EDGAR® ONLINE® STAFF TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL XBRL CONFERENCE

Conference to highlight advantages of eXtensible Business Reporting Language

CONTACT: David Colgren
EDGAR Online Public Relations
PHONE: 646-536-5103
dcolgren@colcomgroup.com

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn. – April 25, 2005 – EDGAR® Online®, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), a leading provider of value-added business and financial information on global companies to financial, corporate and advisory professionals, announced today that members of its staff will speak at the 11th XBRL International Conference, April 26 – 29, Boston. All presentations by EDGAR Online staff members will take place, Wednesday, April 27, the conference's "Special Interest Day."

Greg Adams, CFO and COO, will present, “A Small Cap Company’s Participation in the SEC XBRL Pilot Program — Lessons Learned: The CFO's Perspective.”

Stefan Chopin, chief technology officer, will present, “Real Implementations: XBRL Data and Tools for Enhanced Competitive Analysis.”

Liv Watson, vice president, XBRL strategies, will chair the conference’s Analyst and Investor Track. It will include presentations on the tools and techniques being used by this audience to make the most of the financial information they receive.

Watson and Chopin will participate in a panel discussion on the “Enhanced Value of XBRL to the Investor.”

Watson will also co-present a session on, “XBRL and Business Intelligence.”

Rob Krugman, director of analytic solutions, will demonstrate EDGAR Online's I-Metrix™ suite of XBRL products in the conference’s Vendor Theatre. I-Metrix provides the ability to analyze more than 1,000 normalized and as-reported data points from companies’ financial statements. Coverage includes U.S. securities, including public, private and non-U.S. companies who report financials to the SEC. More information about I-Metrix is available at www.edgar-online.com/products/imetrix.aspx.

About the 11th XBRL International Conference
The 11th XBRL International Conference, "Better, Faster Smarter Business Reporting Using XBRL,” takes place April 26 – 29 at the Westin Copley Place, Boston. The conference will focus on the ways that XBRL improves the business reporting process and demonstrate the advantages of using XBRL to preparers, regulators, and analysts. As evidence of the maturing of this technology, the conference will include live demonstrations of real products providing real solutions using XBRL. Co-hosted by XBRL International, XBRL-US and the AICPA, the conference will present significant opportunities for participants to meet with potential customers as well as key members and decision-makers behind XBRL. More information on the conference is available at www.xbrl.org/UpcomingEvents/.

About EDGAR® Online®, Inc.
EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), www.edgar-online.com, is a leading provider of value-added business and financial information on global companies to financial, corporate and advisory professionals. The company makes its information and a variety of analysis tools available via online subscriptions and licensing agreements to a large user base.

"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. EDGAR Online, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the documents filed by EDGAR Online, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with our ability to (i) increase revenues, (ii) obtain profitability, and (iii) obtain additional financing, changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, risks in connection with acquisitions, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.

EDGAR® is a federally registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR Online is not affiliated with or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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