You might want to try a different module, XML::Rules.

use strict;
use XML::Rules;
use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper);

my $parser = XML::Rules->new(
    stripspaces => 15,
    rules => {
        'type,author' => sub { return ( $_[0].'Id' => $_[1]->{id}, $_[
+0] => $_[1]->{_content}); },
        field => sub { return ( $_[1]->{name} => $_[1]->{_content}); }
+,
        data => 'pass no content',
        node => 'pass no content'
    }
);

print Dumper($parser->parse(\*DATA));

__DATA__
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<node id="11100665" title="Re^5: What does $_ = qq~&quot;$_&quot;~ do?
+" created="2019-05-28 16:28:57" updated="2019-05-28 16:28:57">
<type id="11">
note</type>
<author id="830549">
haukex</author>
<data>
<field name="doctext">
&lt;p&gt;More fun facts! I once wrote a script to search a word list f
+or words that make valid regexen which convert one valid word into an
+other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;c&gt;
$ perl -le 'print bangs =~s engender'
bands
$ perl -le 'print halved =~s avatar'
halted
$ perl -le 'print stove =~s evener'
stone
&lt;/c&gt;
</field>
<field name="root_node">
11100593</field>
<field name="parent_node">
11100640</field>
<field name="reputation">
21</field>
</data>
</node>
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