XBRL-based structured digital financial reporting - Blog: Digital Financial Reporting (using XBRL)

Software engineers that want to understand how to build useful software for accountants related to XBRL-based financial reporting; here is a reading list that I would suggest:

The Knowledge Graph Cookbook: Recipes that Work: Helps you understand what a knowledge graph is and that an XBRL-based financial report is a knowledge graph.
Systematic Introduction to Expert Systems: Knowledge Representations and Problem Solving Methods: Helps you understand what an expert system is and now to build one. In particular, read Part 1 Introduction.
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Helps you understand how to implement knowledge graphs using RDF, OWL, and SHACL.
The XBRL Book: Simple, Precise, Technical: Helps you understand the XBRL technical syntax.
Essence of Accounting: Helps you understand accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis basics.
Mastering XBRL-based Digital Financial Reports: Helps you understand the details, find test cases, and anything else you might want to understand about XBRL-based financial reporting.
Effective Automation of the Record to Report Process (Iternation #4): Helps you understand the details related to implementing modern accounting proceses.
Special Theory of Machine-based Automated Semantic Communication of Financial Information: Spells out as best as I can how machine-based automated communication of the meaning of financial reports.
Computational Professional Services: Explains the notion of computational professional services.