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RESO Common Format (RCF)
RCF is the result of a desire for a normative JSON data format that corresponds with the RESO Data Dictionary and is compatible with existing Web API implementations for retrieving or creating data. | VIEW THE RCF SPECIFICATION
The RESO Web API is primarily used by MLS data providers, but other participants in the real estate transaction and ecosystem benefit from having a standard payload format to provide interoperability between various systems. RCF fulfills this need for the likes of tour, assessment, and showing providers or photographers, as Data Dictionary JSON format is not limited to Web APIs and may be used with any data source.
RCF gives brokers and their technology partners a better way to freely and efficiently share data between organizations, opening up opportunities for more certainty in technology planning.
It empowers a brokerage and its website vendor, CRM company, lead gen portal and back office tools to all talk to each other with data packaged in a simple, well-organized format. It keeps the broker’s data accurate and consistent across systems.
When an organization decides that it wants to be certified for RCF, they first need to contact RESO’s Membership department at membership@reso.org to state whether they would like to be a member or pay a certification fee as a nonmember.