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2004 End-User License � Applies to all MISMO Products (standards and collateral) issued prior to January 1, 2018. This license is automatically granted when an organization downloads any MISMO Product (MISMO standards or collateral) with an issue date through December 31, 2017.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
2018 Distributor License � Applies to all MISMO Products issued on or after January 1, 2018. The Distributor License is appropriate for organizations that develop technology that incorporates MISMO Products and makes that technology available to customers or external partners
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
2018 End-User License � Applies to all MISMO Products issued on or after January 1, 2018. The 2018 End-User License is appropriate for organizations that download MISMO Products or develop technology that incorporates MISMO Products released after December 31, 2017, where the MISMO Products are used for internal company use when the organization does not make the MISMO products available to customers or external partners.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Sets forth MISMO�s policy on complying with Antitrust laws and avoiding the appearance or execution of collective action by Members or Non-Members. The MISMO Antitrust Policy may be found on the footer of mismo.org.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
A set of high level, generic business process flows depicting common activities that may occur over the 'Life of a Loan'. Links are provided within the process flows and related process narratives to MISMO Products. Enables business professionals to access MISMO Products within the context of the business process or processes they support.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Development Process Document Only: A brief statement describing a WG�s purpose and scope Policies and Procedures Only: See Work Group Charter
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Implementation guidance for use of MISMO Standards to solve industry business and/or technical issues. Guidance may include narrative descriptions, sample use cases, sample code, mappings, and much, much more. Implementation Guides are used to accelerate adoption of the standards.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
A document designed to assist individuals who are implementing the MISMO standards by providing helpful information and/or sample files. It typically includes guidance on the usage of the standard.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Sets forth MISMO�s policy regarding the disclosure and licensing of intellectual property rights in regard to the development and implementation of the MISMO Standards. The MISMO IPR Policies may be accessed via the footer of mismo.org.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Logical Data Dictionary documenting standard business names, definitions, enumerations, formats and more; and included within the XML Schema are the SMART Doc� standards which provide formats for electronic formatting of documents
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
To document the XML Reference Model, MISMO creates a Logical Data Dictionary (LDD) that defines each XML data element used for electronic transactions. The result is a single, common data set for the mortgage industry. The borrower, employment, property and other commonly used information have a common data definition, no matter which mortgage industry segment is using the data. A catalog of key components of the MISMO Reference Model, including terms, containers, data attributes, and ARCROLES.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
A logical, technology agnostic business focused representation of the MISMO Standards - essentially provides a business oriented point of entry to the LDM.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
A logical, technology agnostic representation of the MISMO standards - essentially a technology agnostic, logical, blueprint for the standards.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
A logical representation of the MISMO Standards created for a specific technology such as XML or JSON. The platform specific LDM can be used to forward engineer platform specific physical models such as the MISMO XML Reference Model or similar physical models for new technologies.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
MISMO Engineering Guidelines describe best practices that assure consistent and technically appropriate XML or other implementation specific structure. They also may assist developers of Extensible Markup Language.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
All documents, publications, and other artifacts created by MISMO including, without limitation, the MISMO Standards and MISMO Collateral. These two are referred to collectively as MISMO Products.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
This document has been adopted by the MISMO Board of Directors (�Board�) to govern the activities of the organization. The Policies and Procedures (P&Ps) defined in this document address all activities of the organization. The detailed procedures for the development of the MISMO Products are defined in separate documents. AKA: P&Ps.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Technology specific physical implementation of the MISMO Platform Independent Logical Data Model. Most likely created as a derivative from a Platform Specific LDM. Represents a technical organization of information including data and documentation needed to support mortgage industry business processes. The Reference Model includes implementation specific schema and a Logical Data Dictionary.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
The XML Reference Model is an industry standard organization of information, including data and documentation, needed to conduct a real estate transaction. It includes the MISMO XML Logical Data Dictionary, an XML Schema representation of data and relationships, and other supporting material
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
Notes associated with a release/publication of a Standard that identifies variances or information related to the release.
Term Source: MISMO Governing Documents
Term Type: Document
Focus Area: #MISMOGOV
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