CPE Session 43: Sunday, August 3, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Introduction to XBRL
(featuring classroom applications and current events)

(Specialized Knowledge & Applications – Basic)

Description/Objectives:
The objective of this workshop is to introduce accounting educators to XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and the family of technologies being developed to support business reporting and the "publication, exchange and analysis of complex financial information." XBRL is an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) standard for identifying and communicating information in business reports. The new XBRL taxonomy for US-GAAP financial reporting has been released and is expected to provide the foundation for future reporting to the SEC. Topics covered in this workshop will include at least the basic XML family of technologies, building and working with XBRL documents, understanding XBRL taxonomies, classroom applications, and XML and XBRL software tools. Workshop participants will work with classroom tested applications and do not need any prior knowledge of XBRL.

Presenters:
Glen L. Gray, California State University – Northridge
Clinton White, University of Delaware

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