code: def load_properties(properties) -> dict:
      properties_dict = {}
      for property_item in properties:
          k, v = property_item.split("=")
          k = k.strip()
          v = v.strip()
          properties_dict[k] = v
      return properties_dict
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: load_properties(properties) and returns: properties_dict