Compliances

Compliance

The RETS Working Group provides a series of tools by which developers can verify the compliance level of their software. In addition, the Working Group licenses the use of the RETS logo for use on products and marketing materials when they have demonstrated compliance with the RETS standard. This information is covered in detail in the RETS Compliance Guide.

Documents

  • Vendor Compliance Guide
    The Vendor Compliance Guide provides extensive information about the compliance testing, the compliance certification process and the organization which defines and oversees compliance. It includes a complete flowchart of the compliance process.
  • Trademark License Agreement
    A vendor with one or more products that have passed the compliance certification process can execute the RETS Trademark License Agreement. The agreement provides the right to use the RETS compliance logos and must be signed before the logos can be displayed.
  • Compliant Servers
    A list of products that have passed the compliance test suite.

Tools

  • Server Compliance Checking Tool
    The latest version of the server compliance test suite is available to be examined and run locally. Full source code is included.
  • Client Compliance Checking Tool
    The running client compliance checker is at http://pilot.crt.realtors.org:6103; instructions for using this beta version of the checker are now available. A user-downloadable and locally-executable version of the client compliance checker will be available here shortly.

Logo Package

  • Logo Usage Style Guide
    The Logo Usage Style Guide should be given to your graphic artist or graphics vendor when you use the RETS logos. It details the technical usage requirements with respect to color, style and placement, as referenced in the license agreement.
  • RETS Logo Graphics
    The RETS logo graphics package is a ZIP archive containing TIFF files at screen and print resolution as well as an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) representation of the logo. This is for use in accordance with an executed trademark license agreement and the RETS Logo Usage Style Guide.
  • RETS Logo Graphics – Upload
    The RETS Upload logo graphics package is a ZIP archive containing TIFF files at screen and print resolution as well as an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) representation of the logo. This is for use in accordance with an executed trademark license agreement and the RETS Logo Usage Style Guide.