https://www.rimmf.com/w/ 2026-05-21T09:10:23+00:00 https://www.rimmf.com/w/ https://www.rimmf.com/w/lib/tpl/dokubook/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:aap_checkbox_options&rev=1754422341&do=diff Edit: AAP Checkbox options This menu is used to change the default for the elements to be included in the Authorized Access Point for the entity that is open or restore the original defaults for that entity; it also provides quick access to the 'Learn about' section on text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:about&rev=1754422341&do=diff About RIMMF Our development of RIMMF grew out of my need to understand RDA thinking. As a cataloging trainer faced with the prospect of training catalogers to follow RDA guidelines and instructions instead of AACR rules, I knew I had to understand RDA before I could hope to explain it to anyone else. Because I am a very visual person, I felt that I would never understand RDA without seeing it in action, despite attending many presentations over the course of 10 or so years, and pestering the … text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:accesspointindex&rev=1754422341&do=diff Access Point Index This index contains only Authorized Access Points, and is intended to begin to explore how the results of a search in an RDA OPAC might display. Under development text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:admin&rev=1754422341&do=diff Admin menu The options that follow should be used with some caution; in fact, its probably best to avoid the options on this page entirely, for now, unless recommended as a solution to a problem. Reset ID numbers This option will reset the starting ID number that RIMMF uses when creating records. It does this by scanning all the records in the data folder, removing any record prefixes, and determines the highest number currently in use. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:appendices&rev=1754422341&do=diff More details Element Types text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:changedata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Change Data Folder Quick Steps * Choose 'Tools | Change Data Folder' * Choose the appropriate location of the folder: * Local network (for a folder on your computer) * Web folder (at a URL on the Web) Local Network * Go to Tools | Change data folder text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:changefont&rev=1754422341&do=diff Options: Font The Font option on the record menu opens a Windows Font pop-up where you can customize the text display that you see in the 'Text' column in a record or template. If you want to customize the appearance of another column, use the Customize Levels... option. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:clonerecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Clone record Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to clone: * Choose File | Clone record; or press <Ctrl+Alt+O> * Select a template from the list that displays * Make necessary changes to create a new record Detailed Steps To use an existing record as the basis for a new record (to save typing similar information all over again) you can copy the existing record as a 'cloned' record (aka a different edition record). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:close&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Close Quick Steps To close an individual record that you are in: * Choose File | Close; or * Press <Ctrl+W>; or * Click the [x] box at the top right of the form Detailed Steps To close a record while you are in the record, either * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:closeall&rev=1754422341&do=diff Close All Records Quick Steps * Press <F12> at the Main Menu; or * Choose 'File|Close All Records' Detailed Steps To close all records that you have open, you can either: * Press <F12> at the Main Menu; or * Choose 'File|Close All Records' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:closeallopenrecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Close all open records Quick Steps While in one record: * Choose File | Close all records Detailed Steps If you want to close all of the records that you have open, at once: * While in one record * Choose File | Close all open records text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:closeallrecordsinset&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Close all records in a set Quick Steps While in one record: * Choose File | Close all records in a set; or <F12> Detailed Steps If you want to close all of the records in a set, at once: * While in one record: * Choose File | Close all records in a set; or text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:closeeverything&rev=1754422341&do=diff Close Everything Quick Steps * Choose 'File|Close Everything' Detailed Steps This option closes all open windows (records, templates, the entity index, everything), but leaves the software still open, ready for further action. * Choose 'File|Close Everything' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:copyright_symbol&rev=1754422341&do=diff Edit: Copyright symbol Quick Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the copyright symbol: * Choose Edit | Copyright symbol; or press <Shift+F1> Detailed Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the copyright symbol: * Choose Edit | Copyright symbol; or press <Shift+F1> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:copytemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Copy a Template Copy a Template: Quick Steps * Choose 'File|Open|Template' * Select and open the appropriate Entity folder * Select and open the template you want to copy * Save the existing template as a new file using 'File|Save As' * Give the new template an explanatory name, always beginning with the name of the Entity, e.g., Expression template.Audio text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:customizelevels&rev=1754422341&do=diff Options: Customize levels This option opens the following form: You may customize the Font properties, and the background colors, for the various levels, separately, or setup one style and apply it to all levels (the default). These customizations are controlled by the View menu's 'Highlight levels' option, which acts as an 'on/off' switch for your customizations. Thus, you can setup some customizations on this form, and then turn them on or off when viewing records by toggling the 'Highlig… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:customizetemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Customize a Template text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:delete&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Delete Quick Steps * In a record or template that you wish to delete: * Choose File | Save; or press <Ctrl+F11> * Confirm or reject deletion * Acknowledge deletion Detailed Steps In addition to deleting records from within the Entity Index, you can also delete a record from within the record text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:docconv&rev=1754422341&do=diff Documentation conventions Special keys on the keyboard are given in angle brackets: <Ctrl> means Ctrl key <Alt> means Alt key <Ctrl>+key means hold down the Ctrl key, then press 'key' <Ctrl><Alt>+key means hold down both the Ctrl key and the Alt key, then press 'key' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:download&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF: Version 1 To download: Link to the standard installer <!-- Dont change the text in the next line as its used in the mkrimmf script --> Version: 1.0.1.318 ---------- <!-- What's new? List of changes --> Installation Steps * Download the standard installer to your computer: * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:elementeditor&rev=1754422341&do=diff Element editor The element editor is a convenient way to view and manage all of the RIMMF properties associated with an element. To be completed at a later date text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:elementtypes&rev=1754422341&do=diff Element Types In RIMMF, there is support for different types of elements. Of course, there is the RDA Element, upon which the whole thing is based, but there are also some other element types that you can use. We think it is important for you to tell at a glance the source of an element, caption, or vocabulary in a template, so we have assigned visual symbols to each non-RDA element type (RDA elements are not marked): text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:entityindex&rev=1754422341&do=diff Entity Index Quick Steps * Press <Ctrl+E> at any time; or * Choose 'Tools|Entity Index' from the main menu * See the Table of Contents, on the right, or page down to access instructions for the following functions: * Search the Entity Index text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:expand2level&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Expand to Level This option allows you to customize the levels of elements that you see in a record or template display, which can sometimes help you to see what is going on more clearly. With 'Expand to Level' set at the top level ('0'), you will see only the Entity Name for the record; this is the equivalent to collapsing all levels of the display ( text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:expandcollapse&rev=1754422341&do=diff Option menu: Expand/Collapse All Quick Steps While in a record: * Choose Options | Expand/Collapse All; or press <Ctrl+Alt+A> Detailed Steps When this option is toggled on (the default), then all of the elements in a record or template will be displayed; if this option is toggled off, then only the first level text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:faq&rev=1754422341&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions What is RIMMF? RIMMF is: * a visualization tool for catalogers, to help them to get used to thinking RDA, instead of AACR/MARC. * a cataloging training tool, to help educators teach RDA thinking What RIMMF is not RIMMF is not a cataloging tool, because you cannot export records that can be used in an ILS. You can also not, as yet, import records created by an ILS or other such utility into RIMMF. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:gridlines&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Grid Lines By default, no lines are drawn on a RIMMF record or template form: However, you can use this option to add horizontal lines: Vertical lines: Or both, giving the effect of grid cells: Note The tree branch connectors (dotted lines) along the left side of the Element labels are always displayed. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:help&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF: Program Help index Click on the links below to visit the corresponding documentation * Program Menus * User interface * Data structure * FAQ text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:hints&rev=1754422341&do=diff Quick Hints * Control key shortcuts * Delete a row: <Ctrl + Del> * Insert a row: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:install&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Installation Select the “Download” topic on the left, then download the software to your computer. When the download is complete, double-click on the downloaded file to install RIMMF. When the installation is complete, there should be an icon for RIMMF on your desktop. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:interface&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF: Interface text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:license&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF License RIMMF is made available under the following terms: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:licensing&rev=1754422341&do=diff Licensing RIMMF is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Refer to the URL in the “Attribution” section below for more details. There are three requirements of this license text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:listrecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff List Records by Entity This option simply dumps a list of all of your records, sorted by Entity (in the order W-E-M-I-P-F-C). The purpose of this is to allow you to select and copy and paste the results elsewhere . text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:list_source&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Column: List Source and List Schema If the current element is to be derived from a valuelist, the 'Source' column will contain the URI for that valuelist. For example, the column labelled 'Mode of Issuance' contains this URI in the 'Source' column: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenuall&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu Options Here is a list of all of the Main menu options This menu is used to create or open a record or a template. Main Menu: File Menu * New Template for ... * New Record for ... * Open ... * Record * XML Record * Record in Template * Template * Element Set * Reopen ... * Close All * Quit Main Menu: Edit Menu There are two options for 'editors' here, one for Elements and the other for Vocabularies: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenuedit&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Edit menu This menu is used to edit the properties of the elements and vocabularies defined in RIMMF * 'Element' editor * 'Vocabulary' editor text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenufile&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File menu This menu is used to create, open, or close records or templates. * New Record for ... * New Template for ... * Open ... * Record * Record in Template * Template * Reopen ... * Close All Records * Close Everything * Quit text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenuhelp&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Help menu The Help menu on the main form contains: * RIMMF User Guide <F1>--a quick link to this User Guide for in-depth help * TMQ Website--a quick link to our company website for information about other software and services we offer text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenuoptions&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options menu This menu contains options that affect the program as a whole: Use built-in browser If this box is checked, RIMMF will use its own browser to navigate web-links, otherwise it will use your default browser. RIMMF comes with its own web browsing tool, which may be used for browsing the RDA Toolkit, the MARC documentation at LC, and links to other external sources. The advantages of this browser are that it is lightweight. The disadvantages are that it does not have an… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenutools&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools menu This menu is where you will find a variety of useful utilities for searching, setup, admin and more: * Entity Index * Access Point Index * Search LC * List records by Entity * Notices * Setup * Admin * Change Data Folder * RIMMF 1 Updater ---------- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:mainmenuwindows&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Windows menu This option simply maintains a list of all records currently open in RIMMF. The records are identified by their RIMMF Identifier. Click on a record in the list to get back to a specific record if your desktop becomes too cluttered with open windows to find it easily by another method. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:menus&rev=1754422341&do=diff Current program menus Note: the option names highlighted in red below are saved each time the program closes. File menu * Open|F3 - load a template into the editor * Save - save the current template (Be careful! recommend using 'Save As' until you have tested a reload) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:newrecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create a New Record Use this menu option to create a new record. Quick Steps * Choose 'File|New Record for ...' * Select the appropriate Entity * Select an appropriate Template * Add data to your new record * Save your record before closing it with: <Ctrl+S> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:newtemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create New template Use this menu to make a new template. Quick steps * Choose 'File|New Template for ...' * Select the appropriate Entity * In the default template that opens, choose 'File|Save As ...' * Give the new template an explanatory name, always beginning with the name of the Entity, e.g., Expression template.Audio text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:notices&rev=1754422341&do=diff Database notices Every time the program starts, and the tables are created, several notices about links are generated. These notices or reports are entered into the main menu in this section: Dead links A 'dead link' is a RIMMF Identifier that links to a record that no longer exists. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:opacview&rev=1754422341&do=diff OPAC View This option allows you to see the data for an entity record in a slightly more user-friendly view. Here is a RIMMF record-- --displayed in OPAC view: The OPAC view opens in RIMMF's built-in browser--so if you have anything else this window, e.g., the RDA Toolkit (because of a link to an RDA rule), then the toolkit window will be replaced with the opac view. You can use the 'Prev' and 'Next' buttons in the browser window to get back to the Toolkit window. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:openallrecordsinset&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Open all records in a set Quick Steps While in one record: * Choose File | Open all records in a set Detailed Steps If you want to open all of the records in a set, at once: * Open one record in the set * Choose File | Open all records in a set text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:openeset&rev=1754422341&do=diff Open an Element Set In RIMMF, an “element set” is the same as the '.01' template for an RDA Entity, which is sorted in Element Label order. These element sets may not be edited; their purpose is to quickly show the complete default templates for each entity. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:openrecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Open a Record Only use this option when you know the record number of the record you want to open. Quick Steps * Choose: File|Open|Record * Select the record you want to open (you must know the record # to use this option) Detailed Steps * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:openrecordintemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Open Record in a Template Quick Steps * Choose “File|Open ...” * Select “Record in Template” * Select and open a record (you must know the record # to use this option) * Select the template to use for the record Detailed Steps You would only use this option when you know the record number of the record you want. If you do not know the record number of the record that you want, use text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:opentemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Open a Template Quick Steps * Choose “File|Open ...|Template” * Select and open the appropriate template folder * Select and open the appropriate template Detailed Steps Choose “File|Open ...|Template” Select and open the appropriate template folder: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:optionsremove&rev=1754422341&do=diff Remove Elements options There are three options for removing elements in the current document: * Remove non-RDA Elements * Remove Relationship elements * Remove Empty elements The first two apply only to templates; the third applies only to records. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:parent&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF ID columns To create a self-referencing trees structure (like RIMMF) two id columns are needed: * a Parent ID * a Row ID Row IDs are simple sequential numbers. The Parent ID is what connects a row to another row in a Parent/Child relationship, thus making the tree visualization possible. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:phonogram_symbol&rev=1754422341&do=diff Edit: Phonograpm symbol Quick Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the phonogram symbol: * Choose Edit | Phonogram symbol; or press <Shift+F1> Detailed Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the copyright symbol: * Choose Edit | Phonogram symbol; or press <Shift+F2> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:print&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Print Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to print: * Choose File | Save; or press <Ctrl+Alt+P> Detailed Steps There is limited support for printing in RIMMF. * In a record that you wish to print: * Choose File | Save; or press <Ctrl+Alt+P> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:quit&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Quit Quick Steps * Choose “File|Quit” Detailed Steps To completely close the software, you can either: * Choose 'File|Quit' * Click the red [X] button on the top right of the Main Menu Either way, if any document has been changed and was not saved since it was changed, a pop-up confirmation window will allow you to save your changes. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rda_element&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Column: RDA Element The 'RDA Element' columns contain the names or captions (or labels, or field names, etc.) for each row. Since some of these element names can be very long, there are two versions: a complete element name, and a brief element name. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rda_in_marc&rev=1754422341&do=diff RDA in MARC June 1, 2011: “Library of Congress May Begin Transitioning Away from MARC” This is an interesting article expanding upon the LC announcement re “Transforming our Bibliographic Framework”. It is sounding more and more like the LC decision re RDA implementation will be text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rda_rule&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Column: RDA Rule This column contains the RDA Rule number for the current element. If you have a valid subscription, you may click on this rule to browse to the corresponding RDA documentation. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:recmenuedit&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record: Edit menu This menu is used for the following special edit funtions, for records or templates: * Copyright symbol * Phonogram symbol * Reset MARC Mappings to default * Restart 'Build WEM' * Search bar ... text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:recmenufile&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record: File menu When a record or template is displayed, the File menu contains these options: * Clone record * Switch template * Save * Save As * Save As MARC * Print * Select printer * Delete * Close * Open all records in set * Close all records in set * Close all open records Many of the menu items on the record form have shortcut keys; once you learn them you will be able to quickly perform actions without using the mouse. For example, press <Ctrl><Alt>C to 'C'l… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:recmenuhelp&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record: Help menu At present, this menu contains two items: The first item, 'Home'. is simply a shortcut that might help you get back to the main screen in RIMMF if the desktop becomes too cluttered with record windows. The second item is a link to this User guide (a link which is also duplicated on the main RIMMF form). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:recmenuoptions&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record: Options menu The 'Options' menu on any RIMMF record or template form offers the following options: * Expand/Collapse All * Sort by Rule number * Sort by Element name * MARC (Mapped) View (records only) * OPAC View * Relationship View (records only) * XML View (records only) * Uri View * Remove Empty elements (records only) * Remove non-RDA elements (templates only) * Remove Relationship elements (templates only) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:recmenuview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record: View menu The View menu on the record form contains options that allow you to customize the appearance of RIMMF records and templates. To access these options, a record or template must be visible * Expand to Level * Show/Hide options... * Autosize columns to fit * Grid Lines * Un-tree/Flatten * Wrap Text column * Change Text Font * Highlight by level * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:related_topics&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Related Topics RDA in MARC text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:reopen&rev=1754422341&do=diff Re-open a File Quick Steps You can use this menu to quickly re-open a recently opened record or template. The selected record or template will open without the need for any further steps. * Choose “File|Re-open...” * Select the file you want to open text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:reset_marc_mappings_to_default&rev=1754422341&do=diff Reset MARC Mappings to default Use this option to reset all MARC mappings to their original defaults. Use with care! Make a note of your changes before doing this, in case you need to re-do any of the ones you made. More details will come later text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:restart_build_wem&rev=1754422341&do=diff Restart 'Build WEM' Quick Steps Use this when the Build WEM process has been interrupted: * Open the record where you were interrupted * Position your cursor in the WEM link that you wish to pick up at * Choose Edit | Restart 'Build WEM'; or <F10> * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rimmf2&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Select printer Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to print, before you choose Print: * Choose File | Select printer * Choose a different printer than your default, or choose Adobe PDF * Then choose Print Detailed Steps You can change a printer or 'print' to Adobe PDF, using the 'Select printer' option. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rimmfei&rev=1754422341&do=diff Entity Index text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rimmfgriduse&rev=1754422341&do=diff How to use the data grids in RIMMF text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rimmfmenus&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Menus There are two different screens or forms that are used in RIMMF, and each one, shown below, has its own menu. This guide simply follows the menu structure of the program: click on a link to get more information about a menu. The 'Main' menu text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rimmfrld&rev=1754422341&do=diff RLD: RIMMF Linking Data text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:rule_link&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Column: RDA Rule Link If the 'RDA Rule' column contains an entry, this 'Link' column, normally hidden, will contain the full URI for the rule. It is the 'Link' column that is executed when you click on an RDA Rule. NOTE: Access to the RDA documentation requires a subscription. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:save&rev=1754422341&do=diff Save a record or template Quick Steps * In a record or template that you wish to save: * Choose File | Save; or press <Ctrl+S> Detailed Steps To save a record without leaving it: * In a record or template that you wish to save: * Choose File | Save; or press <Ctrl+S> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:saveas&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Save As Quick Steps * In a template that you wish to clone: * Choose File | Save As; or press <Ctrl+A> Detailed Steps To clone a template and customize it in whichever way you choose: * In a record or template that you wish to clone: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:saveasmarc&rev=1754422341&do=diff File: Save As Marc Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to save as a MARC record: * Choose File | Save As MARC; or press <F9> * Note the RIMMF Identifer for the record * Go to your RIMMF data folder * open the MARC folder and find the corresponding MARC record text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:screenshots&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Structure RIMMF is designed around the structure of the RDA instructions in the RDA Toolkit (TK). The TK Element Set View (ESV) lists the various FRBR Entities separately, so RIMMF does the same: The ESV groups RDA data elements into “Attributes text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:searchlc&rev=1754422341&do=diff Search LC This option allows you to search a variety of LC databases, and VIAF, to find and import existing MARC records into your RIMMF database. Under Development text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:search_bar&rev=1754422341&do=diff Search bar ... This menu is used to search for the following in an open record: * Element label * Text * RDA Rule To open the Search bar: * Choose Edit | Search bar ...; or <Ctrl+F> To close the Search bar: * Choose Edit | Search bar text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:setrecordprefix&rev=1754422341&do=diff Set Record Prefix The first time you install RIMMF, a form pops up asking you to set your record prefix. This is important, and is the only required Setup option in RIMMF (i.e., RIMMF should not allow you to proceed without adding this prefix). You should do this to make your RIDs, as far as possible, unique. You will eventually find yourself wanting to share your records with others, and we must have unique RIDs to make that possible. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:setup&rev=1754422341&do=diff Setup menu This menu is used for a variety of setup instructions that you can customize: * Set record prefix * Set language code * Set output type * Set mapping options * Set Toolkit access method * Remove/Restore demo records * TMQ captions, templates ---------- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:shortcutkeys&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF shortcut keys File menu * Clone record <Ctrl><Alt>O * Save (record) <Ctrl>S * Save As <Ctrl><Alt>S * Print <Ctrl><Alt>P * Close (record) <Ctrl>W Edit menu * Copyright symbol <Shift><F1> * Phonogram symbol <Shift><F2> View menu text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:showaaphints&rev=1754422341&do=diff Show/Hide Access point as help hint This option is invoked from Record Menu | View This option controls the display of the authorized access point in a RIMMF Identifier element. In brief, RIMMF Identifiers are control numbers that link records to one another. On their own, as shown in the snippet for a manifestation below, they do not provide very much information for the cataloger (though they are essential for the system): text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:showelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Show/Hide Element name as hint By default, RIMMF displays cataloger-friendly labels for the elements in a record or template. If you want to see the actual RIMMF Element name (which may be rather long and somewhat redundant at times), you may either enable display of the 'RIMMF Element' column (see How to text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:showhide&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Show/Hide This menu is invoked from Record Menu | View This sub-menu contains options that allow you to show or hide parts of the record/template form: * Show Access points as help hint * Show Element name as help hint * Show Qualified Labels * Show 'Detail' Elements * Show MARC Mapping * WEMI Links * Status Bar text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:sidebar&rev=1754422341&do=diff The 'Main' menu * File Menu * Edit Menu * Options Menu * Tools Menu * Windows Menu * Help Menu The 'Record' menu * File Menu * Edit Menu * View Menu * Options Menu * Help Menu text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:sortbyname&rev=1754422341&do=diff Options: Sort by Element Name This simply sorts the record form on the Element Label column. Like the 'Sort by Rule Number' option, this option should also be applied as needed, since it cannot be saved as a default (for the same reason). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:sortbyrule&rev=1754422341&do=diff Options: Sort by Rule number Select this option to sort a record form by the values in the 'RDA Rule' column. Here is a record that is not sorted by Rule: ... And is now sorted by Rule: Note This option should be applied as needed (the shortcut is <Ctrl><Alt>R). By design it cannot be saved as a default setting. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:statusbar&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Status Bar This option simply toggles on/off the Status Bar at the bottom of a record or template form. It might be useful when you are working on smaller displays (laptops, etc.) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:switchtemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Switch template Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to view in a different template: * Choose File | Switch template; or press <Ctrl+Alt+T> * Select a template from the list that displays Detailed Steps This option simply opens the current record in a different template. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:text&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Column: Text This column contains the actually data entered by the user when describing a resource. In normal usage, this is the only column that will be modifiable by the user. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:tracking_updates&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Changes #270 +Copyright symbol : Shift+F1 +Phonogram: SHift+F2 (wont display correctly) #264 +Adds new 'Document Mode' under Edit menu: Element Set, Template, or Record 'Mode' +Adds editability to Rules column in Master mode +Adds functional 'Re-open' menu to File menu text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:viewautosize&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Autosize columns to fit This option automatically sizes the RIMMF record columns so that they all fit nicely within the form. This option is true by default. When this option is enabled, it will be applied any time you resize the form by grabbing the bottom right corner. If you do not like that behavior, then turn this option off and adjust the columns manually (see note below). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:viewflat&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Un-tree/Flatten This option flattens the grid so that every Element has the same number of columns. By default, parent elements display only the column upon which the RIMMF tree structure is based, which is the Element Label. For example, note how the Label columns of the parent elements (Related Manifestation, Relationship Designators text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:viewhighlight&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Highlight by Level This option toggles on or off any customizations you have made on the 'Customize levels' form. By default this option is turned off. Follow this link for information on how to customize levels text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:viewwrap&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Wrap Text column This option toggles on or off the word-wrapping of the data in the Text column. For example, with 'Wrap Text' off: And the same data with 'Wrap Text' on: Note In the current version of RIMMF, this option, when enabled, will also wrap the text in the 'Element Label' column. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:vocabeditor&rev=1754422341&do=diff Vocabulary editor The vocabulary editor is a convenient way to view and manage the properties of a vocabulary and its terms. To be completed at a later date text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:wemilinks&rev=1754422341&do=diff Show/Hide WEMI Links This option show or hides the WEMI Links bar that appears at the bottom of a RIMMF record form. When this option is enabled (the default), a record form may look like this: And the same record form, with this option turned off, looks like: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf2:menu:xmlview&rev=1754422341&do=diff XML View This option simply dumps the current record to XML and loads the result in the browser. ---------- *Notes** This option is not available for templates. This option works regardless of the 'Record File Type' setting. The browser that is used will depend on your current broswer selection.