hasadna / openmuni-budgets

A web app and web API for storing, accessing, visualizing and comparing budgetary data from Israeli municipalities.
http://openmuni.org.il/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Research XBRL format, see if/how it is relevant #364

Closed pwalsh closed 10 years ago

pwalsh commented 11 years ago

Should we design a data importer based on such a format? Other uses?

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBRL

Article from Marc Joffe:

http://tabbforum.com/opinions/the-case-for-muni-xbrl-bringing-municipal-financial-disclosure-into-the-21st-century

http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/openspending/2013-September/001947.html

and:

http://standards.data.gov.uk/challenge/publishing-data-government-spending