https://rimmf.com/w/ 2026-05-21T04:31:39+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:rimmf1:howto:addcaption&rev=1754422341&do=diff Add a Caption A caption is a grouping mechanism for elements (or vocabulary terms) that can help to explain the purpose of the elements that come under it. For example, 'Title of the Work', 'Form of the Work', and 'Date of the Work' are all attributes for identifying a Work, and so might be logically grouped under a caption named 'Attributes for identifying the work': text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addcaptiondf&rev=1754422341&do=diff Add a Caption A caption is a grouping mechanism for elements. You may create captions in template mode only; however, any caption that you create in template mode is added to your options and will always be available later in the same context (ie. a caption for a Work record will be available in other Work records, but not in Manifestation records, etc.) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Add an Element An element is the primary data container in a RIMMF record. You may create elements in template mode only; however, any element that you create in template mode is added to your options and will always be available later in the same context (ie. an element for a Work record will be available in other Work records, but not in Manifestation records, etc.) text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addelementdata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Adding Data to a record To add data to a record, simply click on the cell in the 'Text' column and enter the data for the corresponding element. If the text box for an element has a down arrow on it's right, then the data to be entered either must or should come from a vocabulary list: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addelementend&rev=1754422341&do=diff Add an Element or Caption to the end of a Record or Template Adding an element or caption at the end of a record or template is slightly problematic, because the typical usage of pressing <Insert> to add an element will not apply. To get around this, use the the right-click menu: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addlinktorelatedentity&rev=1754422341&do=diff How to Add a Link to a Related Entity How to link to another entity record: Quick Steps In a record for an entity, if you determine that there is a need to link this entity data to data for another entity: * Find the appropriate relationship element, e.g.: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addterms&rev=1754422341&do=diff Adding terms to a vocabulary Quick steps * Open the vocabulary editor * Select the vocabulary that you want to add a new term to. * Click on the 'Terms' tab at the top of the vocabulary editor form * Click the 'Add Term(s)' button at the bottom text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:addvocab&rev=1754422341&do=diff Add a Vocabulary Add a Vocabulary: Quick Steps * Put your cursor on the 'Element label' that is directly below where you want your new vocabulary to be inserted (go here instead, if the vocabulary is to be inserted at the end of the record/template) * text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:buildwem&rev=1754422341&do=diff 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 text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:changedatafolder&rev=1754422341&do=diff Change to a different RIMMF data folder If you ever want to see a file of RIMMF records from someone else, or just create a separate file of your own (for some reason), you can, temporarily, change the data folder that RIMMF accesses to the folder of your choice. This way, you can maintain as many folders of RIMMF data as you want; just remember that you cannot link across these folders, so if you want to link to a record in one folder, from another folder, you must bring the record into the fo… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:changedisplay&rev=1754422341&do=diff Changing display columns Changing display columns: Quick Steps While in a record or a template: 1. To add a column to a display * Click the barred box in the top left corner of a record or template form * Click the check box of any column you would like to add to your display text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:changedisplays&rev=1754422341&do=diff Change displays You can change the look of your records or templates in a variety of ways. Some of these changes can be made part of your default display, others are only temporary. If you change the default displays for a template and then choose text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:copyelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Copy an Element Copy an element/caption/vocabulary: Quick steps * Right-click on the indicator column to the far-left of the element/caption/vocabulary (just called 'element' below, for short) that you want to copy * Choose <Copy> Copy an element/caption/vocabulary: Detailed steps text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto: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 appropriate existing template * Save the existing template as a new file: 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:rimmf1:howto:copytemplaterf&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:rimmf1:howto:createnewexpdata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create New Expression Data In a matching Work record: * Find the element for 'Expression of Work' * Right click on the 'RIMMF Identifier' text box * Choose “Create new Expression” * Choose an appropriate Expression template * Add Expression data text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:createnewitemdata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create New Item Data In a matching Manifestation record: * Find the element for 'Exemplar of Manifestation' * Right click on the 'RIMMF Identifier' text box * Choose “Create new Item” * Choose an appropriate Item template * Enter Item data text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:createnewmanifdata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create New Manifestation Data For a Manifestation of a New work * Create a new Manifestation record * File * New record for ... Manifestation * Choose an appropriate Manifestation template * Add Manifestation data * Add all elements needed to identify the manifestation, describe its carrier, and explain how to acquire/access it text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:createnewworkdata&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create New Work Data From a Manifestation record In the Manifestation record * Find the element for 'Expression Manifested' * Right click on the 'RIMMF Identifier' text box * Choose “Create new Work” * Choose an appropriate Work template text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:createvocab&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create a new Vocabulary In RIMMF, a vocabulary is a container for a list of terms. Once a vocabulary has been linked to an element, all of the terms in the vocabulary are available when editing a record. Quick Steps * Open the vocabulary editor text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:customizetemplate&rev=1754422341&do=diff Customize a Template The following topics describe the actions that can be used to customize a template * Add an Element ; Add a Caption ; Add a Vocabulary * Move an element/caption/vocabulary * Copy an element/caption/vocabulary * Create/Add subproperty of an element/caption/vocabulary * Delete an element/caption/vocabulary * Delete only Children of an element/caption/vocabulary * Add Data You can use customized templates to add constant data to records for a particular type … text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:deletechildren&rev=1754422341&do=diff Delete only Children Delete only Children of an element/caption/vocabulary: Quick steps * Right-click on the indicator column to the left of the element/caption/vocabulary (just called 'element' below, for short)that you want to delete * Choose <Delete only Children> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:deleteelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Delete the entire contents of a Text box If you wish to clear the contents of a Text box: * Position your cursor anywhere in the Text box you wish to clear * Press function key <F6> This will also clear a vocabulary term from a Text box. If you wish to remove both the Text box and the Element from a record, use the ' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:elementaddsubprop&rev=1754422341&do=diff Create/Add Element Sub-property Create/Add Element Sub-property: Quick steps * Right-click on the indicator column to the left of the element/caption/vocabulary (just called 'element' below, for short) for which you wish to add a sub-element * Choose <Create/Add subproperty> text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:entercopyright&rev=1754422341&do=diff Enter a copyright or phonogram copyright symbol To enter a copyright or phonogram symbol as part of the data in a record, position your cursor appropriately, and either use the Edit menu or Function keys, as shown below * <Shift><F1> enters 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:rimmf1:howto:enterdiacritics&rev=1754422341&do=diff How to enter diacritics * Position the cursor where you would like to insert a diacritic. * Go to: <http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/search.htm> * Find the appropriate page for the character you want, e.g., search “inverted question mark” * Go to 'Encodings' section and 'How to type in Microsoft Windows' text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:followlink&rev=1754422341&do=diff Go to a Linked Entity Record In a record for an entity, you can follow links to data about related entities in three different ways: * Right click on the data in the 'RIMMF Identifier' text box for the appropriate relationship element * Click on the appropriate text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:linktorecord&rev=1754422341&do=diff Link to another Entity record How to link to another entity record: Quick Steps In the record to which you wish to add a link to a related record: * Right-click on the appropriate RIMMF Identifier (RID) text box * -Hover over “Link to” to choose an existing record you can link to; or text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:linkvocab&rev=1754422341&do=diff Link a Vocabulary to an Element To link a vocabulary to an element--so that the vocabulary's Terms are available when the associated element is edited in RIMMF--follow these steps: * Close the Vocabulary editor if it is open * Open the Element Editor text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:moveelement&rev=1754422341&do=diff Move an Element Move an element/caption/vocabulary: Quick Steps * Right-click on the indicator column to the left of the element/caption/vocabulary (just called 'element' below, for short), and move the cursor slightly * Use the curved arrow to a new position for the element, and release text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:outputxml&rev=1754422341&do=diff Output record as XML The first version of RIMMF by default saves records in a custom text format. However, it is also possible to save your records in XML format. To do this, go to the 'Tools|Setup' menu and select the 'Record file-type' option: text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:selectvocabterm&rev=1754422341&do=diff Choose data from a vocabulary list How to choose data from a vocabulary list: Quick Steps For a data element that has a vocabulary list, you can: * Select one of the terms, using the down arrow to the right of the text box * Begin to type a term from a list and hit <Enter> or <Tab> to complete it text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:sharerecords&rev=1754422341&do=diff Share records created in RIMMF Until such time as we implement a nice web interface to RIMMF records, the following steps may be used to share your records with other users. 1. Email RIMMF records are simple text files, so you can attach them individually to an email message, or you can place them in a shared folder on your local network. text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:sidebar&rev=1754422341&do=diff How to do stuff in RIMMF How to: * Add a Caption * Add an Element * Add an Element at the end of a Record * Add a Link to a Related Entity * Add a Term to a Vocabulary * Add a Term from a vocabulary to a Record * Add Data to a Record * Change to a different folder of RIMMF records * Change Displays * Change Displays: Columns * Change RIMMF Identifier prefixes in a file * Choose Data from a Vocabulary List * Copy an Element * Copy a Template * Create/Add a Subprope… text/html 2025-08-05T19:32:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rimmf.com/w/doku.php?id=r3w:rimmf1:howto:wemilinks&rev=1754422341&do=diff WEMI Links Opening a WORK record, shows only the Work data, plus clickable links to other WEMI data, if provided, plus clickable tabs to other WEMI data, if provided. ---------- Opening an EXP record, shows Expression data, plus clickable links to other WEMI data, if provided, plus clickable tabs to other WEMI data, if provided