XBRL International Call for Nominations to International Standards Board (XSB)

22^nd July 2008

22^nd July 2008:  The XBRL International Nominations Committee seeks applicants to the XBRL International Standards Board.  This is a General call to all those who are interested in participating in the XBRL International Standards Board (XSB) with a deadline for nominations of 23:59 on Monday, 19 August 2008 (see last two paragraphs for instructions on nomination).

The XSB was formed by XBRL International (XII) to strengthen the quality of its technical materials and manage their production more actively in order to accelerate adoption of the eXtensible Business Reporting Language around the world. The Standards Board consists of seven members appointed by the Steering Committee of XII (the ISC), and each member fills a specific competency-role to ensure a balanced perspective and a blend of skills. The XSB reports to the ISC.

The board comprises members that are technically focussed and technically competent as well as business focussed (see also Section 2.3 “Spread of membership” of the XSB Charter). The XSB charter can be found at http://www.xbrl.org/StandardsBoard/

The targeted competency mix is as follows.

Three Members: Architecture - with focus on XML and specifically XBRL technology including competencies and experiences in designing and developing service oriented architectures (SOA), database application design for business intelligence solutions (analytics, reporting).

Two Members: Business reporting management experts - with focus on the design and/or operation of end-to-end business process associated with performance reporting, including competencies and experiences in designing and managing systems from the business owner perspective, and defining the business architecture. Needs to have an understanding of the process of implementing new technology in an organization, working closely with IT teams

One Member: Product management - with focus on the gathering, analysis and prioritizing of requirements from business to functionality requirements. Experiences and competencies should include active team participation in technology projects or products from start to completed work or released product.

One Member: Program management - with focus on the design of feature sets based on functional requirements. Competencies include the ability to drive key trade off decisions, to illustrate the best sequencing of features over time from a design perspective that also meet requirements, and to evaluate the resource requirements for development and the delivery capacity of a distributed, matrix team.

All members must demonstrate clear record of working in an international setting with clear competencies of teaming, technical judgement, negotiation, and strategic planning.

PLEASE NOTE that these are working seats so nominees should determine, before their names are submitted for consideration, that they will have sufficient time to devote to this role.

Interested candidates may contact either John Turner (Chair of the XSB) at john.turner@corefiling.com or Hugh Wallis (Director of Technical Standards) at hughwallis@xbrl.org if they would like further details of the roles and responsibilities and expected time commitment of XSB members or would like to discuss their possible candidacy and their appropriate role / competency.

The deadline for nominations is 23.59 UTC on Monday 19 August 2008. Nominees should submit a candidate statement of no more than 500 words including a brief biography and setting out why they believed they are qualified to be a nominee and the contribution they can make. Applicants should identify a particular competency where they believe they can contribute. If you are nominating someone else, please ensure that the individual you are nominating confirms that they accept the nomination and submits their candidate statement by the deadline.

Please send nominations, candidate statements and confirmation of acceptance of nominations, if applicable, by private e-mail to Chris Rodgers at chris.rodgers@kpmg.co.uk by 23.59 UTC on Monday 19 August 2008. Applicants will be reviewed and candidate interviews, where appropriate, conducted during the period from 20 August 2008 to 30 August 2008.

Chris Rodger, Nominations Committee Chairman