---
name: "TM::Serializable::CTM"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtm-perl"
version: "1.56-7"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TM::Serializable::CTM"
---

# TM::Serializable::CTM(3pm)

Topic Maps, trait for parsing of CTM instances.

## NAME

TM::Serializable::CTM - Topic Maps, trait for parsing of CTM instances.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  # this is not an end-user package
  # see the source of TM::Materialized::CTM
```

## DESCRIPTION

This package provides parsing functionality for CTM instances with the exceptions listed below.

```
   http://www.isotopicmaps.org/ctm/ctm.html
```

   http://www.isotopicmaps.org/ctm/ctm.html

### Deviations from the CTM Specification

## INTERFACE

### Methods

- **deserialize**

  This method tries to parse the passed in text stream as CTM instance. It will raise an exception on the first parse error. On success, it will return the map object.

- **serialize**

  This is not implemented.

## SEE ALSO

TM

## AUTHOR INFORMATION

Copyright 200\[8\], Robert Barta \<drrho@cpan.org\>, All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html