XBRL: Accounting on Steroids (video)

Now that the SEC has mandated that all large publically held companies file their financial reports in XBRL format, the push is on to implement the necessary technology, codes and processes. However, some are asking: "Just what is XBRL?" As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, what is a video -- a collection of moving pictures -- worth? Well, check out this simple, sometimes witty and informative video primer on the SEC's XBRL mandate from Just Systems:

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