I would like to address the use of the term “trust” in our industry. It is being used in multiple contexts and is bound to cause confusion. I saw this a same phenomenon play out a couple of years ago around the word “transaction”. In that case, “camps” developed around each context and discussions totally became bogged down. I just want to get ahead of this one.
The most popular context for the word trust is in conjunction with discussion around Digital Rights Management (DRM) or Trust Models. REALTORS® control the rights that others have to their data. Trust is used to describe the relationship between the data owner and the data user. The owner trusts the user and grants them rights to use the data. I have posted thoughts on DRM already, so I won’t bore you.
Continue reading ‘Who do you trust? Well that depends…’
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 MLS 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 0.9.8 enhancements include:
- Ability to review web sites via batch.
We continue to look to the MLS community to guide future development priorities. We invite and welcome your input.
Based of feedback received this is likely to be the final beta release of PolicyPage. We look to general release the app in the next few weeks.
PolicyPage comments (and bugs) can be posted to the project mail list.
You can download PolicyPage application by visiting the project site.
