XBRL History

Section I. SEC

SEC Press Releases and Other

• Chairman Cox, Overseas Counterparts Meet to Discuss Interactive Data Timetable, November 9, 2007

• SEC Announces New Unit to Lead Global Move to Interactive Data, October 9, 2007
  
  
• SEC Chairman Cox Announces Landmark Progress in Providing Instant, User-Friendly Access to Financial Reporting Information for Investors, September 25, 2007
  
  
• SEC Releases Source Code for Interactive Data Viewer for Free Use by the Market, September 21, 2007
  
  
• Market Cap of 'Interactive Data' Filers Tops $2 Trillion, September 20, 2007
  
  
• Remarks at the 15th International XBRL Conference SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey, Munich, Germany, June 4, 2007
  
  
• Remarks for Financial Reporting Through XBRL Panel Discussion at FDIC Accounting Conference by James Freeman, Investor Advocate, SEC Office of Investor Education and Assistance, Arlington, Virginia, May 24, 2007
  
  

• SEC Chairman, Christopher Cox, Remarks at 12th XBRL International Conference (text only). Also available in a video presentation at Windows Media Streaming or Windows Media Player, November 7, 2005
  
  

• View Letter from the President of XBRL-International and the Former Chair of XBRL-US Steering Committee to the SEC, September 22, 2005

SEC Interactive Data Roundtables

• CAQ Alert #2007-13, Summary of the March 19th SEC Interactive Data Roundtable: Creating Interactive Data to Serve Investors, April 9, 2007
  
  
• CPCAF Alert #130, SEC Hosts 2nd Interactive Data Roundtable: New Software to Make Better Information a Reality, October 4, 2006
  
  
• CPCAF Alert #109, CPCAF Summary of SEC Interactive Data Roundtable, June 30, 2006
  

SEC XBRL Voluntary Filing Program Developments

• XBRL Voluntary Program Questionnaire — questionnaire on the use of interactive data for companies that have participated in the XBRL Voluntary Program

• SEC XBRL Voluntary Filing Program — Learn which companies have voluntarily reported financial information on EDGAR using XBRL and see what these filings look like

• Interactive Financial Report Viewer — Preview Release – The Viewer allows you to interact with XBRL filings made as part of the SEC’s Voluntary Filing Program

• Extension of Interactive Data Voluntary Reporting Program on the EDGAR System to Include Mutual Fund Risk/Return Summary Information, February 6, 2007

• CPCAF Alert #97 , SEC Announces Companies that Joined the XBRL Interactive Data Test Group, April 5, 2006
  
  
• CPCAF Alert #91, SEC Extends Deadline for Companies to Join XBRL Interactive Data Test Group, February 16, 2006
  
  
• CPCAF Alert #88, SEC Offers Incentives for Companies to File Financial Reports as Part of the XBRL Voluntary Filing Program, January 13, 2006
  
  
• US GAAP Taxonomies – Obtain an overview and understanding of the US Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework which serves as the platform for XBRL, August 15, 2004
  
  
• SEC Delay of XBRL Voluntary Filing Program, March 2005 

• EDGARLink Filer Manual (Vol I-III) Rel 8.10 – Appendix L contains information about XBRL submissions if your client is participating in the voluntary program, February 7, 2005
  

• SEC Press Release—Establishment of the XBRL Voluntary Program, February 3, 2005
  
  
• Final Rule: XBRL Voluntary Financial Reporting Program on the EDGAR System, February 3, 2005

SEC XBRL Software Developments:

• SEC Chairman Cox Announces Landmark Progress in Providing Instant, User-Friendly Access to Financial Reporting Information for Investors, September 25, 2007 

• SEC to Rebuild Public Disclosure System to Make it "Interactive", September 25, 2006

• License Agreement for Use of Interactive Financial Report Viewer Source Code

Section II. PCAOB

• PCAOB Press Release—Board releases guidance for attest engagements regarding XBRL, May 25, 2005

Section III. CAQ

CAQ Comment Letters Issued

• CPCAF Comment Letter to SEC - Concept Release: Enhancing Commission Filings Through the Use of Tagged Data, November 15, 2004

• CPCAF Comment Letter to SEC - Proposed Rule: XBRL Voluntary Financial Reporting Program on the EDGAR System, November 1, 2004

• CPCAF Comment Letter to OMB - Proposed Rule: XBRL Voluntary Financial Reporting Program on the EDGAR System, November 1, 2004

Additional CAQ XBRL Resources

• Summary of 14th XBRL International XBRL Conference

• CAQ Alerts Communicating XBRL Developments:

  • CPCAF Alert #2007-13, Summary of the March 19, 2007 SEC Interactive Data Roundtable: Creating Interactive Data to Serve Investors, April 9, 2007
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #130, SEC Hosts 2nd Interactive Data Roundtable: New Software to Make Better Information a Reality, October 4, 2006
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #109, CPCAF Summary of SEC Interactive Data Roundtable, June 30, 2006
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #99, AICPA President Testifies Before House Subcommittee Regarding Fostering Accuracy and Transparency in Financial Reporting, April 24, 2006
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #58, PCAOB Issues FAQs to Provide Guidance for Attest Engagements Regarding XBRL, May 27, 2005
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #47, SEC Delays Start of XBRL Voluntary Filing Program and Issues FAQs, March 28, 2005
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #38, SEC Adopts Rule to Establish a Voluntary XBRL Program, February 4, 2005
    
    

  • CPCAF Alert #19, SEC Proposes Rule on the Voluntary Use of XBRL, October 8, 2004