Build WEM

If a manifestation of a resource that you are decribing for the first ever expression of the work that is contained in the resource, then you can use ‘Build WEM’ to speed up record creation for the necessary data for the three primary entities involved in the resource. Using Build WEM, you must work in this prescribed order: start with your Manifestation data , then give any Item data, then provide Work data, then finish up with Expression data.

Steps:

• Open a new Manifestation record:
  • File / New Record for … / Manifestation
• Choose a template
• Fill in attributes for:
  • identifying the manifestation
  • for describing carriers for the manifestation
  • providing acquisition and access information for the manifestation, if necessary
• Go to Metadata about Manifestation Data section
  • Click on Composite Key box to autofill it (needed for linking other entity records to this Manifestation record)
• Add a link to entities that are related to the Manifestation:
  • Producer/Publisher/Distributor/Manfacturer/Other PFC/Related Manifesation (check the relationship designators listed under each relationship to see whether you have an entity that meets the criteria for relationship at this level)
  • Exemplar of Manifesation (Primary relationship)
  • Expression Manifested (Primary relationship)
    • Right-click on RIMMF Identifier box
      • Click on Create new Work
      • Choose a template
• In Work record, RIMMF will autofill:
  • Preferred Title for the Work (from Manifestation: Title Proper)
  • Date of Work (from Manifestation: Date of Production or Date of Publication)
    • If Date of Work is autofilled with more than a year only and/or a non-Arabic number, change it to a year only in Arabic; remove square brackets if present
  • Source Consulted (from Manifestation: Title Proper and Date of Production/Publication)
• Fill in attributes for:
  • identifying the work
  • describing content of the work
• Add a link to Creator, if applicable
  • don’t forget to provide an appropriate Relationship Designator for Creators
  • make sure you enter the first or most prominently named creator first, so that name will be used as the name portion of the Authorized Access Point for the work
• Go to Metadata about Work data section
  • Click on Authorized Access Point box to autofill it (needed for linking other entity records to this Work record)
• If the AAP for the Work begins with the name of a creator, also click on Variant Access Point box, to autofill it with the Preferred Title of the Work
• Fill in Status of Identification
• Check Source consulted; remove square brackets around date, if present
• Add a link to entities that are related to the Work:
  • Additional creator/Other Person, Family, Corporate Body Associated with a Work/ Related Work
  • Expression of Work
    • Right-click on RIMMF Identifier box
      • Click on Create new Expression
      • Choose a template
• In an Expression record, RIMMF will autofill:
  • Date of Expression (from Work: Date of Work)
  • Authorized Access Point (from Work: Authorized Access Point)
  • Source Consulted (from Manifestation: Title Proper and Date of Production/Publication)
• Fill in attributes for:
  • identifying the expression
  • describing content of the expression
• Go to Metadata about Expression data section
  • Double-click on Authorized Access Point to autofill additional Expression elements to be added to Work elements that RIMMF already provided (needed for linking other entity records to this Expression record) ; change any incorrect capitalization
• Fill in Status of Identification
• Check Source consulted; remove square brackets around date, if present
• Add a link to entities that are related to the Expression:
  • Work Expressed is already done by RIMMF
  • Manifestation of Expression is already done by RIMMF
  • Make any useful links for Contributor / Related Expression
• View R-Tree, starting from Work, to check for missing relationships and/or relationship designators
• Save <Ctrl+S> and close all open records
• Done

These steps can also be used for quickly building WEM for resources where the manifestation is not for the first expression of the work, but you may need to change the Date of Work and Date of Expression, and, possibly the Preferred Title of the Work—to reflect the fact that an earlier, original manifestation with different data is available.