Annual Meeting of the Western Region
The Westin South Coast Plaza
Costa Mesa, California
April 26 – 28, 2007
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CPE Workshop Description
April 26, 2007 — 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Introduction to XBRL for Accounting Educators
Objective: 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."
Overview: XBRL is an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) specification for identifying and communicating information in business reports. XBRL now includes taxonomies for financial reporting in US GAAP as well as International Standards, accounting transactions, and related other business reporting activities. It is being developed by a consortium of over 400 companies and agencies worldwide including the AICPA, all major accounting firms, and most professional accounting organizations. Topics covered in this workshop will include at least the basic XML family of technologies, building and working with XBRL documents, understanding XBRL schemas and taxonomies, classroom applications, and XBRL software tools. Workshop participants will work with classroom tested applications. No prior knowledge of XBRL is expected.
Workshop Leader: Professor Clinton (Skip) White, Department of Accounting & MIS, University of Delaware.