XBRL International www.XBRL.org PROGRESS REPORT— APRIL 2004 “TRANSFORMING BUSINESS REPORTING” For more information on XBRL: XBRL International 1211 Avenue of the Americas 6th Floor New York, NY 10036 E-mail:
[email protected] Telephone: +1 (212)596-6289 Highlights In today’s markets, companies are required to transform their critical The New XBRL International business processes in order to meet the demands of consumers of business Steering Committee Chair reports — regulators, analysts, lenders, capital markets, companies. Consumers of business reports are demanding more accessible, reliable, and timely information in order to make informed decisions. The evolution XBRL International elected Kurt Ramin, Director at the International Accounting of the Internet has enabled business reports to be accessed electronically. Standards Committee Foundation (IASCF), as Chair of the Steering Committee, XBRL leverages the Internet to improve the accuracy, exchange, analysis, succeeding Walter Hamscher. Ramin served as Vice Chair on the International and timeliness of business reporting information. Steering Committee for two years and is a strong proponent and supporter of XBRL. Approximately 250 of the world’s leading companies, associations, and government agencies are working together to develop XBRL, a standard Paul Penler, Principal at Ernst & Young and representative of XBRL-U.S., that will enable preparers of business reports to meet business reporting and Hugh Wallis, Distinguished Software Architect at Hyperion Solutions demands effectively and cost-efficiently. Many countries are making and representative of the Software & Services Supply Chain, were elected significant progress in the adoption of XBRL. Vice Chairs of the Steering Committee. Attend the 9th XBRL International XBRL Spec 2.1 Receives Conference, XBRL: Recommendation Status “Exchanging Business Information” In December 2003, the XBRL 2.1 Specification and a public working draft of the XBRL 2.1 Conformance Suite were released.