RETS Development Resources q Informational resources q Developer

RETS Development Resources q Informational resources q Developer resources q Consultants q RETS Service Providers & Service Consumers q Bibliography File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 1

Topic Objectives RETS Development Resources q Provide an overview of available RETS resources q Provide a guide for further investigation Considerable RETS resources exist File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 2

RETS Informational Resources RETS Development Resources q 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 File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 3

RETS Developer Resources - 1 RETS Development Resources q CRT RETS projects – www. crt. realtors. org/projects/rets q Falcon Technologies – RETS Toolkit – www. falcontechnologies. com q MRIS – Conduit – www. mris. com/rets/products/conduit q Open RETS Client – home. earthlink. net/~restagner/orc/open_rets_client. html File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 4

RETS Developer Resources - 2 RETS Development Resources q Resources for RETS Developers – www. rets. org/resources/index. html q RETS Sandbox – eavantia. com/sandbox q RETS Transaction Project – sourceforge. net/projects/rets – rets. sourceforge. net/ File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 5

RETS Consultants - 1 RETS Development Resources q Avantia – www. eavantia. com q Corvelle Management Consultants – www. corvelle. com q Falcon Technologies – www. falcontechnologies. com File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 6

RETS Consultants - 2 RETS Development Resources q Focus Forward Consulting – www. kevinmcqueen. com q Office Products Technology – – q www. optc. com minimal RETS client in Visual C++ using MFC http: //pm 8500. optc. com/minimalretsclient. zip All it does is login, but that should get you started Templates for Business – www. t 4 bi. com File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 7

RETS Service Providers and Service Consumers RETS Development Resources q First source for information about your system q Will have specific details on resources for your system q RETS-Compliant Products – www. rets. org/compliance/compliantservers. html q Who is offering RETS capable software? – www. rets. org/links File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 8

RETS Service Providers -1 RETS Development Resources q Center for Real Estate Technology – q Denver Metro. List – q www. fnismls. com Interealty - MLXchange – q www. fbsdata. com FNIS – Paragon, RE/Xplorer® – q www. metrolist. com FBS Datasystems – Flex. MLS – q www. crt. realtors. org/projects/rets www. interealty. com Marketlinx - TEMPO Internet MLS – www. marketlinx. com File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 9

RETS Service Providers -2 RETS Development Resources q MRIS – Matrix, Keystone – q Offutt Systems - Inno. Via – q www. getoffutt. com Rappatoni – Rappatoni MLS – q www. mris. com www. rapattoni. com Systems Engineering – Revolution – www. seisystems. com File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 10

Topic Summary RETS Development Resources q Numerous RETS resources are available: – – Web sites Code libraries Consultants Software vendors File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 11

RETS Bibliography - 1 RETS Development Resources q Center for Realtor Technology – q CRT Newsletter – Winter 2004 – q realtytimes. com/rtapages/20031014_fnis. htm FNIS Real Estate Division's MLS Systems Receives Open Standards RETS 1. 5 Certification – q www. realtor. org/CRTWeb. nsf/files/CRT%20 IT%20 newsletter%2 0 Q 1%202004. pdf/$FILE/CRT%20 IT%20 newsletter%20 Q 1%202 004. pdf FNIS Pins Integration Hopes On Upgraded Standards, New Technologies, by Blanche Evans – q www. crt. realtors. org www. rismedia. com/index. php/articleview/5556/1/1/ Logging into a RETS Server, by Ron Goff – www. phpbuilder. com/columns/goff 20040618. php 3 File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 12

RETS Bibliography - 2 RETS Development Resources q New Data Standards Will Dramatically Change Real Estate, Washington, DC, May 22, 1999. – q Real Estate Transaction Specification FAQ RETS Version 1. 0, November 13, 1999 – q www. callclareity. com/2003 -rets. html RETS Resource Center for Rapattoni MLS – q www. rmls-mn. com/systeminfo/rets. html RETS: NAR's Unfunded Mandate, November 3, 2003 – q xml. coverpages. org/rets 19990524. html www. rapattoni. com/supp/mls/rets/ What you need to know about RETS – www. realtor. org/markcom. nsf/files/RETS_Color. pdf/$FILE/RE TS_Color. pdf File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 13

Standards Bibliography RETS Development Resources q The Value of Standards: A Delphi Study – q The Value of Standards in Web Design – – q www. delphigroup. com/research/whitepapers/20030728 standards. pdf 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 File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 14

Picking the Winners RETS Development Resources File: 08_RETS_Development Resources. PPT 15