Building detailed DB of Kexts (Not currently installed) including information from Info.plist

[lanceomni]

I am currently working on a DB which will store information about Kernel Extensions (Kexts). I am looking for direction as to the method of retrieving the below information. If I should stick with Applescript or if there is some other means of scripting that will do the job.

Say I have a folder of kexts from a particular update from Apple (Not those currently loaded on the machine) I want to find the following:

1. The name of the kext

2. Size of the kext including its contents as they are actually folders.

3. Pull useful information from the Info.plist file such as version, build, dependencies...

The kicker is that there could be additional kexts buried inside and I would like to reference the parent kext and the information above for these.

Im working on a project which will show extremely detailed information about the different kexts put out in Apple updates.

Where should I start?

Is it worth putting a lot of time into Applescript or AS insufficient for this task.