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Definition XBRL in American English

XBRL noun

noun
1

eXtensible Business Reporting Language: a form of XML that has been developed for business and financial reporting

Example

Computers can treat information that has been tagged using XBRL 'intelligently'; they can recognise, process, store, exchange and analyse it automatically using software. Because XBRL tags are formed in a universally-accepted way, they can be consumed and processed by any computer that has XBRL software.

Definition XBRL in American English