Abstract: Techniques to provide a multi-measurement basis for accounting systems are described. A technique may include receiving data from a source document, documenting the received data as base multidimensional measurements that characterize an event, calculating derived multidimensional measurements that quantify the social, operational, and financial consequences of the event from the base multidimensional measurements. Derived measurements are linked to base measurements in measurement chains. Events that are related causally may be linked together in event chains. The measurement chains and event chains may be used to generate subledger journal entries, which may in turn be used to generate general ledger journal entries. An event may capture information about an event beyond what may be reflected in the source document. Other embodiments are described and claimed.