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You can use $writer->dataElement( 'Name', $Name[0]); to generate <Name>Fred Flintsone</Name> and replace 3 lines in your code. This would shorten it and make it a lot more clear.

I tend to dislike using the IO::File thing and write to STDOUT instead (just don't use the OUTPUT argument and redirect the output of your script) but maybe that's just me.