1998 founder aicpa american institute of certified public accountants headquarters usa key people john turner ceo cees de boer chair website www.xbrl.org xbrl international xii is the international standards organization which develops and maintains the xbrl standard and related specifications 1 in order to improve business reporting for the public good . it is a global not for profit consortium of approximately 600 public and private organisations working together to support the collection sharing and use of structured data for data reporting and analysis . contents 1 history 2 membership 3 governance 4 references 5 external links history edit xbrl was originally the work of the aicpa created as a way to advance financial reporting and facilitate the global exchange of financial data . xbrl international was created to ensure compatibility and agreement among industry members and to promote adoption of the standard around the world . membership edit xii members consist of jurisdictions the largest of which is xbrl us which act as a country s representatives to the consortium and direct members . both member types include businesses nonprofit organizations universities governmental entities and in some cases individuals . as of 2015 there are 24 jurisdictions and one affiliated organization xbrl europe . 2 governance edit xii is led by a board of directors elected by the membership . the board sets the overall direction of the organisation and is composed of representatives from jurisdictions direct members and at large members who may be from outside the organisation . 3 technical management of the xbrl standard and the development of specifications is overseen by the xbrl standards board . 4 the best practices board is responsible for collecting evaluating and disseminating guidance in xbrl implementation . 5 references edit http specifications.xbrl.org xbrl international jurisdictions . retrieved 2015 03 24 . xbrl international board of directors . retrieved 2015 02 24 . https www.xbrl.org the consortium get involved xbrl standards board https www.xbrl.org the consortium get involved best practices board external links edit official website specifications taxonomies and conformance suites for developers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xbrl international & oldid 730191800 categories organizations established in 1999consortiastandards organizationsinternational organizations based in the united statesorganizations based in new jersey navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 july 2016 at 10 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view