You are referring to what is commonly called Service Oriented Architecture (or SOA) where systems present data and functions through discoverable APIs. Did I just geek out on you there? And I agree that the RE industry has lagged many industries in adopting this.

I am the new chairman of the Research and Development workgroup within RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) which is responsible for the governance of RETS (Real Estate Transaction Standard). And in that role I am totally focused on evolving the RE industry technology standards so that tech vendors can work more collaboratively without reinventing the wheel. We are an entirely volunteer group that desperately needs more “customer” voices, such as yourself (hint hint). To keep up with our progress you can follow us on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/resord. We are also hosting an idea discussion session at Midyear in two weeks on May 13th at 1pm.

Thanks for the post,
David

Thanks for visiting and commenting. also – thanks for your openness about feedback. Many would not be willing to admit problematic issues after organizing such a big event.

You mentioned a whitepaper. I’ve been thinking the same thing. We should talk about your ideas for the paper. In the meantime, I will be continuing to blog about the values of backnoise aver the next week or so. There is a quote somewhere that says that there are two sides to every story. With backnoise there are three and reality is somewhere in between.

-M