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RETS Development Resources

RETSDevelopment Resources

Informational resources

Developer resources

Consultants

RETS Service Providers & Service Consumers

Bibliography



TopicObjectives

Provide an overview of available RETS resources

Provide a guide for further investigation

Considerable RETS resources exist



RETSInformational Resources

RETS workgroup - www.rets.org– Management information

– Event descriptions

– Marketing information

– Technical documents

– Developer resources

– Workgroup lists

– Workgroup discussion archives – on list signup pages

– Links to Vendors, Consultants and MLS's

Lively discussions on the RETS-DEV list



RETSDeveloper Resources - 1

CRT RETS projects– www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets

Falcon Technologies – RETS Toolkit– www.falcontechnologies.com

MRIS – Conduit– www.mris.com/rets/products/conduit

Open RETS Client– home.earthlink.net/~restagner/orc/open_rets_client.html



RETSDeveloper Resources - 2

Resources for RETS Developers– www.rets.org/resources/index.html

RETS Sandbox– eavantia.com/sandbox

RETS Transaction Project– sourceforge.net/projects/rets

– rets.sourceforge.net/



RETSConsultants - 1

Avantia– www.eavantia.com

Corvelle Management Consultants– www.corvelle.com

Falcon Technologies – www.falcontechnologies.com



RETSConsultants - 2

Focus Forward Consulting– www.kevinmcqueen.com

Office Products Technology– www.optc.com

– minimal RETS client in Visual C++ using MFC

– http://pm8500.optc.com/minimalretsclient.zip

– All it does is login, but that should get you started

Templates for Business– www.t4bi.com



RETS Service Providers and Service Consumers

First source for information about your system

Will have specific details on resources for your system

RETS-Compliant Products– www.rets.org/compliance/compliantservers.html

Who is offering RETS capable software?– www.rets.org/links



RETS Service Providers- 1

Center for Real Estate Technology– www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets

Denver MetroList– www.metrolist.com

FBS Datasystems – FlexMLS– www.fbsdata.com

FNIS – Paragon, RE/Xplorer® – www.fnismls.com

Interealty - MLXchange– www.interealty.com

Marketlinx - TEMPO Internet MLS – www.marketlinx.com



RETS Service Providers- 2

MRIS – Matrix, Keystone– www.mris.com

Offutt Systems - InnoVia– www.getoffutt.com

Rappatoni – Rappatoni MLS– www.rapattoni.com

Systems Engineering – Revolution– www.seisystems.com



TopicSummary

Numerous RETS resources are available:– Web sites

– Code libraries

– Consultants

– Software vendors



RETS Bibliography - 1

Center for Realtor Technology– www.crt.realtors.org

CRT Newsletter – Winter 2004– www.realtor.org/CRTWeb.nsf/files/CRT%20IT%20newsletter

%20Q1%202004.pdf/$FILE/CRT%20IT%20newsletter%20Q1%202004.pdf

FNIS Pins Integration Hopes On Upgraded Standards, New Technologies, by Blanche Evans– realtytimes.com/rtapages/20031014_fnis.htm

FNIS Real Estate Division's MLS Systems Receives Open Standards RETS 1.5 Certification– www.rismedia.com/index.php/article/articleview/5556/1/1/

Logging into a RETS Server, by Ron Goff – www.phpbuilder.com/columns/goff20040618.php3



RETS Bibliography - 2

New Data Standards Will Dramatically Change Real Estate, Washington, DC, May 22, 1999.– xml.coverpages.org/rets19990524.html

Real Estate Transaction Specification FAQ RETS Version 1.0, November 13, 1999– www.rmls-mn.com/systeminfo/rets.html

RETS: NAR's Unfunded Mandate, November 3, 2003– www.callclareity.com/2003-rets.html

RETS Resource Center for Rapattoni MLS– www.rapattoni.com/supp/mls/rets/

What you need to know about RETS– www.realtor.org/markcom.nsf/files/RETS_Color.pdf/$FILE/

RETS_Color.pdf



StandardsBibliography

The Value of Standards: A Delphi Study– www.delphigroup.com/research/whitepapers/20030728-

standards.pdf

The Value of Standards in Web Design– Steven Champeon, CTO, Hesketh.com/inc. February 13, 2002

– digitalenterprise.org/seminar/champeon.html

What value are standards to my business?– www.bsi-global.com

All+About+Standards/What+are+Standards/Value.xalter



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