Portable Application Description

An XML-based description data format by the Association of Shareware Professionals for distributing information about shareware applications.

Documentation
http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/

http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/pad_spec.txt

Example files
http://www.asp-shareware.org/padinfo/padgen.xml

http://www.ancodia.com/software/power_contact/pad/win.xml