The objective is to make it so the participants can walk away from this class with the ability to create XBRL instance documents. Accountants who are working with software developers who are creating applications which will output XBRL instance documents. Anyone who wishes to better understand XBRL instance documents so that they can work with the data inside these documents. This is a hands-on class. Notepad or some other manner of working with and viewing XML files.
Notepad is fine.
Microsoft VisualInterdev is even better. Some manner of viewing XML documents in a browser or in some other manner. The instructor will be using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for this purpose. Microsoft Access 2000 is highly recommended but not required. Either will allow participants to use several software applications which will help in the process of creating instance documents.