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.


Newsletter for the Reporting Standard of Business and Government
Page posted May 6, 2025

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...

Public Exposure of Validation Rules & Guidance
Page posted April 14, 2025

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...




March 2025 Newsletter
Page posted April 10, 2025

March, 2025 Regulatory climate disclosure rules worldwide adapt in a changing global environment. The European Commission (EC) announced the adoption of a new package of proposed rules on sustainability and financial data which...

Why Normalize Data?
Point of View posted March 4, 2025

By David Tauriello, Vice President of Operations, XBRL US For nearly 15 years, every exchange-listed public company has submitted financial data for quarterly and annual statements and disclosures to the US Securities and...




February 2025 Newsletter
Page posted March 4, 2025

February, 2025 Early registration is now open for GovFin 2025: Designing a Digital Future, July 30-31, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. This 1 ½ day conference features keynote speaker David M. Walker, former United...

Approved Validation Rules
Page posted February 28, 2025

Version 23 Approved January, 2024 The Data Quality Committee approved version 23 of freely-available rules and guidance in January. There are now 135 automated checks helping US GAAP and IFRS filers detect and...




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