Describe Manifest in .NET?

 

An assembly manifest is a text file containing metadata about .NET assemblies. The Assembly manifest contains the following things:

1. Version of assembly
2. Security identity
3. Scope of the assembly
4. resolve references to resources and classes.
5. 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.