xml requires all elements to have a closing tag.  You can do it one of two 
ways:

<EXTPTR></EXTPTR> (empty element)
or
<EXTPTR/> (opening and closing tags both in one)

As far as the problem with the image appearing in the output, that's a 
problem in your processing.  Are you using XSLT to generate HTML?  If so 
then if you can send the XML snippet, the relevant part(s) of the XSLT 
that's doing the processing, and perhaps the HTML output we might be able to 
help.

Michele

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordan Patty" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:50 PM
Subject: Embedding images in bioghist


> I've tried to place an image in the BIOGHIST, but the error message states 
> that the EXTPTR requires a closing tag.  When I do this, no image appears 
> in the html version.  Is there something else to include?
>
> -- 
> Jordan Patty
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