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Jeff Brush wrote this over on RETS Dev, and I'm modifying it slightly by putting it in a table with :

I was reading Mike Wurzer's Future of the MLS wiki and thought of its impact on RETS. To start it would be interesting to compile a list of the services an MLS does today, the 'as-is' model,and should do in the future, the 'to-be' model.

These models might then be used to help guide where RETS itself should be going.

The following is my first shot at the existing services:

UC Name Actors Description Comments
Listing Search Is this too general?
Listing Add and Edit Agents/Brokers
Listing Data Replication

Broker systems

Is this too general? Should it be broken down into who and why it is being replicated?
IDX feeds RE Web Sites, VOWs Is this a subset of Listing Syndication?
Open Houses
Hotsheets Agents

CMAs

Market Share Statistics
Forecasts
Tax Information Auditors, Agents, Appraisers
Document Management
Transaction Management
NRDS Membership Associations, NAR
User/Member (Security) Management MLS Limits who can access what data
Data (Security) Managment MLS Limits accessability of data fields
Training


Comments?
Suggestions for future services?


Jeff


2 Comments
mlsspitfire, 345 - days ago  

The issue with trying to compile a list like this is that it changes for every MLS. Depending on size, governance, ability, and to some degree- REALTOR Association involvement (or perhaps interference).

mwurzer, 344 - days ago  

That's the purpose of this site, to enable different MLSs to come together and discuss what they have or could have in common.

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