Glossary

This glossary introduces common Mindee terminology.

You will frequently encounter these concepts throughout this documentation as Mindee is centered around them.

• API: An API (Application Programming Interface), is an interface that define how applications or devices can connect to and communicate with each other defined by a set of protocols and rules.

• Document: This includes semi-structured documents such as an invoice, receipt, ID document, W9-forms, train-ticket, etc in a PDF or image format.

• Data Schema: A set of fields and their guidelines for data extraction. Associated to a model.

• Model: A set of instructions for extracting data from a document. Includes a Data Schema and any optional features.

• SDK: SDK (Software Development Kit) is a set of software development tools developers can use to facilitate the creation of applications.

• OpenAPI: A specification that defines a standard, language-agnostic interface for RESTful APIs.

• Payload: A payload refers to data that is submitted to the Mindee server and the data returned by the server when you an API request is made.

• Inference: This refers to response or results that our APIs deliver on a given document.