SEC calls for early XBRL adopters--and comments.

• Position: XBRL News - Extensible business reporting language - Brief Article

To assess the benefits of "tagged data," the SEC is establishing a voluntary program to allow early adopters of the technology to file supplemental financial information using XBRL, or Extensible Business Reporting Language.

Participants would furnish XBRL data in an exhibit to specified EDGAR filings. The program would begin with the 2004 calendar year-end reporting season.

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Additionally, the SEC is seeking public comment on some of XBRL's fundamental issues, including the benefits of tagging data to improve...