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| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption programme that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language; the new file format to upload data from November 1, 2017 |
| .Dot20 | Plain text format; the file format that can be used to upload data till November 1, 2017 |
| API | Application Programming Interface (API): a set of clearly defined methods of communication between various software components |
| ION | Issuing Organisation Number (ION) which is provided by ICCBBA to organisations listing in BMDW Search & Match Service (read more about ION on: https://www.iccbba.org/tech-library/iccbba-documents/standards-documents/global-registration-identifier-for-donors-ion-database-and-grid-rules |
| XSD | XSD defines what elements and attributes may appear in an XML document; annually a new version of the XSD will be released; the current version is: xx |
Purpose
This work instruction describes the manual upload method of an PGP encrypted XML file through the new submission platform. As part of continuous effort to streamline and enhance functionality for our registry users, BMDW have been developing the new data submission services in line with the file format transition from .Dot20 to XML. The automatic upload method via a REST API [1] will become available later as well as the corresponding manual.
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