diff --git a/R/ISOMetadata.R b/R/ISOMetadata.R
index 091992ac..ea277eb0 100644
--- a/R/ISOMetadata.R
+++ b/R/ISOMetadata.R
@@ -435,10 +435,12 @@
 #'    
 #'    #example 2 - READ: Create an ISO metadata reading from XML
 #'    ######################################################
+#'    \donttest{
 #'    require(XML)
 #'    xmlfile <- system.file("extdata/examples", "metadata.xml", package = "geometa")
 #'    xml <- xmlParse(xmlfile)
 #'    md <- ISOMetadata$new(xml = xml)
+#'    }
 #' 
 #' @references 
 #'   ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information -- Metadata
diff --git a/man/ISOMetadata.Rd b/man/ISOMetadata.Rd
index de5ff692..21e4740d 100644
--- a/man/ISOMetadata.Rd
+++ b/man/ISOMetadata.Rd
@@ -431,10 +431,12 @@ ISOMetadata
    
    #example 2 - READ: Create an ISO metadata reading from XML
    ######################################################
+   \donttest{
    require(XML)
    xmlfile <- system.file("extdata/examples", "metadata.xml", package = "geometa")
    xml <- xmlParse(xmlfile)
    md <- ISOMetadata$new(xml = xml)
+   }
 
 }
 \references{