Practice Build WEM

Open a blank Manifestation record, using the Template titled 'TMQ.Book.Pub.Core' (Create New Manifestation Data )

With your blank Manifestation record open Change the Columns that Display to include three additional, hidden columns:

1. the Data Entry column
2. the LC Core column
3. the Source column

These columns might be useful as you begin entering data

Enter data from the resource

• Title Proper (transcribed from title page):

The top one hundred pasta sauces

• Other Title Information (transcribed from title page):

authentic regional recipes from Italy

• Variant Title:

The top 100 pasta sauces

• Statement of Responsibility Relating to Title Proper (transcribed from title page):

by Diane Seed

• Copy the ‘Statement of Responsibility Relating to Title Proper’ so that you can add a second statement (see Copy an Element)

• Statement of Responsibility Relating to Title Proper (transcribed from title page):

illustrated by Robert Budwig

• Place of Publication (transcribed from title page):

Berkeley, California

• Publisher’s Name (transcribed from title page):

Ten Speed Press

• Date of Publication (transcribed from title page):

1987

• Mode of Issuance: single unit is already provided for you, because you are using the 'Simple' book template; click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Media Type: unmediated is already provided for you, because you are using the 'Simple' book template; click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Carrier Type: volume is already provided for you, because you are using the 'Simple' book template; click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Number of units (recorded as the number of pages, provided on the verso):

123

• Extent of Text: 'pages' is already provided for you, because you are using the 'Simple' book template; click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Dimensions (recorded as the height of the book) 'cm' is already provided for you, because you are using the 'Simple' book template, but add the number:

24 cm

• Composite Key: click on the Text Box to autofil it from the default identifying and carrier elements (learn about Autofills in RIMMF, if you want to know more)

• Create and Link to a new Work Record:
  • Go to Expression Manifested\RIMMF Identifier: Right-click on the Text box
  • Choose 'Create New Work'
  • Choose the template titled 'TMQ.aSimple'
  • With your blank Work record open Change the Columns that Display to view three additional, hidden columns:
    1. the Data Entry column
    2. the LC Core column
    3. the Source column

• Preferred Title for the Work: 'The top one hundred pasta sauces' is already filled out for you, copied from the Title Proper of the Manifestation; take my word for it (for the purpose of this demo) that the UK version did not have a different title and there is no earlier version with a different title, so this title is the Preferred Title; but:
  • Remove the initial article and capitalize the new first word

• Variant Title for the Work: 'The top 100 pasta sauces' is already filled out for you, copied from the Variant Title of the Manifestation; but:
  • Remove the initial article and capitalize the new first word

• Date of Work: '1987' is already filled out for you from the Date of Publication of the manifestation; there is no earlier, different, version of this work (I did the research), so this is the correct date for this element

• Add a link to a record for the author as ‘Creator’:
  • Go to the Text box for Creator\RIMMF Identifier
    • with your cursor in the text box, find ‘Seed, Diane’ in the [NAF] Name (Search for data outside RIMMF)
    • Import the record for Diane
    • Close Diane’s record, and notice that the link to her record has been inserted into the text from which you began (Creator RIMMF Identifier)

• Relationship Designators for Creators: Choose from the open vocab (see Choose Data from a Vocabulary List)

Author

• Update the Authorized Access Point for this Work:
  • Go to Metadata About Work Data\Authorized Access Point
  • click on the Text Box to update it with the default identifying elements (learn about Autofills in RIMMF, if you want to know more)

• Variant Access Points are filled in for you, from the:
  • Creator and Preferred Title for the Work
  • Creator and Variant Title for the Work
  • Preferred Title alone
  • Variant Title alone

• Status of Identification (choose from the closed vocab (see Choose Data from a Vocabulary List)):

fully established

• Source Consulted: 'The top one hundred pasta sauces, 1987' is filled in for you, from the Title Proper and Date of Publication of the Manifestation

• Create and Link to a new Expression Record:
  • Go to Expression of Work\RIMMF Identifier
  • Right-click on the Text box
  • Choose 'Create New Expression'
  • Choose the template titled 'TMQ.Text.Eng'
  • With your blank Expression record open Change the Columns that Display to view three additional, hidden columns:
    1. the Data Entry column
    2. the LC Core column
    3. the Source column

• Content Type: 'Text' is already filled in for you (because you used the ‘Text.Eng’ template); click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Language of Expression: 'English' is already filled in for you (because you used the ‘Text.Eng’ template); click on the down arrow by the side of the Text box to see the other option in the vocab for this element

• Date of Expression: '1987' is already filled in for you, copied from the Date of Work from the Work; my research showed that the original UK version did not have any identifying or content attributes that were different from the expression of the manifestation that you have, so this date of expression is ok for this manifestation

• Illustrative Content: (choose from the open vocab, see Choose Data from a Vocabulary List):

illustrations 

• Colour Content : (enter 'color' as free text, in the parent element):

color

• Metadata About Expression Data\Authorized Access Point: 'Seed, Diane. Top one hundred pasta sauces. Text' is already filled in for you, copied from the Authorized Access Point for the Work (“Seed, Diane. Top one hundred pasta sauces”) with Content Type (“Text”) added (to distinguish the AAP for the Expression from the AAP for the Work)

• Status of Identification (choose from the closed vocab,see Choose Data from a Vocabulary List):

fully established

• Source Consulted: 'The top one hundred pasta sauces, 1987' is filled in for you, from the Title Proper and Date of Publication of the Manifestation

• Work Expressed\RIMMF Identifier: is already back-linked to the Work record (as part of the Build WEM process)

• Manifestation of Expression\RIMMF Identifier: is already linked to the Manifestation record (as part of the Build WEM process)

• Add a link to a record for the illustrator as ‘Contributor’:
  • Go to the Text box for Contributor\RIMMF Identifier
  • Find and link to the record for Robert that is already in the sample database provided with RIMMF (Add a Link to a Related Entity)
    • Right-click on the RIMMF Identifier Text box
    • Choose <Link to>
    • Find Robert’s AAP and select it (the link is made to his record)
      • if the list is long, type the first letter of the person’s last name until you get to that name and hit <Enter>
      • You can view his record (double-click on the link) to be sure it is the correct one. If it is not, delete the link and try again (see How to Delete a Link)

• Relationship Designators for Contributors: Choose from the open vocab (see Choose Data from a Vocabulary List)

Illustrator
* Hit <Enter>

• Save the Expression record that you are in (<Ctrl+S>)
• Go to the Work record:
  • using the [W] WEMI button (see WEMI Links; or
  • just double-click on the link to the Work data in the Text box at Work Expressed\RIMMF Identifer
• View the R-Tree for this set of records (see The R-Tree)
  • Dig down to see the Manifestation and Illustrator links
• Close the R-Tree
• Close the records
• DONE

Now try rimmfing a resource on your own. Remember that the User Guide has instructions that can help.

Have fun!