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+ | ====== RIMMF3 HOME====== | ||
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+ | **__NEWS__**\\ | ||
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+ | * RIMMF3 supports many [[details:languages|Languages]] \\ | ||
+ | * Check out our RIMMF3 [[examples | Tutorials]] \\ | ||
+ | * Find out about changes in the [[latest_changes|Software]] \\ | ||
+ | * RIMMF3 development has reached a period of [[rimmf4|stability]]! [[download?nocache|Download it here]] \\ | ||
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+ | * **Looking for the RIMMF4 Beta link?** [[http://www.marcofquality.com/wiki/rimmf4|Check here.]] | ||
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+ | For the RIMMF2 wiki, [[http://www.marcofquality.com/wiki/rimmf2|click here]]; | ||
+ | for RIMMF1, [[http://www.marcofquality.com/wiki/rimmf1|click here]]; | ||
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+ | ====== Intro ====== | ||
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+ | **What does it mean? | ||
+ | **RIMMF stands for "RDA in Many Metadata Formats". We call it this because it is our understanding that RDA data should be entered in a (deceptively) simple form (with lots of help provided underneath to make it simple) and that data should then be exported in whatever format suits whoever wants to use it: RDF, XML, even MARC, and ... | ||
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+ | **What is it? | ||
+ | **RIMMF is: | ||
+ | * a visualization tool for catalogers, to help them to get used to thinking of RDA, instead of thinking AACR/MARC | ||
+ | * a cataloging training tool, to help educators teach RDA thinking (which is an implementation of FRBR thinking) | ||
+ | * a prototype (and a sandbox) for what a cataloging interface might look like in a system designed purely for RDA | ||
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+ | RIMMF is not a cataloging tool, because you cannot (yet) export records that can be used in a contemporary ILS. But it does let you apply RDA thinking to resources, and practice making, cloning, importing, and copying WEMI and other RDA entity records, so that you can 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 use RIMMF? | ||
+ | **Because just reading about RDA is not inspiring; seeing a bit of RDA in action is what will turn the tide in its favor. We have a long way to go before we can replace MARC in our complicated cataloging infrastructure, but it is our hope that RIMMF might allow us to visualize a better, simpler way to do cataloging, someday. | ||
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+ | **Who made RIMMF?** | ||
+ | RIMMF was created and is being developed by Deborah Fritz and Richard Fritz ([[http://www.marcofquality.com/|TMQ Inc]]). We started working on RIMMF in February 2011, and have been developing it, with a few months off here and there, ever since. We have worked closely with organizations involved in the development of RDA, and RIMMF is described on the [[http://www.rdaregistry.info/rgTools/|RDA Registry site, in the Tools section]], as an "RDA data editor". RIMMF development is funded solely by TMQ Inc. | ||
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+ | **What's different?** | ||
+ | Although RIMMF is free software, it is actively maintained. If you report a bug, we will fix it. If you have a question or make a suggestion, we will answer you. So don't be shy--use the Contact info (below) and let us know what's going on out there. | ||
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+ | ====== How you can try it ====== | ||
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+ | * Click 'Download' in the sidebar on the left and follow instructions to install RIMMF | ||
+ | * Click 'User Guide' in the sidebar for help on using it | ||
+ | * Licensing? Click the Creative Commons icon in the bottom bar below | ||
+ | * RIMMF is free, subject to the CC license, with no time limit, no annoying forms to fill out, no marketing surveys, no spam | ||
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+ | ====== Tutorials ====== | ||
+ | Here are some details about using RIMMF | ||
+ | *[[rimmfstructure|RIMMF Structure]] | ||
+ | *[[details:rimmfingsteps | How to RIMMF a Resource: Step-by-Step]] | ||
+ | *[[howto:buildWEM | How to Build WEM: Step-by-Step]] | ||
+ | *[[examples|RIMMF3 tutorials]] designed for Jane-athon events | ||
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+ | ====== Contact ====== | ||
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+ | * For questions about cataloging in RDA using RIMMF, etc. | ||
+ | * For questions about the software, report a bug, suggest something, etc. | ||
+ | * For anything else RIMMF-related | ||
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+ | Send an email to **richard** or **deborah** at **rimmf.com** | ||
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+ | Find out more about the makers of RIMMF at:\\ | ||
+ | * http://www.marcofquality.com/ | ||
+ | * See [[http://www.marcofquality.com | MARC Report]] for help with RDA while you are still stuck in MARC | ||
+ | * [[http://rimmf.wordpress.com/|RIMMF (Cataloging) Notes: various bits and pieces of information]] | ||
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