deserializing xml results in bad links

Deserializing the following XML, which represents a single resource:

            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
            <object xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/identity/api/v2.0"
                attribute="value">
                    <links>
                        <link rel="self"
                            href="http://localhost:5000/v3/objects/abc123def"/>
                        <link rel="anotherobj"
                            href="http://localhost:5000/v3/anotherobjs/123"/>
                    </links>
            </object>

Results in JSON with collection-style links attached at the root level (including irrelevant "next" and "previous" links):

{
  'object': {
    'attribute': 'value'
  },
  'links': {
    'self': 'http://localhost:5000/v3/objects/abc123def',
    'next': None,
    'anotherobj': 'http://localhost:5000/v3/anotherobjs/123',
    'previous': None
  }
}

Instead of the links appearing on the object itself:

{
  'object': {
    'attribute': 'value',
    'links': {
      'self': 'http://localhost:5000/v3/objects/abc123def',
      'anotherobj': 'http://localhost:5000/v3/anotherobjs/123'
    }
  }
}