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Syndication Workgroup

Posted August 6th, 2008 by pstusiak

Charter

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] (1) contact

Vice Chair

Shawn Meissner [Move.com] ()

Members

Total: 53 active/observing

  • Gina Accawi [Falcon Technologies] ()
  • Alex Parr [Trulia] (1)
  • James Ridley [FBS] (1)
  • Alexander Wingeier [CLRSearch] ()
  • James Martin [Threewide] (1)
  • Olga Ermolin [MLSlistings.com] ()
  • JP Fielding [Threewide] (1)
  • Eric Petersen [Trend MLS] ()
  • Freddy Sarabia [Regional MLS - Florida] ()
  • Troy Davisson [FBS] (1)
  • Steve Clarke [Marketlinx] ()
  • Rick Herrera [Move.com] ()
  • 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]
  • Mark Scheel [eNeighborhoods]
  • Todd Schip [Cevado Technologies]
  • Marc Smith [Bridge Interactive Group]
  • Brian Sparr [Trulia]
  • Andrew Tillman (NAR/CRT)
  • Mark Wise [Threewide]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • Troy Davisson [FBS]
  • Jennifer Anderson [Point2]
  • Bill Bower [eWeb Engine]
  • Daniel Bowden [LEAP Real Estate Systems]
  • Jonathan Sabin [Vortex Technology Solutions]
  • Julie Hayman [Dominion Enterprises]
  • Jay Pepper-Martens [Point2]
  • Paul Zubrys [RETSTEK]
  • Stan Humphries [Zillow]
  • Martin Szuster [Zillow]

Removed Members

Members may resign or be removed if their email address does not respond to the meeting announcements. Removed members will be kept on this list for several months in case they are unintentionally removed.

  • Min Zhu [Zillow]
  • Alok Sinha [SecondSpace]
  • Harp Gerakin [Best Image Marketing]
  • Maria Zhang [Zillow]
  • Vladimir Sanchez [Florida Association of REALTORS]
  • James Townley [Point2] ()

Workgroup Signup

Online Collaboration

Syndication Forum

Next Meeting:

Teleconference bridge, December 13th 12:00 PM PST, 800 727-7709, passcode 8359369#

Next In-person Meeting:

RETS Biannual meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 2010

Last In-person Meeting:

RETS Biannual meeting, August, 2009, Chicago, IL

Documentation

Current

Proposed enhancement to adopted schema with Tax enumeration and other changes from minutes of 20090812 Financial.xsd and Syndication.xsd

Historical

Meeting Minutes

Past-Meeting


Past Meetings