===== PDI - General =====


==== General ====


The interfaces of Elanders GmbH (ELANDERS) permit you to transmit orders (usually print orders) from your Web applications and internal systems ELANDERS directly and automatically.


==== Requirements ====


•	You have concluded a contract with ELANDERS.


•	You have negotiated terms with ELANDERS.


•	You have been added to PDI as a customer.


•	You have received access data and this documentation from us.


•	The transmission of an order requires that the desired product is known to ELANDERS, that is, that it has been previously created and the data structure (XML) for a product is known to you and to ELANDERS.


==== Explanation of terms ====


|**Term**  |**Explanation**  |
|Elanders |Elanders GmbH |
|SOAP |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP]]   \\  \\ For PHP, for example, this is a standard and is extremely convenient to implement as of version 5.0. |
|FTP |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol]]  |
|SFTP / SCP |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_File_Transfer_Protocol%20|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_File_Transfer_Protocol ]]   \\  \\ Required for data protection reasons for sensitive data (e.g. addresses). We cannot accept sensitive data on insecure channels! |
|BDSG |[[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bdsg_1990/index.html|http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bdsg_1990/index.html]]  |
|WebService |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webservice|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webservice  ]]   \\  \\ Here, one option for talking to and/or using our infrastructure. |
|XML |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML]]  |
|WSDL |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDL|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSDL]]  |
|1D Barcodes |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strichcode|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strichcode]]  |
|2D Barcodes |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/2D-Code|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/2D-Code]]  |
|PDF |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format]]  |
|ISO 9660 |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660]]  |
|CDATA |[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA|http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA]]  |




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