https://rimmf.com/w/ 2026-05-21T04:29:29+00:00 https://rimmf.com/w/ https://rimmf.com/w/lib/tpl/dokubook/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:admin&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin Use these Admin tools very carefully. The options that follow should be used with some caution; in fact, it's probably best to avoid the options on this page entirely, for now, unless recommended by TMQ as a solution to a problem. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:changedata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Change Data Folder When you open RIMMF, the software opens whatever is currently set as your default data folder of records, ready for you to work with those records. Use this option to switch to a different folder of RIMMF records, which will then be your default folder that the software will open when it starts. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:changefont&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Change Text 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 text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:clonerecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Clone record Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to clone: * Choose File | Clone record * Choose, as appropriate, either: * <Remove relationships> * <Keep relationships> * Select a template from the list that displays text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:close&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Close Quick Steps To close a record while you are in the record, either“ * use the 'File | Close' menu * press <Ctrl+W> * click the [x] box at the top right of the form If you have made a change to the record, and have not already saved the change(s), confirm, reject, or cancel the Save option: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:closeall&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Close All Records This option closes all records that you have open. Quick Steps * Go to the Main Menu * Press <F12>; or * Choose 'File | Close All Records' Detailed Steps To close all records that you have open: you can either: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:closeallopenrecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Close all open records This option works from all records. Quick 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 * All of the open records will close text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:closeallrecordsinset&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Close all records in a set This option only works when in a Manfestation record. Quick Steps While in a Manifestation record, choose: * File | Close all records in a set; or * Press <F12> * All of the linked records in the WEMI + PFC set will close text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:closeeverything&rev=1754422341&do=diff File Menu: Close Everything This option closes all open windows (records, templates, the entity index, everything), but leaves the software still open, ready for further action. Quick Steps * Choose 'File | Close Everything' Detailed Steps * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:copyright_symbol&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Edit Menu: Copyright symbol The copyright symbol that displays in a record might look strange at the moment. We are working on getting it to display properly; in the meantime accept it as is. Quick Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the copyright symbol: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:customizelevels&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Customize Levels To Be Updated 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). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:customizetemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Customize a Template text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:dataoptions&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Data Options These options allow you to make your own choices about certain decisions that we did not feel that we should hardcode. Be very careful about changing the defaults for some of these options. Default profile To be added text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:delete&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Delete Quick Steps * In a record or template that you wish to delete: * Choose File | Delete; 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:downloadweb&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Download Web Folder Use this option to download and immediately open a folder of RIMMF records from the web. Quick Steps * Close all open records and RIMMF functions, except the Main Menu * At the Main Menu: * Go to Tools | Download web folder text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:elementeditor&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Edit Menu: 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:entityindex&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Entity Index Quick Steps * Press <Ctrl+E> at any time; or * Choose 'Tools | Entity Index' from the main menu * Choose from the functions listed under Detailed Steps in the Table of contents for this page: Detailed Steps text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:expand2level&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: 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. Quick Steps While in a record or template: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:expandcollapse&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Expand/Collapse All This option opens all elements with plus signs, to show their sub-elements, or closes all elements with minus signs to show only the top level for the entity. Quick Steps To quickly display or hide all levels of elements and subelements in a record or template: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:exportsettordf&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Export set to RDF * New to RIMMF3 This option can only be invoked from a Manifestation record. Quick Steps In a Manifestation record: * Choose <File | Export set to RDF>; or * Enter <Shift+F10> * Note where the exported file will be saved text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:exporttordf&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Export to RDF * New to RIMMF3 This option can only be used when you are in a Manifestation record. Quick Steps In a Manifestation record: * Choose <File | Export to RDF>; or * Enter <Shift+F9> Exported records are saved in your RIMMF3 data folder, in a folder called 'exports' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:gridlines&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Grid Lines By default, both horizontal and vertical lines are drawn on a RIMMF record or template form, giving the effect of grid cells: However, you can use this option to: * add horizontal lines: * add vertical lines: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:helpabout&rev=1754422341&do=diff Help Menu: About This option provides useful information such as: * the Title of the software * the current Version of the software * the current Release of the version * Copyright data * the Website for the program wiki * License data text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:importrdf&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Import RDF Use this menu option to import a single record or a set of records that were exported from RIMMF into RDF format. Quick Steps Import to an empty folder * Create a New Empty Data Folder of RIMMF Records * Chose 'File | Import RDF' * Find the RDF file Look for a file named 'ei-export-[date].nt' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:importrimmf1records&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin Menu: Import RIMMF1 records Email or call us if you have RIMMF1 records that you want to convert to RIMMF3 records. Email: tmq@marcofquality.com Voice: (321) 676-1904 text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:importrimmf2records&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin Menu: Import RIMMF2 records Use this option to convert a batch of RIMMF2 records in a specific folder into RIMMF3 records in a new folder. Quick Steps * Choose: Tools | Admin | Import RIMMF2 records * The program automatically goes to the RIMMF2 data folder to find the folder of records to be converted, if your records are not in that folder, find the folder that contains the records that you want to convert text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:install&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF Installation TO BE DELETED 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:interface&rev=1754422341&do=diff RIMMF: Interface text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:labels&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Labels This option changes the element names used as Element Labels from the RDA Toolkit names (the default) to the RDA Registry names. Quick Steps While in a record or a template, choose View | Labels, and then: * RDA Toolkit labels <Ctrl+F8> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:listrecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: 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. Quick Steps text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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 2025-08-05T19:50:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:mainmenufile&rev=1754423455&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu The File Menu is used to create, open, or close records or templates: * New Record for ... * New Template for ... * Open ... * Record * Record in Template * Template * Reopen ... * Import RDF * Template Builder * Close All Records * Close Everything * Quit text/html 2025-08-05T19:51:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:mainmenuhelp&rev=1754423512&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 * Check for updates * a quick way to tell whether you have the most recent update of the software; if you need to update your version, press <F1> to go to the User Guide and click on the Download button in the 'Contents' section text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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 * Entity Index cache--under construction, for now, see Learn about Entity Index Caching * Open links via ... * Data options * RDA-to-MARC options--under construction * Setup * Restore default options text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:mainmenutools&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu This menu is where you will find a variety of useful utilities for searching, admin and more: * Entity Index * Search and Retrieve * List records by Entity * Notices * Admin * Change Data Folder * Download web folder text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:mainmenuwindows&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Windows menu This option simply displays a list of all of the records currently open in RIMMF. The records are identified by their: * Entity type (e.g., 'M:') * RIMMF Identifier * Authorized Access Point or Composite Key Click on a record in the list to go to that record. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:marcmappedview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: MARC (Mapped) View This option: * is invoked from a Manifestation record * compiles data from Work, Expression, and Manifestation entities for a single resource, and from other entities related to those entities (see also Record Menu: Options Menu: RDA Record Sets) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:newrecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: New Record For Use this menu option to create a new record. Quick Steps * Choose 'File | New Record for ...' * Select the appropriate Entity * Select an appropriate Template to use for the new record * Add data to your new record text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:newtemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: New Template For Do NOT use: Needs fixing Use this menu option to create a new template. Quick steps * Choose 'File | New Template for ...' * Select the appropriate Entity * In the default template that opens, choose 'File | Save As text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:notices&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Notices Every time the program starts, and the tables are created, several notices about links are generated. This option allows you to access the following types of notices: Dead links A 'dead link' is a RIMMF Identifier that links to a record that no longer exists in the RIMMF folder that you have open. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:opacview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: 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 wind… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:openallrecordsinset&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Open all records in a set This option only works when you are in a Manifestation record. Quick Steps While in a Manifestation record, if you want to open all of the records in a set, at once: * Choose File | Open all records in a set text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:openlinksvia&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Open links via This option is currently unavailable This option allows you to customize the mouse action that you would like to use to open a link to a related entity. You cannot customize the type of click used to open an RDA Rule--it is always a single-click. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:openrecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Open Record Only use this option when you know the actual record number of the record you want to open. The record will open in a default template. If you wish to open it in a particular template, use Open Record in a Template instead. Quick Steps * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:openrecordintemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Open Record in Template Only use this option when you know the actual record number of the record you want to open. If you do not know the record number of the record that you want, use “Tools | Entity Index” to find and open a record, instead of using this method. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:opentemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Open a Template This option opens a template instead of a record. Quick Steps * Choose “File | Open ... | Template” * Select and open the appropriate template folder * Select and open the appropriate template Detailed Steps text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:optionsremove&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Remove Elements If you have filled out record data from a long template, with many data fields for which you have no data, and wish to see only the fields which contain data, either: * Choose: Record Menu | Options Menu | Remove Elements options text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:optionsremovenonrda&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Remove non-RDA elements If you are designing a template, it might be useful to quickly strip out all elements that are not officially defined in the RDA Registry, i.e., all local elements: * Choose: Record Menu | Options Menu | Remove non-RDA elements text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:optionsremoverels&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Remove Relationship elements If you are designing a template, it might be useful to quickly strip out the Relationship elements (although we cannot see why you would actually want to do this): * Choose: Record Menu | Options Menu | Remove Relationship elements text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:phonogram_symbol&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Edit Menu: Phonogram symbol Quick Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the phonogram symbol: * Choose Edit | Phonogram symbol; or * Press <Shift+F2> Detailed Steps With your cursor where you want to insert the copyright symbol: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:print&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Print There is limited support for printing in RIMMF. Quick Steps * In a record that you wish to print: * Choose File | Print; or press <Ctrl+Alt+P> Notes If you do use this 'File|Print' command, RIMMF will scrape the element labels and text from the current input form, and send something like this to the printer: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:quit&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Quit Quick Steps * Choose “File | Quit” Detailed Steps To completely close the software, you can: * 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:rebuildei&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin: Rebuild EI This option can be useful when something doesn't look right in your Entity Index (e.g., all punctuation marks have disappeared). Quick Steps * From the Main Menu: * Close any open records or templates text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:recmenuedit&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Edit menu This menu is used for the following special edit functions, for records or templates: * Copyright symbol <Shift+F1> * Phonogram symbol <Shift+F2> * Restart 'Build WEM' <F10> * MARC Mapping options <Ctrl+F10> To be added later * Search bar ... <Ctrl+F> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:recmenufile&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File menu When a record or template is displayed, the File menu contains these options: * Clone record (records only) * Switch template (records only) * Save * Save Template As (templates only) * Export to MARC * Send to MARC Report * Export to RDF * Export set to RDF * 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… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:recmenuhelp&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Help menu The 'Help' menu in a RIMMF record or a template form offers the following options: * RIMMF User Guide <F1> * this is a quick link to the homepage of this User Guide for in-depth help * Return to Main form: Ctrl+H * Switches the active window to the RIMMF main screen (the one with the picture) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:recmenuoptions&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu The 'Options' menu in a RIMMF record or a template form offers the following options: * Expand/Collapse All * Sort by Rule number * Sort by Element name * MARC (Mapped) View (records only) * Show source * OPAC View * Relationship View (records only) * XML View (records only) * RDF View * RDA Record Sets * Remove Element constraints * Remove Empty elements (records only) * Remove non-RDA elements (templates only) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:recmenuview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: 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 * Labels * Show/Hide ... * Autosize Columns to fit * Grid Lines * Un-tree/Flatten * Wrap Text column text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:relationshipview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Relationship View This option opens an R-Tree (Relationship Tree) showing the headings for all of the relationship links that are found in the record from which the option was invoked, and headings for links found in all records linked to that record. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:removeelementconstraints&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Remove Element Constraints Toggling this option either allows you to move any sub-element anywhere you want in a record (without that sub-element being constrained by property/sub-property constraints) or it locks sub-elements to their parent elements. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:removerestoredemorecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Setup: Remove/restore demo records When you download RIMMF for the first time, you also download a set of demo records, just to give you something to practice with. The records are: tmq-demo-1 Fritz, Richard J. tmq-demo-2 Fritz, Deborah A. tmq-demo-3 Fritz, Deborah A. MARC21 for everyone tmq-demo-4 Fritz, Deborah A. MARC21 for everyone. Text tmq-demo-3 MARC21 for everyone. American Library Association. 2003. Volume text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:reopen&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: File Menu: Reopen This option allows you to quickly re-open a recently opened record or template. The selected record or template will open without the need for any further steps. Quick Steps * Choose “File | Re-open...” * Select the record or template you want to reopen from the list text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:resetaap&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin: Reset AAP Flags To be described ---------- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:resetidnumbers&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin Menu: 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:resetrimmf&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Admin: Reset RIMMF This utility will delete all tables and all option settings (but not any records). The next time the program is started, it will restore the default tables from the installation folder, giving you a 'clean' RIMMF to work with. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:restart_build_wem&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Edit Menu: 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:restoreviewdefaults&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Restore view defaults This option will clear the settings that RIMMF uses when it displays a record. For more information about these settings, follow this link. ---------- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:rimmfei&rev=1754422341&do=diff Entity Index text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:rimmfgriduse&rev=1754422341&do=diff How to use the data grids in RIMMF To be added later. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:save&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: 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 or template without leaving it: * In a record or template that you wish to save: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:saveas&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Save Template As This option is only available in a template. Quick Steps * In a template that you wish to clone: * Choose File | Save Template As; or press <Ctrl+A> Detailed Steps To clone a template and customize it in whichever way you choose: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:saveasmarc&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Export to Marc Note: The RDA to MARC export present in RIMMF3 is a work in progress. ---------- This option can only be used while in an entity record. If chosen, it: * converts the entity data to MARC21: * Manifestation data is combined with selected Work, Expression, and Item data to create a bibliographic record text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:searchretrieve&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Tools Menu: Search and Retrieve This option lets you look for resource data in your current Entity Index and in sources outside RIMMF. Quick Steps To open the RIMMF Search & Retrieval Tool: * From the Main Menu:Choose Tools | Search and Retrieve text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:search_bar&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Edit Menu: 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: * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:sendtomrt&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Send to MARC Report This option can only be used while in an entity record. If chosen, it: * converts the entity data to MARC21: * Manifestation data is combined with selected Work, Expression, and Item data to create a bibliographic record text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:setlanguage&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Setup: Set Language and Labels This option is currently under development, so the information provided on this page is not yet complete, and will change, often. This utility allows you to customize the language used for the display of the text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:setrdatomarc&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Setup: Set RDA-to-MARC options This page is under construction This option allows you to set defaults for individual Leader and 008 elements when mapping RDA element data to MARC element data. The System tab allows you to: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:setrecordprefix&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Setup: 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). text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:setup&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: Setup This menu is used for a variety of setup instructions that you can customize: * Set record prefix * Setup diacritic menu * Set language and labels * Setup RDAToolkit access * Edit AAP profiles * Restore AAP profiles ---------- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showaapcheckbox&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View menu: Show/Hide: AAP Checkbox Column This option allows you to quickly show the AAP column (the default) to see which boxes are checked for a record, or hide it, to get more space for filling out text. Quick Steps While in a record or a template: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showaaphints&rev=1754422341&do=diff Show/Hide Access point as help hint TO BE DELETED --- Deborah 2014/10/09 20:54 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showdefinitionashint&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View menu: Show/Hide: Show Element definition as help hint This option allows you to show the definition (from the RDA Registry) of an element as a 'mouse-over'; or turn off that feature if it becomes obtrusive. Quick Steps While in a record or a template: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Show/Hide Element name as hint TO BE DELETED --- Deborah 2014/10/09 20:56 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showhide&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Show/Hide This option is invoked from Record Menu | View Its sub-menu contains options that allow you to show or hide parts of the record/template form: * Show Element definition as help hint * AAP Checkbox column * MARC Mapping * WEMI Links * Status Bar text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showmarcmapping&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View menu: Show/Hide: MARC Mapping This option shows or hides the MARC Mapping window at the bottom of the screen. Quick Steps While in a record or a template: * Choose View | Show/Hide | MARC Mapping <Ctrl+Alt+M> Detailed Steps text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:showsource&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Show Source If a RIMMF entity record was originally imported from an outside source, this option will show the record as it looked when it was imported from that source. RIMMF currently only imports MARC records, so this option only shows MARC source records. text/html 2025-08-05T19:52:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:sidebar&rev=1754423545&do=diff RIMMF User Guide * RIMMF terminology * Menu Options * Main Menu * Record Menu * How To ... * Learn about ... * RIMMF Templates * RIMMF Tutorials * RIMMF Notes text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:sortbyname&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: Sort by Element Name This option sorts an open record form alphabetically on its Element Label column. Like the 'Sort by Rule Number' option, this option is applied on a record by record basis, 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:sortbyrule&rev=1754422341&do=diff Options Menu: Sort by Rule number To Be Updated 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:statusbar&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View menu: Show/Hide: Status Bar This option simply toggles on/off the Status Bar at the bottom of a record or template form. In the snap below, the status bar is showing a “Timestamp”: You might find it useful to hide this bar to save some space when you are working with a smaller monitor (laptops, etc.) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:switchtemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: File Menu: Switch template This option can only be invoked in a record. 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 text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w: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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:usebuiltinbrowser&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Options Menu: 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. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:viewautosize&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:viewflat&rev=1754422341&do=diff View menu: Un-tree/Flatten To Be Updated 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. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:viewhighlight&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: 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 the View Menu option: Customize Levels text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:viewmakedefault&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Make default for 'records' This option allows you to save whatever 'View Menu' settings you have changed in a record or template and make them the default settings for every time you open a record or a template (until you change the default view again) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:viewwrap&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: 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://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:vocabeditor&rev=1754422341&do=diff Main Menu: Edit Menu: Vocabulary editor To be completed at a later date The vocabulary editor is a convenient way to view and manage the properties of a vocabulary and its terms. Link a Vocabulary to an Element To link a vocabulary to an element-- text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:wemilinks&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: View Menu: Show/Hide: WEMI Links This option show or hides the WEMI Links bar that appears at the bottom of a RIMMF record form. Quick Steps While in a record: * Choose View | Show/Hide | WEMI Links <Ctrl+Alt+L> Detailed Steps The WEMI Links bar at the bottom of a record provides: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:menu:xmlview&rev=1754422341&do=diff Record Menu: Options Menu: 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.