted in North America as leading edge and innovative. The fact is, XBRL has already been adopted as the standard by a very large and growing number of exchanges, regulators and countries around the world. Mr Cox is simply trying to drag the US into the 21st century and catch up with the rest of the world. Canada is even further behind. But that will change. U.S. tries to catch up as XBRL goes global - EDGAReview

In this remarkable speech given on January 10th, Chairman Cox of the SEC made three points very clearly - "IFRS is coming, XBRL is coming and Mutual Recognition is coming." It heralds a new era in Financial and Business Reporting. SEC Speech: "International Business - An SEC Perspective" Address to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' International Issues Conference; Washington, D.C.; January 10, 2008 (Christopher Cox)

The SEC has released its new discussion document dealing with a number of improvements in financial reporting, including - at pages 74 - 87, an exposition on XBRL. The SEC is expected to go with a mandatory requirement to file in XBRL later in the year.
http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/oca/acifr/acifr-ddm-011108.pdf

SEC releases new XBRL analytical tool - 07 Jan 2008

The SEC has released its new XBRL analysis tool for executive compensation. It can be found on the SEC website and the following article describes it in more depth. SEC releases new XBRL analytical tool - 07 Jan 2008

The 25 Most Innovative Products of 2007

PC World has released its list of the 25 most innovative products during 2007. Most of them are pertinent to eBusiness and many of them make use of the Web in one way or another. They run from Google Gears to three new smart phones. It's worth a look and some thought. The 25 Most Innovative Products of 2007

XBRL 16th Annual Conference - Vancouver, Canada | Convergence, Communication, and Interactive Data

Many of the presentations made at the XBRL International Conference held in Vancouver in December are now available on the XBRL International website at: XBRL 16th Annual Conference - Vancouver, Canada Convergence, Communication, and Interactive Data