This document establishes common definitions of accounting data elements and provides the
information necessary to extract relevant audit data.
NOTE For the purpose of this document, "audit" refers to an examination of an entity's financial and financial
related records in order to check that they are fairly presented.
This document is applicable to the bridging of understanding among auditors, auditees, software
developers and IT professionals, and creating a mechanism for expressing the information, common
to accounting, in a manner independent of accounting and ERP systems. This document serves as a
foundation for local data extraction efforts in the areas of general ledger, accounts receivable, sales,
accounts payable, purchase, inventory, and property, plant and equipment.Cross References:ISO 4217ISO 3166-1ISO 17442ISO 8601-1ISO 3166-2ISO 9362ISO/IEC 14957:2010RFC 4180ISO/IEC 8859-1ISO 13616-2ISO/IEC 10646ISO 14825:2011ISO/IEC 20944-1:2013ISO 2146:2010ISO 21007-1:2005All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.