|
|
Article: The distinctiveness of XBRL GL.(XBRL)
- Article from:
- Strategic Finance
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Institute of Management Accountants. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The great thing about standards is that there are so many of them. As somebody who makes a living from implementing standards-based architectures, I frequently have to make choices in terms of what standardized format is more appropriate for representing data in a specific context, and in some cases there is no single answer.
When it comes to business data integration, multiple solutions for the standardized representation of the information found in back-end accounting systems, as a whole or in part, are available. Also, multiple sets of "building blocks" to create those representations exist. You can also choose to build your own data model from scratch so that ...