The future of financial transparency is XBRL, the international language for the electronic communication of business and financial data.  In development by an international non-profit consortium with the cooperation of approximately 450 corporations and government agencies, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is supposed to save money, increase efficiency, and improve the accuracy and reliability of financial data. So what is it?

What is XBRL?

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