# Manifest

> A declarative document listing a component's capabilities and metadata.

Record: `lexicon:manifest`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-manifest

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Runtime Configuration without Code Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-configuration-without-code-change.md) and before [Manifest Schema](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manifest-schema.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Required by

- [Capability Declaration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/capability-declaration.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [Infrastructure Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-infrastructure-concerns.md)