Status on “Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability (IMI)

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Project in Japan

April 2014 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

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Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (1)

11 March 2011 at 14:46 (JST) Magnitude 9.0

15,883 Deaths and 2,654 Missing (Most victims died due to drowning in a tsunami) Total financial damage of 25 trillion Japanese yen (approx. 175 billion euro) 

Public demands for the information disclosure have grown

  Accident at the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant : Radiation data (SPEEDI) Electricity saving activity : To deal with the shortage of supply of electricity due to the power plant accident, electricity saving target of 15% was set. The government launched an energy saving promotion portal site "setsuden.go.jp" in order to encourage the public cooperate in electricity saving.

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Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2)

Various issues have emerged Examples: ● Shelter Information ・ Information was available only in paper and PDF formats. → Volunteers manually converted into electronic data.

・ Address and location information were missing or wrong. Place names were abbreviated by local rules.

→ Checked one by one and plotted on maps.

・Difficult to find information managed by each local government.

→ Collected by manpower.

・ Information of newly opened or closed shelters was not updated.

→ Checked one by one.

Notices on a bulletin board in a shelter Take photos Post on the Internet to share information ● Radiation Information ・ SPEEDI (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), Monitoring Post (Ministry of Environment), and local governments provided information individually. → Collected all information by manpower.

・ Locations of data were not clear. → Searched various locations by manpower.

・ Locations of data changed frequently. → Developers of applications and portal sites modified the programs frequently.

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Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (3)

ITS Japan provided road trafficability and closure information by GIS.

Data Provided from:  'Internavi' by Honda    'Smartloop Traffic Information' by Pioneer 'G-BOOK' by Toyota 'Carwings' by Nissan Automobile Traffic Record and Road Closure Information 封鎖 3

Utilisation of Open Data in the Areas of Disaster Recovery

Sinsai.info

(Reconstruction Support Platform)

   Provides disaster response information such as shelter information and water supply points.

Allows displaying posted comments as well.

Volunteers launched the platform on the day of the disaster.

Source: http://www.sinsai.info/

Kirari Kawaguchi Yume Map (Service to provide geographical information held by Kawaguchi-City using electronic map)

  Provides information of facilities owned by the city such as AED and others.

Living information and disaster prevention information can be retrieved using the same application, allowing search for shelters and other information with the application that users use on a daily basis.

Source: http://www.city.kawaguchi.lg.jp/ctg/04150033/04150033.html

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OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA STRATEGY

4 July 2012 IT Strategic Headquarters, Japan (Chair: The Prime Minister)

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. Significance and Objectives

The significance and objectives of promoting the use of public data are set forth below.

(1)

Enhancement of Transparency and Confidence

・ ・ Raise the transparency of government administration Build the public’s confidence in government

(2)

Promotion of the Public’s Participation and Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors

・ ・ Rapidly and efficiently provide public services that make use of creative innovations Respond to the diversification of needs and values

(3)

Economic Stimulus and Higher Efficiency in Government

・ ・ Provide stimulus to the entire economy of Japan Increase the efficiency of operations of the national and local governments and advance them 6

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. Basic Direction

1. Fundamental Principles

The fundamental principles concerning measures for promoting the use of public data in Japan are set forth in (1) through (4) below: (1) Government shall actively release public data, (2) Public data shall be released in machine-readable formats, (3) The use of public information shall be encouraged regardless of whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes, and (4) Specific measures shall be taken such as prompt disclosure of public data that can be released and results shall be steadily accumulated.

2. Public Data Subject to Measures

Measures will be taken first with respect to data in the possession of the government (excluding information not suitable for public release such as information relating to security), and the measures will be expanded to independent administrative institutions, local governmental bodies, public utilities, and so on.

3. Collaboration with Private Sectors and Local Governmental Bodies

From the perspective of encouraging the use of public data through various means that take advantage of creative innovations, the government will collaborate fully with private sectors and local governmental bodies.

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. Specific Measures

1. Promoting the Use of Public Data

 The MIC and the METI will implement trial programs as set forth in (1) through (3) in collaboration with government ministries, independent administrative institutions, local governmental bodies, and private sectors.

(1) Identification of Public Data Use Needs

By conducting investigations in collaboration with private sectors and holding service development contests and so on, public data use needs will be investigated and analyzed and issues concerning current use will be examined and organised.

(2) Examination and Organisation of Issues Relating to Current Data Provision Methods

Issues will be examined and organised through trial projects, surveys, and research in order to create the rules necessary for the use of the public data, develop data catalogues, and promote standardisation of data formats and structures.

(3) Development of Private Sector Services

By conducting investigations in collaboration with private sectors and holding service development contests and so on, examples of service development by private sectors using public data will be accumulated.

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. Specific Measures

2. Development of Environments for the Use of Public Data  The Cabinet Secretariat will obtain the cooperation of relevant ministries and develop the following environments for the use of public data.

(1) Creation of Rules Necessary for the Use of Public Data

Rules necessary for the use of public data will be created with respect to the handling of copyrights, use conditions, rules on access from machines, allocation of responsibilities between users and providers, and handling of confidential information at the time of disclosure of data by government ministries.

(2) Development of Data Catalogues

Data catalogues that collect metadata including summaries and data formats will be developed with respect to data that is available for secondary use.

(3) Promotion of Standardisation of Data Formats and Structures

Standardisation concerning data formats and structures and methods of prevention will be promoted, and manuals and support tools will be developed to enable machine reading, collaboration, and searches among multiple agencies and fields.

(4) Consideration of Support to Provider Agencies

From the perspective of providing support to agencies that provide public data, issues concerning review to make operational procedures suitable for the provision of public data by provider agencies and related fees will be considered and organised while considering feasible policies.

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. Implementation Structures

Implementation Structures :

 The Cabinet Secretariat established “ Committee of Open Government Data” consisting of public and private sectors as an implementing body of open data policies

(1) Consideration of fundamental matters including the development of environments for the use of public data; (2) Consideration of policies to be implemented in the future and adoption of a roadmap; (3) Review and follow-up on policies.

Committee of open government data (Cabinet secretariat) IT Fusion Forum - Public data wg.

(METI) Open data promotion consortium (Sponsored by MIC) METI ： Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry MIC ： Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications 10

“Declaration to be the World’s Most Advanced IT Nation

” (Cabinet Approval on 14 June 2013) 3. Development of one-stop public services that anyone can access at any time and from anywhere (1) Provision of Highly Convenient Electronic Government Services Open user environments that utilise cloud computing are being developed through the standardisation and sharing of data format, terminologies, codes, and characters and the public release of application interfaces (API) to facilitate active participation by members of the public as stakeholders. Roadmap 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Development of an action plan toward preparation of an open usage environment [ Cabinet Secretariat ] Deployment of character data platforms [ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ] Provide highly convenient public services by promoting collaboration between government ministries based on the action plan.

[ Cabinet Secretariat and Associated Government Ministries ]

Development / Demonstration of Vocabulary Database for Information Linkage [Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry] Collaboratio n

Development and demonstration of the common API for information circulation and sharing platform [Ministry of International Affairs and Communications] 11

“Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability (IMI)

”  "Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability" aims to enhance “semantic level” interoperability for various data by creating a reference dictionary of terms and as a result, serves as an infrastructure to facilitate cooperation between systems and use of open data.

System Cooperation

Vocabulary Information Exchange Package (IEP) 項目名（Type/Sub-properties） 人型 氏名 性別 Substitutable Elements: 性別コード 生年月日 性別名 死亡年月日 現住所 本籍 国籍 Substitutable Elements: 国籍名 国籍コード ISO3166Alpha2 項目名（エントリー名） ic:人型 ic:人_氏名 ic:人_性別 ic:人_性別コード ic:人_性別名 ic:人_生年月日 ic:人_死亡年月日 ic:人_現住所 ic:人_本籍 ic:人_国籍 ic:人_国籍名 ic:人_国籍コード ic:人_ISO3166Alpha2 ic:人_ISO3166Alpha3 ISO3166Alpha3 ISO3166Numeriｃ 出生国 出生地 氏名型 姓名 カナ姓名 ローマ字姓名 姓 カナ姓 ローマ字姓 名 カナ名 ローマ字名 ミドルネーム カナミドルネーム ローマ字ミドルネーム 旧姓 カナ旧姓 ローマ字旧姓 ic:人_ISO3166Numeriｃ ic:人_出生国 ic:人_出生地 ic:氏名型 ic:氏名_姓名 ic:氏名_カナ姓名 ic:氏名_ローマ字姓名 ic:氏名_姓 ic:氏名_カナ姓 ic:氏名_ローマ字姓 ic:氏名_名 ic:氏名_カナ名 ic:氏名_ローマ字名 ic:氏名_ミドルネーム ic:氏名_カナミドルネーム ic:氏名_ローマ字ミドルネーム ic:氏名_旧姓 ic:氏名_カナ旧姓 ic:氏名_ローマ字旧姓 英語名 PersonType PersonName PersonSex Substitutable Elements: + PersonSexCode + PersonSexText BirthDate DeathDate PresentAddress LegalResidence データタイプ ic:氏名型 <抽象要素> codes:性別コード型 ic:テキスト型 ic:日付型 ic:日付型 ic:住所型 ic:住所型 Citizenship Substitutable Elements: + CitizenshipText <抽象要素> ic:テキスト型 + CitizenshipCode codes:国籍コード型 + ISO3166Alpha2 + ISO3166Alpha3 + ISO3166Numeric BirthCountry BirthPlace PersonNameType FullName KanaFullName RomanFullName FamilyName KanaFamilyName RomanFamilyName GivenName KanaGivenName RomanGivenName MiddleName KanaMiddleName RomanMiddleName MaidenName KanaMaidenName RomanMaidenName ic:場所型 ic:場所型 ic:テキスト型 ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:テキスト型 ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:テキスト型 データタイプ（英語） ic:PersonNameType cardinality 0..1

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項目説明 人の情報を表現するためのデータ型。 氏名 性別 性別コード 性別の名称。 生年月日 死亡年月日 現住所 本籍 国籍 ic:TextType codes:CitizenshipCodeType ic:LocationType ic:LocationType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType ic:TextType 0..1

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国籍の名称。 住民基本台帳で利用されている国籍コード。 国名コード。ISO3166Alpha2。2文字コード。 国名コード。ISO3166Alpha3。3文字コード。 国名コード。ISO3166Numeric。数字3桁コード。 生まれた国。 生まれた場所。 氏名を表現するためのデータ型。 氏名（姓、名）。 氏名（姓、名）のカナ表記。 氏名（姓、名）のローマ字表記。 姓。 姓のカナ表記。 姓のローマ表記。 名。 名のカナ表記。 名のローマ字表記。 ミドルネーム。 ミドルネームのカナ表記。 ミドルネームのローマ字表記。 旧姓。 旧姓のカナ表記。 旧姓のローマ字表記。 項目説明（英語） Name of a Person Gender of a Person Gender of a Person Gender of a Person Date of Birth of a Person Date of Death of a Person サンプル値 1 1 男 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because of the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

A location where a person was born.

A location where a person was born.

Full name of a Person Full name in Katakana.

Full name in Roman alphabet.

Family name of a Person Family name in Katakana.

Family name in Roman alphabet.

Given name of a Person Given name in Katakana.

Given name in Roman alphabet.

Middle name of a person Middle name in Katakana.

Middle name in Roman alphabet.

Maiden name.

Maiden name in Katakana.

Maiden name in Roman alphabet.

日本国 392 経済 　太郎 ケイザイタロウ Keizai Taro 経済 ケイザイ 太郎 タロウ Mapping to NIEM nc:PersonType nc:PersonName nc:PersonSex Mapping to ISA Joinup Person gender nc:PersonSexCode nc:PersonSexText nc:PersonBirthDate dateOfBirth nc:PersonDeathDate dateOfDeath residency nc:PersonCitizenship citizenship nc:PersonCitizenshipText nc:PersonCitizenshipFIPS10-4Code nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha2Code nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha3Code nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166NumericCode nc:PersonBirthLocation nc:PersonBirthLocation nc:PersonNameType nc:PersonFullName countryOfBirth placeOfBirth fullName nc:PersonSurName nc:PersonGivenName familyName given name nc:PersonMiddleName alternativeName nc:PersonMaidenName birthName Establish cooperation between systems using Information Exchange Package.

・ High-speed information linkage ・ Improvement of efficiency of design

Open Data

三鷹市立第四小学校 ic:建物_所在 ic:場所_地名 ic:場所_地理識別子 ic:場所_住所 ic:住所_住所 ic:住所_構造化住所 東京都三鷹市下連雀１ 丁目２５−１ ic:構造化住所_国 ic:構造化住所_都道府県 ic:構造化住所_市区町村 ic:構造化住所_町名 ic:構造化住所_街区符号 ic:構造化住所_住居番号 ic:構造化住所_地番 ic:構造化住所_方書 ic:構造化住所_郵便番号 ic:構造化住所_住所ID ic:構造化住所_住所コード ic:方書_方書 ic:方書_ビル名 ic:方書_部屋番号 東京都 三鷹市 下連雀 181-0013 1 25 1 ic:場所_経緯度座標 ic:経緯度座標系_測地系コード ic:経緯度座標系_緯度 ic:場所_UTM座標 ic:場所_MGRS座標 ic:経緯度座標系_経度 ic:UTM座標系_UTM座標 ic:UTM座標系_UTM測地系ID ic:UTM座標系_東距 ic:UTM座標系_グリッドゾーンID ic:UTM座標系_グリッドゾーン格子 ID ic:UTM座標系_北距 ic:MGRS座標系_MGRS座標 ic:MGRS座標系_MGRS座標格子ID ic:緯度_度 ic:緯度_分 ic:緯度_秒 ic:経度_度 ic:経度_分 ic:経度_秒 ic:建物_施設情報 ic:施設_ID ic:証明_識別ID ic:証明_証明種類 ic:証明_発行日 ic:証明_失効日 ic:証明_発行者 ic:施設_名称 ic:施設_種別 ic:施設_商用区分 ic:施設_概要 三鷹市立第四小学校 小学校 小・中一貫教育校「連 雀学園」に属する小学 校。 Identify semantics with vocabularies, and extract information from Information Exchange Package.

・ Improvement of efficiency of service design ・ Stable information linkage

Search

Schema.org

Structured data markup schema supported by major search engines.

Perform efficient search by having relationship between vocabularies organized.

・ Improvement of convenience of search ・ Achievement of effective PR 12

Public Vocabulary Framework Project

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IMI

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nfrastructure for

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ultilayer

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nteroperability  Prepare a system that enables exchange of data, primarily vocabulary sets. • Divide into two domains.

– core domain and business domain • Unnecessary to reconvert exiting systems.

• International interoperability • Utilise existing standards (e.g. LG vocabulary set & DC ･･ ) as much as possible.

Applications

D o m a in …

Share, Exchange, Storage

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Format

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Citizen ID Vocabulary Enterprise ID IMI Character set “IMI Database

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Project Development of a database (database to manage and search core vocabularies) Select and examine sample vocabularies from among "finance", "transportation", "geographical space/facility" and "disaster prevention" that are associated to one another.

T a x Perso n L o ca tio n B u sin ess C o re A ctiv ity Item E m erg en cy M a n a g em en t Id en tifica tio n S o cia l secu rity “

IMI Tools” Project Development of tools, and verification in collaboration with local governments Select and verify sample vocabularies from among "institution", "road", "event" and "sightseeing" that are related to businesses of local governments.

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Usage Examples of IMI Vocabulary

人  氏名 性別 現住所 本籍 … …

Vocabulary set and Information Exchange Package are defined in a trial area.

Sample 1 : Definition of vocabulary Sample 2 : Information Exchange Package 英語名

(English)

PersonType 項目説明（英語）

(English) AED Value Usage Info Location

PersonName PersonNameType 氏名 Name of a Person Substitutable Elements: 性別コード 性別名 … … Gender GenderCode GenderText PresentAddr ess … … CodeType TextType AddressType AddressType … … 性別 性別のコード 性別 現住所 本籍 … …

Item Name

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Type/Sub-properties

） 氏名 氏名 フリガナ 姓 カナ姓 …

English Name

PersonNameType FullName FamilyName … Gender of a Person Gender of a Person Gender of a Person … … Data Type TextType TextType TextType TextType … … … … 1 男 … … Address LocationTwoDimensional GeographicCoordinate

Equipment Information

データ一覧 引用 Spot of Equipment Owner

AED Information

Type of Pad Business Hours … Access Availability Expiry date Type … User Day of Installation Model Number Homepage Serial Number Photo

Contact

Note

Information Source

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Vocabulary structure of “IMI”

 “Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability” consists of core vocabulary, cross domain vocabulary and domain-specific vocabularies.

Core Vocabulary

Universal vocabularies that are widely used in any domain.

Eg) people, object, place, date.

Geographical Space /Facilities Cross Domain Vocabulary

Key vocabularies among domain specific vocabularies that are referenced in other domains.

Eg) hospital, station, shelter.

Domain-specific Vocabularies

Vocabularies that are specialised for the use in each domain.

Eg) number of beds, Schedule.

Hospital Transportation Location Core Vocabulary Station Shelter Cross Domain Vocabulary Disaster Restoration Cost Domain-specific Vocabularies Finance Disaster Prevention

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Interoperability

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International interoperability is highly considered in preparing IMI.

 Primary considerations: vocabulary sets used in Japan and existing standards Japanese Local government Standard (APPLIC) Schema.org

Defact Standard (DC, foaf, etc) IMI ISA (EU) NIEM (US) 16

Development of Data Structure (Metadata)

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It is desirable to set common rules within the government.

 For the data independent of business characteristics such as address, name and organisation.

Data to input

Shoyu-Kaikan Building 2nd Floor, 3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0013 Store Tanaka Ltd.

CEO Ichiro Tanaka

Description format of basic vocabularies (such as address and name) differ even in administrative applications.

Entry format of various applications Description format of application A

100-0013 千代田区 霞が関三丁目３－１ 尚友会館２階 株式会社 田中商店 カブシキカイシャ タナカショウテン 田中 一郎 タナカ イチロウ 

Description format of application B

100-0013 千代田区 霞が関三丁目３－１尚友会館２階 チヨダクカスミガセキ 株式会社田中商店 タナカショウテン 代表取締役 田中 一郎 タナカ イチロウ

Description format of application C

100-0013 東京都 千代田区 霞が関 ３ ３ １ 尚友会館２階 株式会社田中商店 田中 一郎 タナカ イチロウ 17

Developing a List of Alternative Vocabularies for Data Items Expressed in Several Terms  Creation in a bottom-up way according to the situation of actual business scenes;   Scenes with high needs and where specific organisation is performed in various locations Organisation is performed based on the use cases as parts of vocabulary database project and tool project for information linkage.

Local Government A Shelter Shelter Designated Shelter Welfare Shelter Makeshift Shelter Hub of Wide Area Support Activity Evacuation Site Emergency Evacuation Site Wide Area Evacuation Site Acceptance Facility for People Having Trouble Returning home Support Station for Returning Home after Disasters Tentative Definition Collective name for shelters.

Shelters designated by local governments in advance. Shelter Shelters which accept people requiring assistance with daily living.

Temporary shelters that are specially opened to the public at the time of disasters.

Hub of activity to provide support to evacuees in wide area. Equipped with a temporary heliport and stockpiling warehouses.

Collective name for evacuation sites Secondary Shelter Place where nearby evacuees temporarily gather to wait and see before evacuating to evacuation sites, or place where evacuees form groups temporarily to evacuate.

Temporary Gathering Spot Refers to open spaces such as large-scale parks and green spaces with area required to protect lives of evacuees from spreading fire and other hazards occur at the time of great earthquakes.

Facility where people having trouble returning home stay temporarily Temporary Stay Facility, Temporary Waiting Facility Privately-owned facilities that provide various supports such as opening toilets to people returning home.

Support Station for Returning Home after Disasters Temporary Evacuation Facility Prefecture-owned facilities that are temporarily used as evacuation facilities by municipalities.

Local Government A-1 Shelter Temporary Evacuation Spot Wide Area Evacuation Spot Local Government B Shelter Local Government B-1 Evacuation Facility Hub of Wide Area Support Activity Hub of Regional Disaster Prevention Wide Area Evacuation Site Wide Area Evacuation Spot Temporary Stay Station for People Having Trouble Returning Home Support Station of Returning Home After Disaster Support Station for Returning Home after Disasters Temporary Evacuation Facility, Temporary Shelter, Temporary Acceptance Facility

Mashup of information is not possible due to differences in vocabularies by prefectures and municipalities.

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IMI Database Project

1. Design of Data Structure Cooperate with Vocabulary DB to design highly-reusable input templates for data.

• Definition of data items • Definition of data input rules

Data Structure Designer

3. Creation of Vocabulary Data Create common vocabulary data to be stored in Vocabulary DB • Definition of semantics, sources and others of terms • Definition of relation of terms • Definition of data input rules Data Structure Design Support Tool

Cooperate with DB by obtaining required information Vocabulary Data Designer

Vocabulary DB API Catalogue

Data Template Data Template Oranisation A Create conversion rules

Data Conversio n Tool Data Conversio n Tool

Effective information linkage by converting existing data to the data whose structure, semantics and terms are unified.

Create conversion rules Oranisation B

2. Data Input Cooperate with Vocabulary DB to create highly-reusable data.

• Unification of structure • Unification of terms • Linking to semantics definition Data Input Support Tool

Highly-reusable Highly-reusable data data Data Provider Making data available to the public as highly reusable open data Utilise for effective information exchange among/between organisations

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IMI Tool Project 1 Area of “Facility/Service ” at Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama City Common Vocabulary DB Nursery Centre Type Medical Institution Type Park Type Event Type 1 Event Type 2 Input the vacancy status of the nursery centre

Nursery Centre

Data Input Support Tool Nursery Centre Type Event Type 1 Input information such as temporary closing days Data Input Support Tool RDF Easy acquisition of consultation status of medical institutions and vacancy status of nurseries.

Portal sites providing facility information (such as

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Kanazawa Iku-Navi.net

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portal site specialised in childcare)

HTML Medical Institution Type Event Type 2

Medical Institution

RDF RDF HTML

Residents

Event Type 3 Data Input Support Tool RDF Input opening hours etc.

Park Maintenance Office

Park Type Event Type 3 Provide extensive childcare information (such as vacancy status of nurseries)

Companies that provide childcare information provision services

・ Propose a basic data type for describing various “facility/service ” .

・ Consider the requirements of

data input support tool

and DB.

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IMI Tool Project 2 “Event Template ” at Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture

Local Governments

Attach meta information (location information/date and time) of attributes etc. related to data items.

Easily Viewable Display Childcare-related event information Event-Type Data (HTML) Event-Type Data (HTML plus Meta Information )

Child Medical Examination /Vaccination etc.

Childcare-related event information (General sites)

Event Template

Structured Data Attachment Tool Childcare-related event information (Add meta information such as location information, Meta Information date and time) Location Type Date and Time Type Common Vocabulary DB HTML

Residents

Add event information obtained from meta information to product information Information of children ‘ s products

Makers of Children's Products, etc.

( with childcare-related event information ) ・ Propose various “ Event Templates ” ・ Consider the requirements of

structured data attachment tool

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Future Development of the Project

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Develop a concept model of

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IMI Database

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and “IMI Tools” (requirements of database and tools that support IMI) by August this year.

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Promote public awareness to stimulate actual deployment of

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IMI” in information exchange situations between relevant government organisations and local governments.

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Develop various conversion tools as one of measures to reduce the burden.

IMI does not replace existing codes and vocabulary systems, but will support information exchange means and rules .

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