eKXBRL 1.0

eKeeper.com, a leading provider of Web content management solutions to the middle market, has released eKXBRL, a software component that significantly reduces the time it takes for a developer to generate XBRL-compatible code. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an Internet specification that first appeared on the financial and accounting scene in October of 1999. It uses a financial reporting specification, agreed upon by key members of the financial information supply chain, that allows an open exchange of financial reporting data across all software and technologies, including the Internet.

The eKeeper XBRL component (eKXBRL) significantly reduces development time by making it easier to manipulate XBRL items and elements. Currently, a developer would need to repeatedly traverse the XBRL taxonomy and instance document by hand to answer questions like: "Given an XBRL item, what is its label?" or "Given a taxonomy element, what other elements roll-up into this element?" By using the eKXBRL software component, these answers are available to the XBRL programmer immediately.

The end result is that XBRL has been made easier, whether you are:

- Adding a Save As XBRL... feature to your existing application

- Making an XBRL document compatible in multiple languages and multiple currencies

- Creating XBRL-based Web sites that offer XBRL content or use XBRL content offered by others.

"We're glad to see eKeeper.com out with an efficient XBRL programming tool so soon after the XBRL global steering committee released its first specifications. This new development should significantly speed up the time it takes for companies to develop popular XBRL-based applications for the sharing of financial data," said Don Thomson, senior vice president, R&D, ACCPAC International (a member of the XBRL Steering Committee).