Cross-checking of companies: a bridge too far?

Despite reading The XBRL book, the XBRL 2.1 specification, the dimension specification, the FASB's taxonomy architecture and exploring the US-GAAP taxonomy and some sample instances, I think I've reached my own "inconvenient truth": the cross-checking of companies just seems (too?) hard....

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First steps into XBRL

My first XBRL instance is a fact. After a crash course into XML, XML Schema and the XBRL 2.1 Specification, I finally put some of the pieces together. Time for an XBRL Hello World example.

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Web app basis prepared for XBRL

Yes! The basis of the web app is starting to take form. I followed the layered architecture of GWTP. After this nice appetizer, it's now time for the main course: XBRL. Buckle up, because the XBRL's version of Hello World is the toughest I've come across up to now.

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First steps into web app development

How to create a web app if you are an absolute newbie? I thought buying myself a best practices book and just try, try, try, try ...  

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It giet oan [in Dutch]

Recent is een wedstrijd georganiseerd door XBRL US. Hoofdprijs: USD 20.000 voor het ontwikkelen van de meest innovatieve en bruikbare open-source app voor XBRL. Klinkt leuk genoeg om je voor in te schrijven, toch?

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