PAD - Provided by the Association of Software Professionals

PAD is the Portable Application Description, and it helps authors provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way, using a standard data format that will allow webmasters and program librarians to automate program listings. PAD saves time for both shareware authors and webmasters.

PAD Overview -> Specification Resources

Specification Resources


Specification Documents

PAD Specification
Definition of the PAD dataset.

Beginning with PAD v4.0, the PAD Specification is dropping support for prior PAD version digital signatures specification.
It has been replaced with PAD v4.0 Certification, on the AppVisor platform and the official Global PAD Repository.

PAD Extensions Specification
Definition on how to create and implement extensions to the default PAD dataset.

Test Against the Specification

PAD Validator
Validate PAD files online against the PAD Specification.

Other Resources

History
Change history on the PAD Specification.

Archive
Older information, possibly still useful.

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