1. Astrophysics Source Code Library Making scientist software discoverable Alice Allen ASCL, Editor 06/25/15 CUA

2. Assumptions Software is important in research Research software should be available “… anything less than release of actual source code is an indefensible approach for any scientific results that depend on computation...” Ince, Hatton, & Graham-Cumming, The case for open computer programs, Nature, v. 482, Feb. 23, 2012

3. ASCL.net

4. Code entry

5. ascl ID

6. Code entry Name of code

7. Code entry Code authors

8. Code entry Description of code

9. Code entry Download site for code

10. Code entry Refereed paper describing/using code

11. Code entry bibcode

12. Code entry Link to discussion thread Number of times record has been viewed

13. Home page

14. 10 newest codes in reverse order

15. Browse

16. Browse Order by title or ascl ID With or without abstract Can reverse order Choice of number of codes/page

17. Number of code entries at year end, 2010 - 2014 2010 2011 20122013 2014

18. No one can assume that valuable innovations will pop up magically in the public domain if their inventors received no reward for their labor and capital. -Richard Epstein

19. Percentage of ASCL entries in ADS with citations

21. Secrets of the ASCL…. Random code Pull data dynamically Data on GitHub (occasionally refreshed) “Associated Articles” in ADS Handy link

22. Questions?