XBRL: changing paradigms, presenting opportunities.XBRL (EXtensible Business Reporting Language) A specification for publishing financial information in the XML format. It is designed to provide a standard set of XML tags for exchanging accounting information and financial statements between companies and analysts. , the Extensible Business Reporting Language, is an XML-based language used to describe business reporting information in internal financial reporting and for quarterly and annual financial and regulatory illreports ings. The AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). is the founder and host of the international consortium working on XBRL (www.xbrl.org). A free conference is being offered on how XBRL is used today and the opportunities it presents for tomorrow. The event, hosted by Adobe Systems, will be held in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2006. Keynote presentations will be given by the CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Deputy CIO of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent U.S. federal executive agency designed to promote public confidence in banks and to provide insurance coverage for bank deposits up to $100,000. , and the Co-Editor of the XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. specification. Following these keynotes there will be two tracks: one to show the benefits of XBRL information to stock analysts and investors; the other to demonstrate the market potential of XBRL-enabled products to software product managers. To register for the event, send your name, title, company name, e-mail address, and the name of the track you will be attending (software or analyst/investor) to xbrlus@.xbrl.org. |
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