.VSCONTENT File Extension

Text file that describes the content of a Visual Studio package; includes the filename, display name, description, file type, and content version of each file; used for describing Visual Studio items shared as community components.

VSCONTENT files are typically compressed along with the component files into a single archive using ZIP compression. The resulting archive can be turned into a Visual Studio Content Installer (.VSI) File by changing the file extension from ".zip" to ".vsi".