diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
index e3f01ba..9de1981 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
@@ -71,6 +71,22 @@ public class RESTResource {
     public String getAbstract() {
         return rootElem.getChildText("abstract");
     }
+    
+    public List<String> getKeywords(){
+    	List<String> kwdsList = null;
+    	
+    	final Element keywordsRoot = rootElem.getChild("keywords");
+    	if(keywordsRoot != null){
+    		final List<Element> keywords = keywordsRoot.getChildren();
+    		if(keywords != null){
+    			kwdsList = new ArrayList<String>(keywords.size());
+    			for(Element keyword : keywords){
+    				kwdsList.add(keyword.getValue());
+    			}
+    		}
+    	}
+    	return kwdsList;
+    }
 
     public String getNameSpace() {
         return rootElem.getChild("namespace").getChildText("name");
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/MetadataDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/MetadataDecoderTest.java
index f608866..bf40d27 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/MetadataDecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/MetadataDecoderTest.java
@@ -69,23 +69,4 @@ public class MetadataDecoderTest {
         }
     }
     
-    @Test
-    public void testMetadataLinkInfo() throws IOException{
-    	File coverageFile = new ClassPathResource("testdata/coverageExample.xml").getFile();
-        String coverageString = FileUtils.readFileToString(coverageFile);
-        RESTCoverage coverage = RESTCoverage.build(coverageString);
-            
-        List<GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder> list = coverage.getEncodedMetadataLinkInfoList();
-            
-        GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder metadataLinkInfo1 = list.get(0);
-        Assert.assertEquals("text/xml", metadataLinkInfo1.getType());
-        Assert.assertEquals("ISO19115:2003", metadataLinkInfo1.getMetadataType());
-        Assert.assertEquals("http://www.organization.org/metadata1", metadataLinkInfo1.getContent());
-    
-        GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder metadataLinkInfo2 = list.get(1);
-        Assert.assertEquals("text/html",metadataLinkInfo2.getType());
-        Assert.assertEquals("ISO19115:2003",metadataLinkInfo2.getMetadataType());
-        Assert.assertEquals("http://www.organization.org/metadata2",metadataLinkInfo2.getContent());
-            
-   } 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc20bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package it.geosolutions.geoserver.decoder;
+
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.decoder.RESTCoverage;
+import it.geosolutions.geoserver.rest.encoder.metadatalink.GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+/**
+* ResourceDecoderTest
+*
+* @author eblondel
+*
+*/
+public class ResourceDecoderTest {
+
+
+	RESTCoverage coverage;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() throws IOException {
+		File coverageFile = new ClassPathResource(
+				"testdata/coverageExample.xml").getFile();
+		String coverageString = FileUtils.readFileToString(coverageFile);
+		coverage = RESTCoverage.build(coverageString);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testName() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getName(), "granuleTestMosaic");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNativeName() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getNativeName(), "granuleTestMosaic");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testTitle() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getNativeName(), "granuleTestMosaic");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAbstract() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getAbstract(), "this is an abstract");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testKeywords() {
+		List<String> keywords = coverage.getKeywords();
+		Assert.assertEquals(keywords.get(0), "keyword1");
+		Assert.assertEquals(keywords.get(1), "keyword2");
+		Assert.assertEquals(keywords.get(2), "keyword3");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNameSpace() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getNameSpace(), "topp");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStoreName() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getStoreName(), "granuleTestMosaic");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStoreType() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getStoreType(), "coverageStore");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStoreUrl() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(
+				coverage.getStoreUrl(),
+				"http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/coveragestores/granuleTestMosaic.xml");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCRS() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getCRS(), "EPSG:4326");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBoundingBox() {
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getMinX(), -180.0, 0);
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getMaxX(), 180.0, 0);
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getMinY(), -90, 0);
+		Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getMaxY(), 90, 0);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testMetadataLinkInfo() throws IOException {
+
+		List<GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder> list = coverage
+				.getEncodedMetadataLinkInfoList();
+
+		GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder metadataLinkInfo1 = list.get(0);
+		Assert.assertEquals("text/xml", metadataLinkInfo1.getType());
+		Assert.assertEquals("ISO19115:2003",
+				metadataLinkInfo1.getMetadataType());
+		Assert.assertEquals("http://www.organization.org/metadata1",
+				metadataLinkInfo1.getContent());
+
+		GSMetadataLinkInfoEncoder metadataLinkInfo2 = list.get(1);
+		Assert.assertEquals("text/html", metadataLinkInfo2.getType());
+		Assert.assertEquals("ISO19115:2003",
+				metadataLinkInfo2.getMetadataType());
+		Assert.assertEquals("http://www.organization.org/metadata2",
+				metadataLinkInfo2.getContent());
+
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testdata/coverageExample.xml b/src/test/resources/testdata/coverageExample.xml
index 4230091..8603547 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testdata/coverageExample.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/testdata/coverageExample.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 <coverage>
   <name>granuleTestMosaic</name>
   <nativeName>granuleTestMosaic</nativeName>
+  <abstract>this is an abstract</abstract>
   <namespace>
     <name>topp</name>
     <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/namespaces/topp.xml" type="application/xml"/>
   </namespace>
   <title>granuleTestMosaic</title>
+  <keywords>
+    <string>keyword1</string>
+    <string>keyword2</string>
+    <string>keyword3</string>
+  </keywords> 
   <metadataLinks>
   	<metadataLink>
   		<type>text/xml</type>