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I was just reading through a book that made the assertion that "XBRL also
allows . . . stakeholders to verify that the source from which they obtained
the information is in fact its true source, eliminating the problem of
'misinformation,' for example, from a bogus press release sent out by an
imposter." [1]

Leaving aside the fact that XBRL itself has nothing to do with security is
XML Signature Syntax and Processing, or something like it, far enough along
at this point to make this kind of assertion? Is it possible today for
software to discover a resource somewhere out in the wild and verify that it
in fact originated from company XYZ?

Ed Hodder

[1] "Building Public Trust: The Future of Corporate Reporting"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471261513/qid=1028207450/sr=8-1/ref=
sr_8_1/103-0968720-9850215




 

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