http://taxonomyguides.com/assets/atom.xmlAnnouncements from TaxonomyGuides2008-06-22T00:00:00ZArthur Allenhttp://taxonomyGuides.cominfo@taxonomyGuides.comTaxonomy Guides For IFRS 2009 and US-GAAP 2009http://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/72009-06-22T00:01:00Z2009-06-22T00:01:00ZXBRL taxonomy viewers now available for the 2009 IFRS and US-GAAP financial reporting taxonomiesMetaSphere Inc., based in Los Altos, California, announces taxonomy viewers for the 2009 versions of the International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US GAAP taxonomies. Use of the latter has been mandated by the SEC for the top 500 public companies. Initial filings are expected by September 2009. Each guide is delivered "from the cloud" as a rich internet application that is at once evocative, informative, and easy to use. No software installation is required.
All viewers can be activated by way of a companion web application that restricts the presentation to information bearing on a set of reports selected by the user. Customized viewers can be bookmarked for later access.
http://taxonomyguides.comDifferential Taxonomy Guides For IFRS 2009 anmd US-GAAP 2009http://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/62009-06-22T00:02:00Z2009-06-22T00:02:00ZDifferential XBRL taxonomy viewers now available for the 2009 IFRS and US-GAAP financial reporting taxonomiesMetaSphere Inc., based in Los Altos, California, announces availability of a new class of differential taxonomy viewers for the 2009 IFRS and US GAAP taxonomies. Each viewer presents the 2009 taxonomy augmented by an acccount of differences detected relative to the 2008 taxonomy.
Whenever possible differences are rendered pictographically by way of Delta Diagrams and Delta Schematics. In this manner complicated remappings of calculation roll-ups, presentation hierarchies and hypercube dimensional structures can be understood at-a-glance. New Delta Indexes are provided to facilitate exploration of concepts or reports according to the nature of their modifications. All viewers can be activated by way of a companion web application that restricts the presentation to information bearing on a set of reports selected by the user.
http://taxonomyguides.comTaxonomy Guide For IFRS 2008http://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/52008-08-01T00:02:00Z2008-08-01T00:02:00ZXBRL taxonomy viewer now available for the latest IFRS taxonomy (2008)MetaSphere Inc., based in Los Altos, California, announces availability of a viewer for the 2008 version of the International Accounting Standards Board's International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxonomy. According to Investopedia, "These are a set of international accounting standards stating how particular types of transactions and other events should be reported in financial statements. The goal with IFRS is to make international comparisons as easy as possible. This is difficult because, to a large extent, each country has its own set of rules. For example, U.S. GAAP are different from Canadian GAAP. Synchronizing accounting standards across the globe is an ongoing process in the international accounting community".
These new additions bring to 55 the total number of published guides, covering the leading global XBRL financial and sustainability reporting taxonomies. Each guide is delivered "from the cloud" as a rich internet application that is at once evocative, informative, and easy to use. No software installation is required.
http://taxonomyguides.comFeature Enhancementshttp://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/42008-08-01T00:02:00Z2008-08-01T00:02:00ZTaxonomy guides now support printing of individual concept pages, and a Report IndexTaxonomy guides now support printing of individual concept pages. Printed concept pages capture content visible on the screen, including color coded diagrams of calculations, tables, presentation hierarchies and tuples. Pages and diagrams are numbered for ease of reference. A user can select the desired level of detail with fine granularity. Also, a new indexing method -- the Report Index -- provides rapid access to the concepts spanned by a given report (e.g. Balance Sheet).
Presently the new features are available for IFRS 2008 and US-GAAP taxonomies. A full roll-out will follow over the next few weeks.
http://taxonomyguides.com/tutorials/reportindex.htmlIntroducing Taxonomy Guides For Japan's EDINEThttp://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/32008-07-07T00:02:00Z2008-07-07T00:02:00ZXBRL taxonomy guides, references and visualizations now available for Japan's EDINET MetaSphere Inc., based in Los Altos, California, announces 24 new taxonomy guides comprising EDINET (Electronic Disclosure for Investors' NETwork). Each taxonomy captures the reporting requirements for corporate filings within a specific sphere of business activity (e.g. medical insurance companies, funds).
According to a recent JFSA (Japan Financial Service Agency) press release, "EDINET is an electronic corporate disclosure system under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and all listed or major fund-raising companies and investment funds in Japan are required to file their disclosure documents using the system. The corporate disclosure documents submitted by these entities are publicly available on the Internet through EDINET".
These new additions bring to 52 the total number of published guides, covering the leading global XBRL financial and sustainability reporting taxonomies. Each guide is delivered "from the cloud" as a rich internet application that is at once evocative, informative, and easy to use. No software installation is required.
http://taxonomyguides.comIntroducing XBRL Taxonomy Guideshttp://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/12008-06-19T00:02:00Z2008-06-22T00:02:00ZXBRL taxonomy guides, references and visualizations now available for leading world financial taxonomiesMetaSphere Inc., based in Los Altos, California, announces general availability of its taxonomyGuides.com web site.
This site is intended to serve the global investment and financial community. It offers high level guides, references and visualizations for leading global XBRL financial and sustainability reporting taxonomies.
The list of available guides (28 in all) includes: GAAP taxonomies for the US, China, Canada and Ireland; IFRS/IAS taxonomies for General Purpose Financial Reporting (IFRS-GP 2006), Singapore, together with FINREP/COREP used for banking supervision; finally, GRI's taxonomy for Sustainability Reporting. A number of additional taxonomy guides are currently in preparation. We are open to suggestion as to which additional taxonomies to include in future.
Each guide is delivered "from the cloud" as a rich internet application that is at once evocative, informative, and easy to use. No software installation is required. The design of the guides differs markedly from prior efforts, resulting in greatly improved usability and "taxonomy transparency". At all times the user retains situational awareness by way of "active" diagramatic representations and large-scale "financial schematics" that embed links. This decentralized navigation model scales well even when applied to the largest modern taxonomies.
http://taxonomyguides.comTutorialhttp://taxonomyguides.com/announcement/22008-06-19T00:01:00Z2008-06-19T00:01:00ZIntroductory Flash Tutorial Now Available A short tutorial presentation (in two parts), now available for download or viewing, describes the capabilities and demonstrates web-browser-based operation of a typical taxonomy guide. Additional tutorials are available at the taxonomyGuides.com site.
Taxonomy guides are available for many of the leading world financial and sustainability reporting taxonomies.
http://taxonomyguides.com/tutorials/overview.html