What is Manifest in .Net?

Assembly metadata is stored in Manifest. Manifest contains all the metadata needed to do the following things

• Version of assembly


• Security identity


• Scope of the assembly


• Resolve references to resources and classes.


• The assembly manifest can be stored in either a PE file (an .exe or .dll) with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a stand-alone PE file that contains only assembly manifest information.