Add a Term to a Vocabulary

If you need to add a local term to an open vocabulary:

• Click on the Text box for the element
• Type the local term that you would like to use
• Press <TAB> or <Enter>
• Add a definition, if you can
• Check that 'Source of term' is 'User'
• Click the 'Add' button

The next time you use this vocabulary, your local term will be present in the list of choices.

• Click on the Text box for the element

• Type the local term that you would like to use

• Press <TAB> or <Enter>
• Add a definition, if you can
• Check that 'Source of term' is 'User'
• Click the 'Add' button

• Acknowledge term added

• Your new term displays in the Text box for the element

• and, the next time you use this vocabulary, your term will be present in the list of choices.

If you want to use a term without adding it to a vocabulary:

• Click on the Text box for the element
• Type the term that you would like to use
• Press <TAB> or <Enter>
• Click the 'Cancel' button

• Your term displays in the Text box for the element, in red

• and the the next time you use this vocabulary, your term will not be present in the list of choices.

To be Updated

1. Open the vocabulary editor
2. Select the vocabulary that you want to add a new term to.
3. Click on the 'Terms' tab at the top of the vocabulary editor form
4. Click the 'Add Term(s)' button at the bottom
5. Enter the new Term (in the 'Term' box) and press Add

You may optionally add a definition for the term at this time also.

To be Updated

Open the vocabulary editor

Start either from the main RIMMF window

or, use the context menu while editing a record

Select the vocabulary that you want to add a term to

Note: Skip this step if you opened the vocab editor using the context menu.

Click the arrow to activate the drop-down list and select your vocab:

Click on the 'Terms' tab at the top of the vocabulary editor form

Then click the 'Add Term(s)' button at the bottom of the form

Enter the new Term (in the 'Term' box)

Optionally, you may enter a definition at this time too.
When you are finished, press 'Add'.

The new term is added to the selected vocabulary; the new term will be available for selection whenever you edit the element linked to this vocabulary in RIMMF.

Note: to facilitate adding multiple terms at once, follow these steps on the 'Add vocabulary term' page:

• Enter the new term
• Press <Tab>
• Press <Enter>
• Enter the next term, etc.

Pressing <Tab> in this context jumps to the 'Add' button; pressing <Enter> executes the 'Add' action, which, after it adds the term to the vocabulary, clears the term from the edit box and returns the cursor to it, ready for the entry of another term.

Note: that if the vocabulary is defined as an 'open' vocabulary, you can add new terms simply by typing them into the appropriate element during editing. Follow this link for more details about Open vocabularies