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Syndication Workgroup

Posted August 6th, 2008 by pstusiak

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Syndication of listings to a wide variety of listing portals, such as Google, Yahoo!, Trulia, Zillow, and many others, is a priority for listing agents and brokers. To address this, the Syndication Work Group will focus on creating a standardized listing data and transport specification that makes it easy for brokers to syndicate their listings to multiple sites. Basing that standardized format on the RETS Schema makes it easier for brokers to get data from their MLS and syndicate it efficiently, without having to do a lot of data normalization. The Syndication Workgroup has the following goals: 1. Create a limited or compact schema based on and compatible with the full RETS Schema, with the required fields necessary to post relevant data to consumer oriented listing web sites. MLS's can also utilize this light schema as a RETS payload for use cases like IDX. 2. Create a simple method for posting new listings, updating existing listings, and deleting old listings on consumer oriented listing portals and IDX sites. The workgroup is encouraged to look into simple standards like HTTP POST and RESTful principles. This new syndication option will differ from the metadata approach of RETS 1.x.

Chair

Paul Stusiak [Falcon Technologies] (2) contact

Vice Chair

Shawn Meissner [Move.com] (2)

Members (50)

  • Gina Accawi [Falcon Technologies] (2)
  • James Townley [Point2] (2)
  • Alex Parr [Trulia] (2)
  • James Ridley [FBS] (2)
  • Alexander Wingeier [CLRSearch] (2)
  • Olga Ermolin [MLSlistings.com] (1)
  • JP Fielding [Threewide] (1)
  • Eric Petersen [Trend MLS] (1)
  • Freddy Sarabia [Regional MLS - Florida] (1)
  • Troy Davisson [FBS] (1)
  • Steve Clarke [Marketlinx] (1)
  • Rick Herrera [Move.com] (1)
  • Colby Ackerfield [RealGo, Inc.]
  • James Aviani [Move]
  • Steve Schultz [Yahoo! Inc.]
  • Mark Holt [Bainbridge Inc]
  • Steve Krzysiak [Prudential Preferred CRE]
  • Chris McKeever [NAR/CRT]
  • Abraham Murray [Google]
  • Vladimir Sanchez [Florida Association of REALTORS]
  • Mark Scheel [eNeighborhoods]
  • Todd Schip [Cevado Technologies]
  • Marc Smith [Bridge Interactive Group]
  • Brian Sparr [Trulia]
  • Andrew Tillman (NAR/CRT)
  • Mark Wise [Threewide]
  • Maria Zhang [Zillow]
  • Min Zhu [Zillow]
  • Jeff Brush [Ronin Technologies]
  • Gareth Dirlam [eShowings]
  • Peter Meyer [Vast]
  • Chad Cooper [Homescape]
  • Zach Scott [Point2 Technologies]
  • Greg Hanson [RealEstate.com]
  • Joel Webb [Propbot.com]
  • Alok Sinha [SecondSpace]
  • Harp Gerakin [Best Image Marketing]
  • Charles Carlin [LEAP Real Estate Systems]
  • Neil Elver [LeadingRE]
  • Dan Morgan [iHomeFinder, Inc]
  • Vikki Neil [Scripps Networks/FrontDoor.com]
  • Lee Evans [ClearTours, Inc]
  • Matt Lavallee [MLSPIN]
  • Jamie Hunter [System Engineering, Inc]
  • Stuart Schuessler [Schuessler Enterprises,Inc]
  • Rob Overman [Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions]
  • Kyle Pinette [Prudential Verani Realty]
  • Mandy Reutter [OnWire Consulting Group]

Workgroup Signup

Online Collaboration

Syndication Forum

Next Meeting:

Teleconference bridge, February 25th 12:00 PM PST, 800 727-7709, passcode 8359369#

Next In-person Meeting:

RETS Biannual meeting, Washington, DC, April 6-8, 2009

Last In-person Meeting:

RETS Trimester meeting, Scottsdale, AZ

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