OSCRE or Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate is a Non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 dedicated to the development of industry standards for data exchange. OSCRE has created and published a number of XML

XML

Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

 data schemas for defining structured data sets electronic application may use in exchanging and sharing records and data.

OSCRE Data Formats

The standards are a set of definitions and rules that facilitate the automatic transfer of data between different software packages.

Executive Members

• ARGUS Software, Inc.
• CB Richard Ellis Inc
• CoreNet Global
• Cushman & Wakefield
• General Services Administration (GSA)
• HBOS plc
• ING Real Estate Investment Management (UK) Ltd
• Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
• Investment Property Databank
  Investment Property Databank
  Investment Property Databank is an independent body that provides performance and risk analysis for real estate for investors, managers, REITs, lenders and advisors...
  
   (IPD)
• IVBN
• Land Registry
• Land Securities plc
• Legal & General Group PLC
• MDA Searchflow Ltd
• MRI Software
• National Association of Realtors (NAR)
• Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
• Realcomm
• RealFoundations
• Registers of Scotland Royal
• Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• The Crown Estate
• TIAA-CREF
• TM Group UK
• Ltd Trace Solutions Ltd
• U.S. Department of Defense
• Valuation Office Agency
• Yardi Systems

Associate Members

• Accenture Inc.
• Affinity Systems Ltd
• Allsop LLP
• Altus Group
• AMTdirect
• Anglian Water
• Appraisal Institute
• Atkins Asset Management
• Bank of America
• Barnetts Solicitors
• Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
• BNP Paribas Real Estate
• Bpl solicitors limited BricsNet
• Brookfield Lepage Johnson Controls (BLJC)
• Business Integration Group, Inc.
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)
• CenterPoint Properties
• Colliers International UK plc
• Conveyancing Liability Solutions Ltd
• Department of National Defence
• Canada Dickinson Dees LLP
• DPS Software plc
• Drivers Jonas
• Drivers Jonas Deloitte
• DTZ
• E.Surv Chartered Surveyors
• Eclipse Legal Systems
• Enact Conveyancing Ltd
• Ernst & Young LLP
• FMSystems Inc.
• FWBS Ltd
• GroundSure Ltd
• GVA Grimley Ltd
• Hammerson plc
• Hanson Capital Management
• Henderson Global Investors
• Hometrack Data Systems Ltd
• Invista Real Estate Investment Management
• IRIS Legal Solutions
• Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
• Knight Frank LLP
• Land Data Landmark Information Group
• LexisNexis Butterworths
• Manhattan Software Inc.
• Mapeley Estates Limited
• Maxwell Winward LLP
• MDA Hub Ltd
• Morguard Investment Limited
• Nabarro LLP
• Nationwide Building Society
• Newcastle Building Society
• Optima Legal Services Ltd
• Practical Law Company
• Pythagoras International Ltd
• Qube Global Software Limited
• Quintain Estates & Development plc
• Raindrop Information Systems
• Royal Mail (Address Management Unit)
• RREEF Deutsche Asset Management Ltd
• RSP i-SPACE
• Safe-Move
• Salans LLP
• Schroder Property Investment Management Limited
• Semple Fraser LLP
• Skipton Building Society
• St Martins Property Corporation Ltd
• STL Group plc
• Thames Water Utilities
• The British Land Company plc
• TRIRIGA INC.
• United Utilities plc
• Virtual Premise
• Wessex Water
• Wragge & Co

Small Business

• Aperio Systems Limited
• Bluesoft
• BOE Information Systems Ltd
• DocClarity
• Easy Convey Ltd
• e-Business Strategies LLC
• ePropertyData
• Planimetron Inc.
• Rightsearch Ltd
• Visible Performance Systems Ltd

Board of Directors

• Paul Albone - TM Group UK Ltd. Commercial Director
• Ian Cullen - Investment Property Database (IPD). Co-founding Director
• Mick Flynn - Trace Solutions Ltd. Managing Director
• Bruce Kellogg - Argus Software, Inc. SVP Industry Relations
• Ed Lubieniecki - RealFoundations. Managing Director
• Andrew Lloyd - MDA Searchflow Ltd. Managing Director
• Robert Toothaker - Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). IREM International President 2007
• Ted Stratis - ING Real Estate. Director Information Management Officer
• Craig Cuyar - Cushman and Wakefield, Inc. Global Chief Information Officer
• Ralph Collins - Public Works and Government Services: Canada - Director General

OSCRE Compliance Certification

OSCRE Compliance Certification is a process by which OSCRE tests individual XML files provided by implementing companies to validate conformance with a particular OSCRE schema. OSCRE issues Compliance Certificates to companies which have successfully demonstrated that their implementation of an OSCRE schema results in a compliant XML document. Compliance testing consists of validating the XML document against the relevant schema. Some business rules are checked, but full interoperability, even when two systems can both produce and read compliant XML document files, is achieved through testing between trading partners.

TRIRIGA First to Incorporate an OSCRE Standard

On February 9, 2009, TRIRIGA, a leading integrated workplace management system

Integrated Workplace Management System

An integrated workplace management system is characterized by an enterprise-class software platform that integrates five key components of functionality, operated from a single technology platform and database repository: real estate management, project management, facilities and space management,...

 and environmental sustainability software provider, announced it was the first software vendor to incorporate the OSCRE Lease Abstract Exchange standard. TRIRIGA delivered pre-built business processes and pre-defined XML document exchange in accordance with the OSCRE Lease Absract standard, which allows system users to publish or receive lease abstract data from any OSCRE compliant system.

TRIRIGA provides support for the following Lease Abstract Exchange Standard schemas::

• AcceptLeaseAbstract
• SendLeaseAbstract
• ProvideLeaseAbstractClarification
• RejectLeaseAbstract
• RequestLeaseAbstractClarification

To complete the integration design process delivered, TRIRIGA worked closely with General Electric

General Electric

General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

 (GE) and Jackson Cross Partners.

See also

• EbXML
  EbXML
  Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup Language, commonly known as e-business XML, or ebXML as it is typically referred to, is a family of XML based standards sponsored by OASIS and UN/CEFACT whose mission is to provide an open, XML-based infrastructure that enables the global use of...
  
   – a UN standard for business transactions.
• XML
  XML
  Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
  
   – a meta-language for expressing standards.
• OASIS
  OASIS (organization)
  The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards is a global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business and web service standards...
  
   – a standards body.
• LIXI – a counterpart to OSCRE in the Australian market.
• MISMO
  MISMO
  The Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization, ' is a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Mortgage Bankers Association . It is a developer of technology standards for both residential and commercial property transactions in USA market...
  
  – an affiliated standards body in the US property market.

External links

• Organization Website
• TRIRIGA Website