---
name: "HTTP::OAI::Metadata"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libhttp-oai-perl"
version: "4.13-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTTP::OAI::Metadata"
---

# HTTP::OAI::Metadata(3pm)

Base class for data objects that contain DOM trees

## NAME

HTTP::OAI::Metadata - Base class for data objects that contain DOM trees

## SYNOPSIS

```
        use HTTP::OAI::Metadata;
        $xml = XML::LibXML::Document->new();
        $xml = XML::LibXML->new->parse( ... );
    $md = new HTTP::OAI::Metadata();
    $md->dom($xml);
        $md = new HTTP::OAI::Metadata(dom=>$xml);
        print $md->dom->toString;
        my $dom = $md->dom(); # Return internal DOM tree
```

## METHODS

- $md-\>dom( \[$dom\] )

  Return and optionally set the XML DOM object that contains the actual metadata. If you intend to use the **generate()** method `$dom` must be a XML\_DOCUMENT\_NODE.