diff --git a/R/cache.R b/R/cache.R
index e75a6b5..af25203 100644
--- a/R/cache.R
+++ b/R/cache.R
@@ -29,16 +29,13 @@ get_dir_size <- function(path) {
 #' @export
 #' @return A dataframe of the directories
 list_cache_files <- function() {
-    df <- list.files(get_cache_dir(), full.names=TRUE)
-    if (length(df) == 0) { return(data.frame()) }
-    df <- df[sapply(df, dir.exists, USE.NAMES=FALSE)]  # keep dirs only
-    df <- data.frame(Path=df, Name=basename(df))
-    df$Size <- sapply(df$Path, get_dir_size)
-    df
+    paths <- list.files(get_cache_dir(), full.names=TRUE)
+    if (length(paths) == 0) { return(data.frame()) }
+    paths <- paths[sapply(paths, dir.exists, USE.NAMES=FALSE)]  # keep dirs only
+    do.call(rbind, lapply(paths, rcldf::get_details))
 }
 
 
-
 #' Removes all files in the cache directory
 #'
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/get_details.R b/R/get_details.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6264b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/get_details.R
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+#' Returns a dataframe of with details on the CLDF dataset in `path`.
+#' @param path the path to resolve
+#' @export
+#' @return A dataframe.
+get_details <- function(path) {
+    md <- rcldf::resolve_path(path)
+    data.frame(
+        Title=md$metadata$`dc:title`,
+        Path=path,
+        Size=get_dir_size(dirname(path)),
+        Citation=md$metadata$`dc:bibliographicCitation`,
+        ConformsTo=md$metadata$`dc:conformsTo`
+    )
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_get_details.R b/tests/testthat/test_get_details.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3cfc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_get_details.R
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+test_that("test get_details", {
+    df <- get_details("examples/wals_1A_cldf/StructureDataset-metadata.json")
+    expect_is(df, 'data.frame')
+    expect_equal(df$Title, 'The Dataset')
+    expect_equal(df$Size, 13696)
+    expect_equal(df$Citation, 'Cite me like this!')
+    expect_equal(df$ConformsTo, 'http://cldf.clld.org/v1.0/terms.rdf#StructureDataset')
+
+})
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