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+ | ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ||
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+ | **What is RIMMF? | ||
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+ | 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 | ||
+ | * software designed for Windows computers((RIMMF requires Windows 7 or later))((Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries)). | ||
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+ | **What RIMMF is not** | ||
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+ | RIMMF is not a cataloging tool, because you cannot (yet) export records that can be used in an ILS, without some tweaking. | ||
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+ | Again, the purpose of RIMMF is to help you think about RDA without the constraints of MARC and AACR. In RIMMF we practice making, cloning, importing, and linking RDA entity records to get a solid idea of how much the RDA way of thinking will change the way we do cataloging, hopefully for the better. | ||
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+ | **Why?** | ||
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+ | Why do we need RIMMF? Because just reading RDA or about RDA does not give us a good understanding of how it will actually work; seeing RDA in action is what will turn the tide in it's favor. | ||
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+ | We have a long way to go before we can replace MARC in our complicated cataloging infrastructure, | ||
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+ | **Why " | ||
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+ | The original concept was something like: __R__DA __I__n __M__any __M__etadata __F__ormats. \\ | ||
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+ | RIMMF is well on its way to exporting ' | ||
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+ | But for now we are mainly concentrating our efforts on an interface to RDA thinking and trying to make sure it is both ' | ||
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+ | **How do I get RIMMF?** | ||
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+ | Click ' | ||
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+ | **Who created RIMMF?** | ||
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+ | RIMMF was created by Deborah Fritz, after realizing that the main problem with talking RDA was a difficulty visualizing how it might work (some more details on this may be [[about|found here]]). RIMMF was rendered into software by Richard Fritz. Together we are TMQ, Inc. (a.k.a. The MARC of Quality®), and we've been doing things like this since 1992. \\ | ||
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+ | You can find out more about us at: http:// | ||
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+ | **How much does RIMMF cost?** | ||
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+ | RIMMF is free; there are no obligations, | ||
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+ | **Licensing? | ||
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+ | [[licensing|Click here for RIMMF licensing information]] | ||
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+ | **I have questions, I need help, etc.** | ||
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+ | If you have questions about using RIMMF, found a problem, have a suggestion, etc., please [[latest_changes|check here]] to see whether your issue or question has already been answered. If not, then send an email to < | ||
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+ | **Is source code available for RIMMF?** | ||
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+ | RIMMF is based upon commercial components that we cannot redistribute. See the list of [[details: | ||
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+ | If you have these products, then theoretically you will be able to compile RIMMF on your machine. | ||
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+ | However, we have one chunk of our own code (from MARC Report) that we cannot share right now--we are working on a solution for this issue. | ||
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+ | <!--If you want to work on the code with us, use the contact form to send us an email.--> | ||
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+ | **Is there a ' | ||
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+ | RIMMF runs on linux machines under WINE (tested on ubuntu 16.x; it might also run on Mac/OS via WINE, but we have not found that setup satisfactory). Here's a link to a version compiled for linux/wine: | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | There are plenty of web pages that explain how to get and build wine on Ubuntu, and its fairly simple. | ||
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