RETS Update Workgroup

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RETS Update Workgroup
Templates for Business Inc.

• Status Update

Prepared by Sergio Del Rio Date August 9th, 2007
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Meeting Schedule

• Every Thursday Resuming August 30th
• From 1100AM to 1200PM PDT
• https//www.gotomeeting.com/join/417123361
• Conference Call Bridge [phone]
• PassCode 8359369
• Meeting Password RETS-Update
• Meeting ID 417-123-361

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Website

• On RETS Working Group Server
• http//www.rets.org/cms/workgroup/update
• Kept up to date after every meeting

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Charter

• Review the existing RETS 1.X specification and
  strengthen it. The specification has just not
  been widely used due to its simplicity and does
  have several inconsistencies and errata that need
  to be addressed. There are also some record
  locking / data consistency problems that we need
  to enable the specification to support based on
  several current implementations of it. This scope
  covers both the transaction itself and the update
  specific metadata.
• Bring forward all the improvements we make in the
  RETS 1.X specification to the RETS 2.0
  specification so that there is an easy migration
  path for users.

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Related Mandates

• Provide change specifications for presentation
  metadata (which, while not part of Update
  specifically, is very useful for Update).
• Provide change specifications for Regionalization
  so that Update clients (and perhaps Search
  clients), can tailor the update experience for
  the user to regionalized data entry.

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Where Are We Today

• Update Locking Mechanism - Ratified
• PostUpdate Defined and Ratified RCP Issued by
  Libor
• Looked at Changes to Error Block and Warning
  Block
• BNF Grammar for Rules In Discussion

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What is Left?

• Lots!

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What is Left

• Review of Cornerstone Metadata Changes
• General Metadata Changes for Update
• Presentation Metadata
• Localization Metadata Needs New Name
• Review of Cornerstone Update Specific Extensions
• Make Changes to RETS Specification
• Submit to Working Group for Approval

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What is Left

• Fit it all into RETS 2.0...