diff --git a/formats/xml_format.inc b/formats/xml_format.inc
index 88e42c8..24541f6 100755
--- a/formats/xml_format.inc
+++ b/formats/xml_format.inc
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ function taxonomy_xml_xml_create($vid, $parent = 0, $depth = -1, $max_depth = NU
       #$synonyms = taxonomy_get_synonyms($term->tid);
       $output .= "<term>";
       foreach ($term as $key => $value) {
+	if($key == 'rdf_mapping')
+	  continue;
         if ($key == 'parents') {
           foreach ($value as $parent) {
             $output .= "<parent>" . check_plain($parent) . "</parent>";