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XBRL. A Free & Open Reporting Standard.

Michelle Savage, Vice President, Communication, XBRL US

The XBRL standard is a free, open, non-proprietary, financial data standard, developed and maintained by a global, not-for-profit standards body. Free and open standards are critical for governments and businesses looking to adopt a standard.


Investor Forum 2017: Smart Data, Better Results

1:50 PM ET Wednesday, November 1, 2017
XBRL US Meeting || Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center hosted by Baruch College
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This half-day forum provides practical information about where you can get structured data on US and non-US companies, on who’s using this data today, and a step-by-step discussion on how to get started using XBRL data within your own organization.

Advance registration is required. XBRL US Members are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting and Luncheon prior to this event.


DQC 5th RuleSet & Cash Flow Guidance: Participate in Public Review

12:00 PM EDT Wednesday, August 2, 2017
XBRL US Webinar
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Attend this free webinar to learn about a new set of Data Quality Committee rules available for public comment until September 5, 2017. SEC registrants, accounting professionals and filing agents as well as tool and service providers should attend.


The SEC and XBRL – New Developments in Financial Reporting

1:00 PM EDT Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Webinar hosted by Toppan Merrill
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Financial reporting is changing! The new structured data (XBRL) format for disclosing financial information has significant impact to all SEC filers. The SEC is now consuming XBRL data with increasing frequency and sophistication and recently proposed a new Inline XBRL format. Are you up-to-speed on the new developments? Join us for this complimentary webinar and […more]


Styles Come and Go; Consistency Is Timeless

Scott Theis, Chair, XBRL US Domain Steering Committee, President and CEO, Novaworks

A taxonomy style guide isn’t about creating a memorable “style”. The style guide is about building clear, transparent, understandable standards that result in predictable communication every time. XBRL relies on a taxonomy of concepts to identify facts, contexts and other relationships. Any ambiguity in the language used within that taxonomy to communicate data, could produce inconsistent results.


Have you found the right team to build successful standards?

Campbell Pryde, President & CEO, XBRL US

Trust. It’s one of the most important considerations when hiring a guide to lead a challenging mountain climb. The same is true with developing standards. Only a specialist with the right skillset and experience can help build a good quality taxonomy or XBRL instance document. Find the right people through XBRL Achievements.


Achievement Leaders

Experience gained through education, data processing and analysis, committee involvement and specification development is recognized through XBRL Achievements. Find out more about XBRL US Members who help establish, maintain and implement the business reporting standard.


Automating Work-in-Process (WIP), Improving Contractor Access to Credit

Marcum LLP successfully created a computer-readable WIP report to help contractor clients provide financial performance data to surety carriers that can be automatically extracted with no rekeying of data. Marcum created the report by performing a one-time mapping using a spreadsheet add-in that converted the WIP data into XBRL format. XBRL is an open data […more]


Automation Improves Underwriting Process for Contractors and Sureties

The Hartford demonstrates how a one-time investment in data standards can be used by brokers to streamline their own data processing; and by surety carriers to eliminate the need for manual data entry, improve the credit evaluation process and offer better service to contractor customers.


Financial Reporting and Analysis Today: Making the Process Easier, Faster & Better

6:00 - 8:30 PM Thursday, May 4, 2017
NYSSA Conference || NYSSA Conference Center
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Structured financial reporting offers considerable value to investors today. additional improvements would increase its value considerably. Investors are not fully aware of the tools currently available and how these tools can assist in their investment process. The program will explore how technology, like the XBRL data standard, can be harnessed to reform the financial reporting […more]