16 Dec 2000: E-Keeper Launches XBRL Developer Package

E-Keeper has released eKXBRL, a software component that reduces the time it takes for a developer to generate XBRL-compatible code for financial reporting. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an Internet specification that first appeared on the financial and accounting scene in October of 1999. It uses a financial reporting specification to facilitate open exchange of financial reporting data across all software and technologies.

The eKXBRL component reduces development time by making it easier to manipulate XBRL items and elements. Currently, a developer would need to repeatedly traverse the XBRL taxonomy and instance document by hand to answer questions like: 'Given an XBRL item, what is its label?' or 'Given a taxonomy element, what other elements roll-up into this element?' By using eKXBRL, these answers are available to the XBRL programmer immediately.

From XBRL, information can be rendered in any form, such as a printed financial statement, an HTML document for the company's Web site, an EDGAR filing document with the SEC, a raw XML file, or other specialized reporting formats including credit reports or loan documents.