"OMG Webinar: Development of New Standard for XBRL”
Recorded - Wednesday, August
13, 2008
The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) invited anyone interested in business
reporting languages to view a free live webinar explaining a new standard
development initiative for XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). The
webinar was held on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT. After
viewing the webinar, attendees were encouraged to ask questions of the
presenters.
The webinar was hosted by the OMG to help organizations with an interest in
formal models of business, operational and accounting detailed information to
understand and respond to the UML Profile for XBRL GL RFI. Representatives from
the OMG and XBRL will help companies, software developers and others with an
interest in such models to better understand:
- What is the value of formal models of ERP data in business?
- What is the Global Ledger, and what is its role in integration of business
systems?
- What is a UML Profile, and how can it facilitate the implementation of
XBRL GL?
Speakers included:
- David Frankel, Lead Standards Architect for Model Driven Systems, SAP
Labs, LLC
- Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., chairman & CEO, OMG
- Eric E. Cohen, co-founder of XBRL and chief architect of XBRL's Global
Ledger Framework, and XBRL Technical Lead, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Register to download the
podcast and slide presentation:

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