# Manifest (.mf file)

The package (zip) should have a a directroy with a META-INF dir, that dir has a MANIFEST.MF file that describes what the package contains.

It is or a component package (Package-Type: Web-Component) or a service package (Package-Type: Web-Service).

Some stuff can also be defined in the \[spec file]\(./spec-file.md#Definition and basic structure), service mostly define stuff in the spec file, like modulename,entrypoint, css libs, and components in the manifest.

the format:\
**manifest file definition**

```
Manifest-Version: 1.0
NG2-CSS-ClientLibs: A link to an assets, inside node modules/npm packages, like css that shouild always be included when this package is included, multiply seperated by ; (can also be per component see the spec file definition NG2Config) (TiNG)
NPM-PackageName: The name (package.json) of the project (TiNG)
NG2-Module: The module this package exports (TiNG)
Entry-Point: Point to a dir of the build artifacts which contains the package (package.json file) (TiNG)
CSS-ClientLibs: A list of css files seperated by ; that needs to be included in the NG1 client.
CSS-DesignLibs: A css that needs to be included in the designer.
Bundle-SymbolicName: The id/name of the package
Bundle-Version: The Version of the package
Bundle-Name: The displayed name.
Package-Type: The type (Web-Component or Web-Service)
JS-ClientLibs: A list of css files seperated by ; that needs to be included in the NG1 client.
```

after this there are sets of 2 lines of all the spec files (component or service) that are included in this package:

Name: directory/name.spec\
Web-Service: True

or

Name: directory/name.spec\
Web-Component: True


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