1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mammoth/docx/relationships_xml.py b/mammoth/docx/relationships_xml.py
index 75069fc..bb9c3ed 100644
--- a/mammoth/docx/relationships_xml.py
+++ b/mammoth/docx/relationships_xml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import collections
+
+
 class Relationships(object):
     def __init__(self, relationships):
         self._relationships = relationships
@@ -5,6 +8,16 @@ class Relationships(object):
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         return self._relationships[key]
 
-class Relationship(object):
-    def __init__(self, target):
-        self.target = target
+
+Relationship = collections.namedtuple("Relationship", ["target"])
+
+
+def read_relationships_xml_element(element):
+    children = element.find_children("relationships:Relationship")
+    return Relationships(dict(map(_read_relationship, children)))
+
+
+def _read_relationship(element):
+    relationship_id = element.attributes["Id"]
+    relationship = Relationship(target=element.attributes["Target"])
+    return relationship_id, relationship