Manifest File Schema
The following is the complete listing of the manifest file schema.
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Schema xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes"
name="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" >
<!-- Attributes
-->
<AttributeType name="manifestVersion" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="1.0" />
<AttributeType name="name" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="type" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="publicKeyToken" dt:type="bin.hex" />
<AttributeType name="language" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="processorArchitecture" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="version" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="optional" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="yes no" />
<AttributeType name="clsid" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="description" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="threadingModel" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="tlbid" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="progid" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="helpdir" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="iid" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="numMethods" dt:type="ui4" />
<AttributeType name="resourceid" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="flags" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="control hidden restricted hasdiskimage" />
<AttributeType name="hashalg" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="SHA1 SHA MD5 MD4 MD2" />
<AttributeType name="hash" dt:type="bin.hex" />
<AttributeType name="proxyStubClsid32" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="baseInterface" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="versioned" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="yes no" />
<AttributeType name="oldVersion" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="newVersion" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="size" dt:type="ui8" />
<AttributeType name="runtimeVersion" dt:type="string" />
<!-- Elements
-->
<ElementType name="assembly" order="seq" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="manifestVersion" required="yes" />
<group order="many" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*">
<element type="assemblyIdentity" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
<element type="noInheritable" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
</group>
<group order="many" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*">
<element type="description" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
<element type="noInherit" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
<element type="noInheritable" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
<element type="comInterfaceExternalProxyStub" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="dependency" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="file" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="clrClass" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="clrSurrogate" minOccurs="0" />
</group>
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="supportedOS" order="seq" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="Id" required="yes" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="clrClass" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="clsid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="progid" required="no" />
<attribute type="tlbid" required="no" />
<attribute type="description" required="no" />
<attribute type="runtimeVersion" required="no" />
<attribute type="threadingModel" required="no" />
<element type="progid" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="clrSurrogate" model="closed" content="empty">
<attribute type="clsid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="runtimeVersion" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="assemblyIdentity" model="closed">
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="version" required="no" />
<attribute type="type" required="no" />
<attribute type="processorArchitecture" required="no" />
<attribute type="publicKeyToken" required="no" />
<attribute type="language" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="comInterfaceProxyStub" model="closed">
<attribute type="iid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="tlbid" required="no" />
<attribute type="numMethods" required="no" />
<attribute type="proxyStubClsid32" required="no" />
<attribute type="baseInterface" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="description" />
<ElementType name="dependency" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<element type="dependentAssembly" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
<attribute type="optional" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="dependentAssembly" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<element type="assemblyIdentity" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
<element type="bindingRedirect" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="bindingRedirect" model="closed" content="empty">
<attribute type="oldVersion" required="yes" />
<attribute type="newVersion" required="yes" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="file" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="hash" required="no" />
<attribute type="hashalg" required="no" />
<attribute type="size" required="no" />
<group order="many" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*">
<element type="comClass" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="comInterfaceProxyStub" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="typelib" minOccurs="0" />
<element type="windowClass" minOccurs="0" />
</group>
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="comClass" model="closed" content="eltOnly">
<attribute type="clsid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="threadingModel" required="no" />
<attribute type="progid" required="no" />
<attribute type="tlbid" required="no" />
<attribute type="description" required="no" />
<element type="progid" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="comInterfaceExternalProxyStub" model="closed" content="empty">
<attribute type="iid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="name" required="yes" />
<attribute type="tlbid" required="no" />
<attribute type="numMethods" required="no" />
<attribute type="proxyStubClsid32" required="no" />
<attribute type="baseInterface" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="typelib" model="closed" content="empty">
<attribute type="tlbid" required="yes" />
<attribute type="version" required="yes" />
<attribute type="helpdir" required="yes" />
<attribute type="resourceid" required="no" />
<attribute type="flags" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="windowClass" model="closed" content="textOnly">
<attribute type="versioned" required="no" />
</ElementType>
<ElementType name="noInherit" model="closed" content="empty" />
<ElementType name="noInheritable" model="closed" content="empty" />
<ElementType name="progid" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="dpiAware" />
<ElementType name="autoElevate" />
<ElementType name="disableTheming" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2011/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="disableWindowFiltering" />
<ElementType name="printerDriverIsolation" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2013/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="highResolutionScrollingAware" />
<ElementType name="ultraHighResolutionScrollingAware" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="dpiAwareness" />
<ElementType name="longPathAware" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2017/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="gdiScaling" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="activeCodePage" />
<!-- WindowsSettings elements from XML namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2020/WindowsSettings
-->
<ElementType name="heapType" />
</Schema>
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