PolicyPage is a new application from the Center for REALTOR® Technology. It is an MLS display policy compliance tool. PolicyPage is licensed under an open-source license.
PolicyPage reads MLS member websites and compares them to rules (defined in PolicyPage.) It notifies the MLS and optionally the member when tests are failed. PolicyPage’s initial focus will be to deliver rules that allow checking NAR’s IDX model display rules.
The 0.9.6 beta release supports :
- Terms of Use statements
- Disclaimers
- Copyright statements
- If required links are present on the member site
- Required graphics
The 0.9.6 changes include:
- Additional instructions for installing PolicyPage installation using SQLite with PHP
- Enhanced rules to check for presence and size of images
- Additional rule to perform case insensitive text searches
We continue to look to the MLS community to guide future development priorities. We invite and welcome your input.
PolicyPage comments (and bugs) can be posted to the project mail list.
You can download PolicyPage application by visiting the project site.
Hi!
Maybe a better approach would be to get (enforce) MLS’s to actually adhere to the NAR’s IDX rules in the first place?
As someone who works with IDX data all over the US, it seems that most days every MLS is out there trying to re-invent the wheel in terms of policies, costs, enforcement, and the (lack of) information they are willing to provide to their dues-paying members.