Hitachi America Ltd. XBRL Business Unit announced the launch of its Xinba 2.0 Reader and Analyzer, a desktop-based Microsoft Excel add-in that gives users the capability to import, open and manipulate ...

BRL—a specialized form of XML (extensible markup language)—is becoming more familiar to creators and users of electronic financial statements, but few people have actual hands-on experience with it.

Like many other folks, I vividly recall my first foray into technology. It was back in 1974 and I needed an elective. My father, who was just slightly ahead of Ned Ludd in terms of embracing progress, ...

"The goals were timely and accurate data, stronger internal controls, reduced costs, a standardized system of seamless data exchange, business processes and data elements. XBRL met all of those goals.