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XBRL International, Inc Announces Michael Ohata, Director of Reporting Standards for Microsoft Finance, 2007 Steering Committee Chairman.


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 -- 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.  International:

At the 14th XBRL International Conference held in Philadelphia, PA USA, the International Steering Committee steerĀ·ing committee
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A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage.


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 of XBRL International, Inc (XII), held its fourth quarter meeting for 2006, during which members elected Chair and Vice Chairs for 2007.

At that meeting, XBRL International announced Michael Ohata, Director of Reporting Standards for Microsoft Finance, as Chairman of the International Steering Committee for 2007. In 2006, Mr. Ohata served as Second Vice Chair of the Steering Committee and was an integral part of organizing and implementing the newly formed Standards Board (XSB (logic programming) XSB - XSB extends the standard functionality of Prolog (being a descendant of PSB- and SB-Prolog) to include implementations of OLDT (tabling) and HiLog terms. ) becoming its Founding Chair in March 2006. In that role he led the members of the XSB in developing prioritization of projects, a documented technical roadmap, documented Processes and Procedures for instituting XII working groups and restructured XII Working Groups for more efficient and project-oriented results based on market requirements and resource availability. He also chaired the Governance Restructuring Task Force in 2006 with the goal of enhancing the effectiveness and authority of XII Executive Committee for more efficient decision making and governance and in keeping with the strategic plans outlined in the XII business plan led the committee to planning and implementing the 2007 ISC (1) (Internet Systems Consortium, Redwood City, CA www.isc.org) An organization founded by Paul Vixie, Carl Malamud and Rick Adams in 1994 and later sponsored by UUNET and other Internet companies.  subcommittee structure.

"The International Steering Committee is keenly aware that there has been broad geographic adoption of XBRL, especially by regulators who are working to standardize reporting technologies," said Mr. Ohata. "The committee and I are dedicated to ensuring that XBRL International functions as a predictable and professional financial reporting standards organization. In the coming year we will continue to focus on various XBRL implementation projects helping to bring the widespread adoption of XBRL standards closer to a reality."

Mr. Ohata succeeds Kurt Ramin Ramin (Gonystylus) is a genus of about 30 species of hardwood trees native to southeast Asia, in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, with the highest species diversity on Borneo. , XBRL Team Leader at the International Accounting Standards Committee International Accounting Standards Committee was founded in June 1973 in London and replaced by the International Accounting Standards Board on April 1, 2001. It was responsible for developing the International Accounting Standards and promoting the use and application of these  Foundation (IASCF IASCF International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation ), who is retiring as chair after serving the maximum term.

ISC Vice Chair election results are as follows:

Conor O'Kelly, Financial Controller for Hewlett Packard and Ericsson in Ireland was ratified the First Vice Chair of Jurisdictions

Mike Willis, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers USA was ratified Second Vice Chair of At Large members.

The At Large ISC Representatives re-elected for a three year term:

Makoto Koizumi, Leader of Global XBRL Initiatives at Fujitsu Limited, Japan

John Turner, Chief Executive of CoreFiling, UK

Liv Watson, Vice President of Global Strategy at EDGAR Edgar or Eadgar (both: ĕd`gər), 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose Edgar as their king.  Online, Inc (EDGR EDGR Emergency Diesel Generator Room )

At Large ISC Representative elected for a two year term:

Diane Mueller, Director, New Market Development focused on Financial Services and XBRL at JustSystems

Other ratifications & resolutions:

Bill Swirsky, Vice President of Research and Development of Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) is the umbrella body for the Chartered Accountant profession in Canada and Bermuda. Membership of the CICA totals 70,000 Chartered Accountants and 8,500 students.  will retain the position of XII Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee

John Turner, Chief Executive of CoreFiling was appointed as Chairman of XBRL Standards Board and member of the Executive Committee.

About XBRL International, Inc. (XII)

XII is an independent, not-for-profit organization with over 500 global members that oversees the development of technical standards and XBRL. These member-organizations work together to build the XBRL language and to promote and support its adoption. The consortium members conduct member education and outreach events through semi-annual international conferences, participate in international jurisdiction local events worldwide encouraging awareness and adoption of XBRL as the Business and Financial Reporting Standard and promote implementation and utilization tools for XBRL through the work of the XII Standards Board and by participating in local and International Working Groups.
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