The Astrophysics Source Code Library (ASCL) is a free online registry for software that have been used in research that has appeared in, or been submitted to, peer-reviewed publications. The ASCL is indexed by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and Web of Science's Data Citation Index (WoS DCI), and is citable by using the unique ascl ID assigned to each code. The ascl ID can be used to link to the code entry by prefacing the number with ascl.net (i.e., ascl.net/1201.001).

Prefix

ascl

Keywords

astrophysics and astronomy

Links

Homepage

Contact

Alice Allen   0000-0003-3477-2845

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Astrophysics Source Code Library should match this regular expression:
^[0-9\.]+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

1801.012   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Astrophysics Source Code Library should match this regular expression:
^ascl:[0-9\.]+$

Example CURIE

ascl:1801.012

Publications

2015 Looking before Leaping: Creating a Software Registry

Contributors

• contributor Sumir H Pandit   0000-0002-1216-4761   sumirp

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 5 mappings to external registries for this resource with 3 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 1801.012 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Astrophysics Source Code Library. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.