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Start with XML::SemanticDiff.

perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'
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Re^2: comparing xml and producing informative output
by jccunning (Acolyte) on Jul 23, 2012 at 19:21 UTC
    XML SemanticDiff works pretty good except I discovered that a child element can be reported as new rogue element in new file if not in same location as old file. Example if old file contains: 
    <classes name="Zanoply::AccessLogic">
    <all_members name="accessLogic"/>
    <all_members name="DBUS"/>
</classes>

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    And new file contains: 
    <classes name="Zanoply::AccessLogic">
    <all_members name="accessLogic"/>
    <all_members name="SPR"/>
    <all_members name="DBUS"/>
</classes>

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    Then DBUS is reported both as a change in attribute value and new rogue element.
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