IFRS 2008 XBRL taxonomy is published

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01 Apr 2008

The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation's XBRL Team has released the near final version of the IFRS XBRL Taxonomy 2008. The Taxonomy 2008 is a complete translation of IFRSs as published in the IFRS Bound Volume 2008 into XBRL, a computer language that is used to communicate information between businesses.

The near final version of the IFRS Taxonomy 2008 may be downloaded without charge from the IFRS XBRL Website on www.iasb.org/xbrl/taxo.asp. The IASCF expects to release the final version at the end of June 2008. Click for Press Release (PDF 44k) and for IAS Plus XBRL Info.

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