Errr,,,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but surely comparing XBRL with XML is like comparing Poodles with Dogs... XBRL *IS* XML, an XML application.
Supporters of extensible business reporting language (XBRL), the proposed standard for electronic filing of financial information, need to learn lessons from the development of the Web if they want to promote it successfully. Tim Bray, Sun Microsystems' director of Web technologies and one of the original architects of …