diff --git a/src/content.h b/src/content.h
--- a/src/content.h
+++ b/src/content.h
@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@
     void setVideos(QList<QUrl> videos);
 
     /**
+     * Get all the tags for this content
+     */
+    QStringList tags() const;
+    /**
+     * Set the list of tags
+     * @param tags list of tags for this content
+     */
+    void setTags(const QStringList &tags);
+
+    /**
      * Add an attribute that is not included in the basis set of attributes exposed by the Content class.
      * If the attribute already exists it gets overwritten.
      * @param key the key of the attribute
diff --git a/src/content.cpp b/src/content.cpp
--- a/src/content.cpp
+++ b/src/content.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     QDateTime m_updated;
     QList<Icon> m_icons;
     QList<QUrl> m_videos;
+    QStringList m_tags;
 
     QMap<QString, QString> m_extendedAttributes;
 
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@
     desc.setGpgSignature(attribute(QLatin1String("downloadgpgsignature") + num));
     desc.setPackageName(attribute(QLatin1String("downloadpackagename") + num));
     desc.setRepository(attribute(QLatin1String("downloadrepository") + num));
+    desc.setTags(attribute(QLatin1String("downloadtags") + num).split(QLatin1Char(',')));
     return desc;
 }
 
@@ -327,3 +329,13 @@
 {
     d->m_videos = videos;
 }
+
+QStringList Attica::Content::tags() const
+{
+    return d->m_tags;
+}
+
+void Attica::Content::setTags(const QStringList& tags)
+{
+    d->m_tags = tags;
+}
diff --git a/src/contentparser.cpp b/src/contentparser.cpp
--- a/src/contentparser.cpp
+++ b/src/contentparser.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
                 videos = content.videos();
                 videos.append(video);
                 content.setVideos(videos);
+            } else if (xml.name() == QLatin1String("tags")) {
+                content.setTags(xml.readElementText().split(QLatin1Char(',')));
             } else {
                 content.addAttribute(xml.name().toString(), xml.readElementText());
             }
diff --git a/src/downloaddescription.h b/src/downloaddescription.h
--- a/src/downloaddescription.h
+++ b/src/downloaddescription.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
     QString packageName() const;
     Q_DECL_DEPRECATED QString repository();
     QString repository() const;
+    QStringList tags() const;
 
     void setId(int id);
     void setType(Attica::DownloadDescription::Type type);
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
     void setGpgSignature(const QString &signature);
     void setPackageName(const QString &packageName);
     void setRepository(const QString &repository);
+    void setTags(const QStringList &tags);
 
 private:
     class Private;
diff --git a/src/downloaddescription.cpp b/src/downloaddescription.cpp
--- a/src/downloaddescription.cpp
+++ b/src/downloaddescription.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     QString gpgSignature;
     QString packageName;
     QString repository;
+    QStringList tags;
     uint size;
 
     Private() : id(0), type(Attica::DownloadDescription::FileDownload), hasPrice(false), size(0)
@@ -296,3 +297,13 @@
 {
     d->repository = repository;
 }
+
+QStringList Attica::DownloadDescription::tags() const
+{
+    return d->tags;
+}
+
+void Attica::DownloadDescription::setTags(const QStringList& tags)
+{
+    d->tags = tags;
+}
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     }
     if (xml.hasError()) {
         // TODO: error handling in metadata?
-        qWarning() << "parseList():: XML Error: " << xml.errorString() << "\nIn XML:\n" << xmlString;
+        qWarning() << "parseList():: XML Error: " << xml.errorString() << "\nIn xml name" << xml.name() << "with text" << xml.text() << "at offset:\n" << xml.characterOffset() << "\nIn XML:\n" << xmlString;
     }
 
     return items;