XBRL and open data for global financial ecosystems: A linked data approach

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-162

  O'Riain, Seán ^a,b   Curry, Edward ^a,b   Harth, Andreas ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b IDA Business Park   (Ireland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EXtensible Business Markup Language, XBRL; Financial ecosystem; Internet; LOD Financial Mashup; Metadata; Resource Description Framework RDF, Open Data, Linked Data, Linked Open Data; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860440433     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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