daniel@daydream:~$ appstreamcli dump vlc.desktop
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<component type="desktop">
  <id>vlc.desktop</id>
  <name xml:lang="de_DE">VLC Media Player</name>
  <name>VLC media player</name>
  <summary xml:lang="de_DE">Wiedergabe, Aufnahme und Verbreitung Ihrer Multimedia-Streams</summary>
  <pkgname>vlc</pkgname>
  <categories>
    <category>AudioVideo</category>
    <category>Player</category>
    <category>Recorder</category>
    <category></category>
  </categories>
  <icon type="cached" width="64" height="64">vlc_vlc.png</icon>
  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default"><caption/><image type="source" width="800" height="600">http://screenshots.ubuntu.com/screenshot/vlc</image><image type="thumbnail" width="160" height="120">http://screenshots.ubuntu.com/thumbnail/vlc</image></screenshot>
  </screenshots>
</component>

daniel@daydream:~$