ACG 4101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Electronic Data Interchange, Metalanguage, Financial Statement
Document Summary
X b r l is a tool software applications do not understand each other, humans have different understandings and views of data and information primary problems with networking and connectivity. E d i electronic data interchange computer computer exchange of data, business data, direct processing, standardized examples of e d i metadata and taxonomies how to appropriately structure information exchanges to be seamless and efficient. U b l an xml vocabulary that defines a library of elements to be used for creating business documents. T ds - data type definitions is preferable to using a home grown one using a standard, predefined element name in a standard, predefined document format from a standard. X m l document rules vocabulary for business documents. U b l provides a generic x m l interchange format as a each u b l document has its own predefined root element name and required and optional u b l elements.