homework 4

Homework Assignment - Submit in your assignment folder.

Research using Google Search, the SEC website, and the XBRL website at www.xbrl.org the history of how and why XBRL started; what are the overall objectives of XBRL; what is, today, examples of how XBRL is being used overseas in at least two countries; what is the SECs present approach and mandate(s) regarding XBRL; what has been some of the issues are XBRL has been adopted and revised, especially the Taxonomy, over the years. Your concluding paragraph should summarize what you learned from your research of the above topic and questions.

Your paper should be at least two pages in length, double-spaced, excluding the title page and any required reference page.