Open data standards support many kinds of reporting organizations, and many kinds of data, from statutory financial statements to greenhouse gas emissions to descriptive narratives.
Because XBRL is a semantic data model that describes the structure of whatever data is reported, it is technology-agnostic and can be transported by commonly used technical formats, including XML, CSV, JSON, and XHTML. While these are today’s widely used formatting technologies, tomorrow new technologies may be introduced. The XBRL standard is designed to adapt to changes in technologies as well as industry and regulatory need.
Explore the many ways XBRL is used through papers, blog posts and infographics.
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Taxonomy is the global standard issued by the IFRS Foundation to mark up electronic IFRS financial statements. By providing the IFRS Taxonomy, the International Accounting Standards Board can...

The Nordic Council of Ministers, in 2016, began a program to make real time business data accessible and usable for innovation and growth across the Nordic region in an automatic, consent-based and secure...

By Michelle Savage, Vice President, Communications, XBRL US Let global entities submit the same digital report sent to other regulators. Give entities that only report in California an open-source (free) tool. Regulations being...
May, 2025 XBRL US responded to an SEC Request for Comment on Interactive Data. The Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Interactive Data is a standard notice, pursuant to the...
April, 2025 GovFin 2025 to feature keynote speakers Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young; former U.S.Comptroller General David M. Walker; and Debra Austin, JD, PhD, Professor of the Practice, University of Denver Sturm College...
The Data Quality Committee (DQC) seeks comment through May 31 on eight new automated checks for US GAAP filers. XBRL US Members and public company personnel can evaluate these rules with our secure...
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