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The most common way to find embedded/referenced images in the full text of Alexandria XML files is by using the img element.
Depending on the data source, different parameters can be found in this element, including the following most relevant parametersattributes

Attribute

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Description
fileName of the attachment file
he

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Height of the image described in

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pixels or

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percentage
wi

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Width of the image described in

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pixels or

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percentage
img-format

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Format of the image file, which includes the following options:

ValueDescription
appSequence Listings
cdxChemical Structures (ChemDraw format)
jpgJPEG Image Files
molChemical Structures (MDL format)
nbMathematical Expressions
pdfFull Documents
tifTIFF Image Files
xmlLarge tables or sequence listings
img-content

Describes the kind of content in the image file. Through the years, different values have been allowed in the img-content parameter

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. The most frequently used values include:

ValueDescription
adAbstract

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Drawing
cf, chem, chemistryChemical

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Formulae
cp. programlistingComputer

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Program Listing
dn, dnaDNA

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Sequences
dr, drawingDrawings
fg, figureFigures
gr, graphGraphs
mf, mathMathematical

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Formulae
ph

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Photographs
srSearch

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Reports
tbTabular

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Data

Note: The current default

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value is drawing.

 

The img element can may be found in the abstract, description, or claims sections of the XML document:

Abstract Section

Code Block
languagexml
<abstract mxw-id="PA87583406" lang="EN" load-source="patent-office">
  <p num="pa01">This invention relates to conduits (12) that allow communication of fluids
                from one portion of a patient's body to another; and, more particularly, to a
                blood flow conduit to allow communication from a heart chamber to a vessel or
                vice versa, and/or vessel to vessel
    <img id="iaf01" file="imgaf001.tif" wi="78" he="89" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif"/>
  </p>
</abstract> 

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