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When AI Doesn’t Know What It Doesn’t Know: A Lesson in Financial Domain Knowledge

April 23, 2026

This guest opinion piece is the fourth in a series from Björn Fastabend, bringing us a regulator’s perspective alongside a wealth of experience in digital reporting. Björn is head of the XBRL collection and processing unit at BaFin, Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, where he supervises all related activities and leads the implementation of strategic […]

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OIM Taxonomy in Practice: Exploring the Emerging Possibilities

March 3, 2026

XBRL International is working a strategic modernisation of the XBRL standard, and that’s what OIM Taxonomy is all about. In this two-parter, we set out where we are, what we’re aiming for, and where – with your help – we’re going next. Both posts are based on internal presentations by Paul Warren, XBRL International’s Technical […]

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Introducing OIM Taxonomy: An Easier, Faster, More Powerful XBRL Experience

March 3, 2026

XBRL International is working a strategic modernisation of the XBRL standard, and that’s what OIM Taxonomy is all about. In this two-parter, we set out where we are, what we’re aiming for, and where – with your help – we’re going next. This post focuses on high-level goals, and the next will dive into new […]

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Guaranteeing trust with XBRL digital signatures

February 5, 2026

This guest blog is by Tom Wacha, Director of XBRL Product Management at Workiva and a volunteer on the Arelle open source XBRL platform. He is also a member of XBRL International’s Best Practices Board. Today, business reporting has transitioned from paper documents to digital data. While this shift has increased transparency and efficiency, it […]

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What is XBRL?

January 16, 2026

XBRL elevates business reporting from chore to value-add. It’s the vital digital infrastructure that unlocks investor-grade insight, boosts AI performance and enables increasingly interconnected global business. Find out what it’s all about in our new video.

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Test environments for XBRL reporting success. 

Test environments: The key to successful business reporting programmes

December 18, 2025

This guest blog, by Tom Wacha, covers guidance on test environments as part of the broader XBRL International guidance on the features of an XBRL data collection and processing platform. Tom Wacha works as the Director of XBRL Product Management at Workiva and as a volunteer on the Arelle open source XBRL platform. He is […]

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Digital reporting is vital infrastructure for CSRD

October 16, 2025

This article was originally published on LinkedIn here. AI is an extraordinarily important new technology, but it is not a magic wand. As the CSRD negotiations enter their last stages, some MEPs are wondering whether AI can replace digital reporting. The answer is ‘no’, but it is its natural complement. As the EU seeks to encourage […]

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Hey Europe, don’t fall behind! Digital myths could hold the EU back

Busted: Six Digital Reporting Myths

September 18, 2025

Europe risks losing ground. Digital reporting isn’t “extra paperwork” — it’s the digital key to corporate transparency, enabling information to be discovered, compared, and trusted at scale. Inline XBRL (iXBRL) can be read directly by people, yet also reliably processed by machines. It’s the modern starting point for trusted corporate data. Many jurisdictions have already […]

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Stop Feeding AI Junk – How XBRL-MCP Can Deliver Clean Business Data

July 17, 2025

This guest opinion piece is from Janis Steinman. Janis is the Head of XBRL at Lucanet, a leading software house that provides CFO Solution Platforms to enterprises across the world. He is also the Chair of  XBRL International’s Best Practices Board. Janis has collaborated in developing this article with José Antonio Huizar Moreno, the CEO […]

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Steps to a New Reality: Navigating Challenges in AI-Enhanced XBRL Analysis

July 8, 2025

This guest opinion piece is the third in a series from Björn Fastabend, bringing us a regulator’s perspective alongside a wealth of experience in digital reporting. Björn is head of the XBRL collection and processing unit at BaFin, Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, where he supervises all related activities and leads the implementation of strategic […]

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