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

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

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 3 RETS Development Resources RETS Informational Resources  RETS workgroup - –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 4 RETS Development Resources RETS Developer Resources - 1  CRT RETS projects –  Falcon Technologies – RETS Toolkit –  MRIS – Conduit –  Open RETS Client –home.earthlink.net/~restagner/orc/open_rets_client.html

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 5 RETS Development Resources RETS Developer Resources - 2  Resources for RETS Developers –  RETS Sandbox –eavantia.com/sandbox  RETS Transaction Project –sourceforge.net/projects/rets –rets.sourceforge.net/

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 6 RETS Development Resources RETS Consultants - 1  Avantia –  Corvelle Management Consultants –  Falcon Technologies –

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 7 RETS Development Resources RETS Consultants - 2  Focus Forward Consulting –  Office Products Technology – –minimal RETS client in Visual C++ using MFC – –All it does is login, but that should get you started  Templates for Business –

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 8 RETS Development Resources 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 –  Who is offering RETS capable software? –

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 9 RETS Development Resources RETS Service Providers - 1  Center for Real Estate Technology –  Denver MetroList –  FBS Datasystems – FlexMLS –  FNIS – Paragon, RE/Xplorer® –  Interealty - MLXchange –  Marketlinx - TEMPO Internet MLS –

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 10 RETS Development Resources RETS Service Providers - 2  MRIS – Matrix, Keystone –  Offutt Systems - InnoVia –  Rappatoni – Rappatoni MLS –  Systems Engineering – Revolution –

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

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 12 RETS Development Resources RETS Bibliography - 1  Center for Realtor Technology –  CRT Newsletter – Winter 2004 – 0Q1% pdf/$FILE/CRT%20IT%20newsletter%20Q1% pdf  FNIS Pins Integration Hopes On Upgraded Standards, New Technologies, by Blanche Evans –realtytimes.com/rtapages/ _fnis.htm  FNIS Real Estate Division's MLS Systems Receives Open Standards RETS 1.5 Certification –  Logging into a RETS Server, by Ron Goff –

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 13 RETS Development Resources RETS Bibliography - 2  New Data Standards Will Dramatically Change Real Estate, Washington, DC, May 22, –xml.coverpages.org/rets html  Real Estate Transaction Specification FAQ RETS Version 1.0, November 13, 1999 –  RETS: NAR's Unfunded Mandate, November 3, 2003 –  RETS Resource Center for Rapattoni MLS –  What you need to know about RETS – TS_Color.pdf

File: 08_RETS_Development Resources.PPT 14 RETS Development Resources Standards Bibliography  The Value of Standards: A Delphi Study – 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? – All+About+Standards/What+are+Standards/Value.xalter

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