Association of Software Professionals
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The Association of Software Professionals (ASP), formerly Association of Shareware Professionals, is a professional association for authors of shareware computer software. It was formed in April 1987, and as of 2012, is the most popular trade organization for independent software developers and vendors.[1]
The ASP developed and maintain the Portable Application Description (PAD) format used to allow software authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way. The PAD file specification is currently utilized by thousands of software information services. The PAD system is popular because vendors can pull updated data from a single file stored on the author's site. The software to create PAD files and the software to poll them for changes and updates is community effort provided by members of the ASP.
The ASP also played a role in making FILE ID.DIZ files a de-facto standard.
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The ASP has hundreds of members worldwide, including:
- WinZip Computing Inc. (creators of WinZip)
- Crossdown
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