XBRL ENABLER FOR BUSINESS DOCUMENTS

摘要

A computer program resident on storage medium and method for using the program are provided that facilitate the creation of an eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) instance document in which one or more XBRL attributes of an XBRL taxonomy are associated with one or more locations in a business document. In one embodiment, the program comprises an utility that allows the program to be executed in a cooperative manner with a business document application that is capable of generating a business document (e.g., Word or Excel). When the business document application is executed, the program is also executed and operates such that a user is capable of: (a) simultaneously viewing at least a portion of an XBRL taxonomy and a business document that is being processed by the application and (b) causing an attribute of the XBRL taxonomy to be associated with a location in the business document in a manner that is visible on a computer display device. In one embodiment, the program provides the capability to associate an XBRL attribute with a location in a business document to generate an XBRL instance document, validate an XBRL instance document, and export a validated XBRL instance document. In one embodiment, the program comprises a utility that allows an XBRL instance document to be presented as a form (e.g., a Web-form) in which a user can enter data into a "blank" with which an XBRL attribute has been associated such that a populated XBRL instance document can be generated. A computer program is also provided that allows a user to translate an XBRL instance document into a viewable form that can be more readily appreciated by individuals that are not familiar with XML/XBRL or do not have the time or inclination to become familiar with such programming languages.