Article: Exposing enterprise data: XBRL GL, Web services, and Google, Part 1.(XBRL)(eXtensible Business Reporting Language Global Ledger)

What would be the value to your organization if the data in it could flow together, regardless of the source, and be accessed by any application-even a standard search engine? Not only is it possible, but it's no more expensive than the solutions that organizations use to consolidate data today, and it can bring benefits far beyond that of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system alone--perhaps even reducing the need for a new ERP system.

In this article, I will discuss the technical and domain standards that can make this solution a possibility. XBRL GL, the standardized Global Ledger, and Web services are the start. Project Nunavut, which will be described ...

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