Purpose and Scope:

This taxonomy (a modular set) is intended to provide a standardized format for representing the data fields found in accounting and operation systems and transactional reports that will allow organizations to tag journal entries, accounting master files, and historical status reports in XBRL. The modular set consists of the COR (Core), the BUS (Advanced Business Concepts), MUC (MultiCurrency), USK (concepts for the US, UK, etc) and TAF (tax audit file) modules.

COR updates the Core 1.1 to comply with XBRL Specification Version 2.1, dated 2003-12-31 plus errata corrections dated 2005-11-07.

BUS, an update to Advanced Business Concepts 1.1, augments COR with data fields found in accounting and operation systems that will allow organizations to track much more detail as part of every entry. This taxonomy represents inventory and business metrics, organizational detail and the Entity Information section, and other common items to supplement the resources, agents and events that represent the customer, vendor and employee related transactional detail.

MUC, the update to Multicurrency 1.1, adds data fields found in accounting and operation systems that will allow organizations to track much more detail as part of every entry. This includes detail for the Entity Information section, additional sections necessary for other add-on modules, and information for business metrics/inventory tracking.

USK, an update to Advanced US/UK Accounting 1.1, provides data fields found in accounting and operation systems that will allow organizations to tag journal entries, accounting master files, and historical status reports with additional information necessary for more sophisticated accounting needs common to Saxonic (US, UK, Australia, Canada, and other jurisdictions) in XBRL.

TAF is a new module, not an update of a previous version. It adds data fields, needed for tax, tax audit.  The addition of these fields enables XBRL GL to be used by the international tax agencies and was developed with the input of groups such As the OECD SAF-T group and the OASIS tax XML group.

Each module can be seen as taxonomy with the others as extensions to the Core, but it is more worthwhile to look at the modules as parts of a whole, even though it is not essential to use all of them.

The structure of the taxonomies is such that a complete taxonomy is “compiled” by assembling a set of schemas via a “palette” schema (which is always in the file named gl-plt-2005-11-07.xsd). Since the content models of many elements vary depending on the combination of modules that are being used in any one application, the taxonomy schemas are separated into multiple physical files that are connected by means of <include> and <import> statements. There is one “general” schema (gl‑gen-2005-11-07.xsd) that is <import>ed by the others. Each module’s own schema is divided into two main parts – the element declarations (in gl- xxx-2005-11-07.xsd) and the content model declarations (in gl-xxx-content-2005-11-07.xsd – which <include>s gl- xxx-2005-11-07.xsd to form a complete schema) where “xxx” is the lowercase 3 character code for the relevant module.

The various combinations of modules that are delivered for this taxonomy are listed below. They are each located in a sub-folder of the “plt” folder that is a sibling folder of the various module folders (named “cor”, “bus” etc.). The names of the pertinent subfolders are shown below.

COR (subfolder case-c)

COR and BUS (subfolder case-c-b)

COR and BUS and MUC (subfolder case-c-b-m)

COR and BUS and MUC and USK (subfolder case-c-b-m-u)

COR and BUS and MUC and USK and TAF (subfolder case-c-b-m-u-t)

COR and BUS and TAF (subfolder case-c-b-t)

COR and TAF (subfolder case-c-t)

For more detailed information see the accompanying document GLTFTA-PR-2006-10-25.rtf

Also included is the IDS subfolder which contains sample instance documents to illustrate the use of XBRL GL to represent common business documents.

Relationship to Prior releases

This release is compliant with XBRL 2.1, Specification dated 2003-12-31 plus errata corrections dated 2005-11-07.

XBRL GL Version 1.1 is compliant with XBRL Specification 2.0a; XBRL GL Version 1.0 is compliant with XBRL Specification 2.0; there is no intention for further development work on either of these prior taxonomy releases.

Owner(s)

XBRL International Inc

Date

2006-10-25

Status

XBRL International Proposed Recommendation

Approval Level

XBRL International Proposed Recommendation

Specification version

XBRL Specification Version 2.1, dated 2003-12-31 plus errata corrections dated 2005-11-07

Contacts

Jeff Fedor (jeff.fedor@gmail.com)

Hugh Wallis (hughwallis@xbrl.org)

Comments

This taxonomy was approved by the XBRL GL Working Group of XBRL International for consideration by the XBRL Standards Board to become a Proposed Recommendation on 2006-10-25. Comments are to be sent to the XBRL GL working group (xbrlgl@xbrl.org) or its Chair, Jeff Fedor.

Namespaces

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/gen/2006-10-25

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/cor/2006-10-25

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/bus/2006-10-25

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/muc/2006-10-25

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/usk/2006-10-25

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/taf/2006-10-25

Namespace prefixes

gl-gen

gl-cor

gl-bus

gl-muc

gl-usk

gl-taf

Linkbases

The modules of XBRL-GL, the Journal taxonomy include schema (xsd) files, label linkbases and presentation linkbases. They do not include reference, definition or calculation linkbases. This is a result of XBRL GL being a completely international taxonomy not tied to any jurisdiction or any standards committee.

Physical location of taxonomy files

(Palette and content model declarations)

Note: When referencing the taxonomy from an instance, the gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd is the schema to be referenced

COR module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and BUS module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b/gl-bus-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and BUS and MUC module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m/gl-bus-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m/gl-muc-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and BUS and MUC and USK module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u/gl-bus-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u/gl-muc-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u/gl-usk-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and BUS and MUC and USK and TAF module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-bus-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-muc-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-usk-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-m-u-t/gl-taf-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and BUS and TAF module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-t/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-t/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-t/gl-bus-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-b-t/gl-taf-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

COR and TAF module:

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-t/gl-plt-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-t/gl-cor-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/plt/case-c-t/gl-taf-content-2006-10-25.xsd

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/gen/gl-gen-2006-10-25.xsd

Physical location of taxonomy files (element declarations and linkbases)

(COR)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/cor/gl-cor-2006-10-25.xsd (Schemas)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/cor/gl-cor-2006-10-25-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/cor/gl-cor-2006-10-25-presentation.xml (Presentation linkbase)

Physical location of taxonomy files (element declarations and linkbases)

(BUS)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/bus/gl-bus-2006-10-25.xsd  (Schemas)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/bus/gl-bus-2006-10-25-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/bus/gl-bus-2006-10-25-presentation.xml (Presentation linkbase)

Physical location of taxonomy files (element declarations and linkbases)

(MUC)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/muc/gl-muc-2006-10-25.xsd  (Schemas)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/muc/gl-muc-2006-10-25-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/muc/gl-muc-2006-10-25-presentation.xml (Presentation linkbase)

Physical location of taxonomy files (element declarations and linkbases)

(USK)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/usk/gl-usk-2006-10-25.xsd  (Schemas)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/usk/gl-usk-2006-10-25-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/usk/gl-usk-2006-10-25-presentation.xml (Presentation linkbase)

Physical location of taxonomy files (element declarations and linkbases)

(TAF)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/taf/gl-taf-2006-10-25.xsd  (Schemas)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/taf/gl-taf-2006-10-25-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/taxonomy/int/gl/2006-10-25/taf/gl-taf-2006-10-25-presentation.xml (Presentation linkbase)

Physical location of sample instance documents

Fixed Asset List

Trial Balance

Customer Invoices

Employee Timesheets

Job Costing Actual vs. Budget

Book to Tax Reconciliation

Journal Entries

Summary documents

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/gl-2006-10-25.htm (this document)

Taxonomy Technical Architecture document

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/GLTFTA-PR-2006-10-25.rtf (normative)

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/GLTFTA-PR-2006-10-25.htm (non-normative)

GL Instance Standards document

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/GLIS-PR-2006-10-25.rtf (normative)

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/GLIS-PR-2006-10-25.htm (non-normative)

Zip files

http://www.xbrl.org/int/gl/2006-10-25/gl-2006-10-25.zip   

 (zip file containing taxonomy and documentation)

Relation to Other XBRL Taxonomies:

This modular taxonomy consists of a series of modules that extend the basic identifiers for entries, agents, and resources to meet the needs of specific jurisdictions, industries and need. It enables data from the general ledger and transaction journals of an organisation to be transported to XBRL financial reports.

Copyright and Licence

Copyright © 2006, XBRL International

This taxonomy and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that:

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The attention of users of this taxonomy is directed to the possibility that its use may require use of an invention covered by patent rights. XBRL International and the owners of the taxonomy shall not be responsible for identifying patents for which a license may be required by this taxonomy, or for conducting legal inquiries into the legal validity or scope of those patents that are brought to its attention. This taxonomy is prospective and advisory only. Prospective users are responsible for protecting themselves against liability for infringement of patents. XBRL International and the owners of this taxonomy takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology defined by implied by the taxonomy or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; neither do they represent that they has made any effort to identify any such rights. Members of XBRL International agree to grant certain licenses under the XBRL International Intellectual Property Policy (www.xbrl.org/legal).

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