Reference
PDFDesignAPI glossary
Definitions for templates, schemas, bindings, versions, environments, render jobs, and batches.
Reviewed 2026-08-05 · PDFDesignAPI Engineering
Design terms
Template: a document design and its data contract. Schema: the structured fields available to a template. Example data: representative values used during design. Binding: a connection from a component to schema data.
Lifecycle terms
Version: an immutable numeric template save. Development: the alias advanced by saves. Staging: an explicitly promoted test alias. Production: the explicitly promoted live alias.
Rendering terms
Synchronous generation: PDF returned in the request. Render job: durable asynchronous work with a UUID and state. Batch: a group of independently tracked render jobs. Idempotency key: a caller-supplied identifier used to make safe matching retries.