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XBRL's History
The timeline below gives an overview of the history and development of XBRL.  Click on a year and then a headline for more information.   See Latest News, Announcements, Press Releases and Articles about XBRL for more details on recent XBRL developments.

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1998
  April - XBRL is Conceived
  July - AICPA is Alerted
  September - Product Description Crafted
  October - Prototype Project Funded
  December - Prototype Completed
1999
  January - Prototype is Presented to the AICPA
  June - Business Plan Created
  July - Funding Granted
  July - Experimental Prototype Created
  August - Steering Committee Formed
  August - Specification Announced
  October - AICPA Hosts First Meeting
2000
  April - First Press Conference Held
  July - Spec 1.0 Released
  August - XML Hits Prime Time
  October - Further Development Recommended by SEC Chairman
2001
  February - 1st XBRL International Conference in London
  June - 2nd XBRL International Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
  June - XBRL Aligns with W3C
  June - XBRL Takes on the GL
  October - 3rd XBRL International Conference in Sydney, Australia
  October - XBRL Jurisdictions are Formed
  November - Federal Agencies Laud XBRL
  December - XBRL 2.0 Hits the Streets
  December - XBRL is Piloted in Banking Industry
2002
  February - First Bank Regulator to Adopt and Use XBRL
  March - High Tech Company Reports in XBRL
  March - 4th XBRL International Conference in Berlin, Germany
  June - 5th XBRL International Conference in Toronto, Canada
  July - XBRL Provides Remote Access to Financial Data
  August - New Zealand Jurisdiction Established
  November - 6th XBRL International Conference in Tokyo, Japan
2003
  May - 7th XBRL International Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  November - 8th XBRL International Conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
  December - XBRL 2.1 Specification Reaches Recommendation Status
  December - XBRL 2.1 Conformance Suite Released
  December - Financial Reporting Taxonomies Architecture (FRTA) 1.0
2004
  January - First Canadian Company to Publish Results in XBRL
  March - New Jurisdictions Established
  May - 9th XBRL International Conference in Auckland, New Zealand
  May - XBRL-UK releases taxonomy for UK GAAP
  July - SEC to Assess Benefits of XBRL-Tagged Data in Commission Filings
  August - Updated and expanded Taxonomy Guidance issued
  September - XBRL-US unveils new taxonomies for US GAAP
  October - OECD recommends XBRL for tax use
  November - 10th XBRL International Conference in Brussels, Belgium
  December - Canada releases new GAAP taxonomy
2005
  February - SEC establishes a voluntary programme for XBRL filing
  April - XBRL issues taxonomy guidance and other key technical documents
  April - 11th XBRL International Conference - Boston, US
  May - XBRL jurisdiction set up in France
  May - IASCF releases final version of IFRS-General Purpose taxonomy
  June - European banking supervisors reveal plans for reporting using XBRL
  July - XBRL International publishes new GL taxonomy
  July - XBRL International publishes draft Dimensional Taxonomy Spec
  July -  Japan publishes XBRL specification as official industrial standard
  July - Spanish Stock Exchange begins use of XBRL
  July - CSO creates first live implementation of XBRL in Ireland
  August - U.S. SEC extends voluntary XBRL filing to Investment Companies
  August - US Conference on 'XBRL in Government and Industry'
  September - XBRL in use in China
  October - SEC requests software industry's input on interactive data
  October - South Korean financial supervisor adopts XBRL for company data
 
 
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