Association of Software Professionals
Later, ASP members developed the Portable Application Description (PAD) format used to allow software authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way. In the early 21st century, the PAD file specification was utilized by over 40,000 software publishers and 1000+ PAD-supported software catalog websites. The PAD system was popular because web sites could pull updated data from a single file stored on the software authors site.
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- Category: organization
- Founded: 1987
- Website: http://www.asp-software.org/
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- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22
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Later, ASP members developed the Portable Application Description (PAD) format used to allow software authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way. In the early 21st century, the PAD file specification was utilized by over 40,000 software publishers and 1000+ PAD-supported software catalog websites. The PAD system was popular because web sites could pull updated data from a single file stored on the software authors site.
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