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Action to Book Product Metadata in JPO

JPOJapan Publishing Organization For Information Infrastructure Development

Japan Booksellers Federation

›› JPO›Forthcoming›Book›Information›Center (ONIX for Books National Group in Japan)

›› Technical›Committee

› Book Product Basic Information Center

› Master Data of Bookstores Management Center

› Magazine Code Management Center

›› Japan›ISBN›Agency

Japan Book Publishers

Association

Japan Publishing Agencies

Association

Japan Magazine Publishers

Association

Japan Library Association

Merchandise Information Executive Branch

Registry List Service Branch

JPO organogram(excerpts)

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NOTE: JPO is constituted by several branches which include them.

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About Forthcoming Book Information Center

FBIC Current activities

P r o b l e m s : ›› Increases›of›the›returned›products›by›the›structural›problem›of›the›“sell›

or›return”›model›in›Japan›

›› Increases›of›the›work›loads›to›transmit›information›to›each›wholesaler,›

each›bookstore›individually

›› Overwhelming›lack›of›the›information›of›forthcoming›book›products›at›

the›supply›chain

As a project commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and

Communications, JPO proceeding with the project “Development of a common

environment towards the next generation of bibliographic information” has

been approved.

As part of this project, JPO is now doing the experiment to launch delivery

system for the information of forthcoming book products that can be used by as

many publishers, wholesalers, bookstores as possible.››-›http://www.kinkan.info/

news/jpo-briefing-session-in-tokyo-and-osaka.html›(2011)

[survey›date:›2012-09-27]

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share of new publications

share of new publications distributed

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›› We›collect›items›of›bibliographic›information›that›is›available›in›

bookstores,›wholesalers,›etc.›Based›on›the›results›of›the›investigation,›It›

was›formulated›that›the›data›set›(“data›specifi›cation›of›forthcoming›book›

information›ver›1.01”)›which›is›larger›than›the›conventional›standard.

›› We›mapped›“data›specifi›cation›of›forthcoming›book›information›ver›

1.01”›onto››elements›of›ONIX›2.1.3.

›› It›was›recognized›that›some›elements›which›did›not›accord›in›the›

specifi›cations›existed,›but›we›started›operation›with›own›original›

specifi›cations.

›› Then,›as›a›result›of›continued›coordination›with›EDItEUR,›ONIX›2.1.4›

has›been›released›to›refl›ect›the›demand›from›Japan.

›› We›decided›to›make›the›switch›to›the›ONIX›3.0.1(pre-port›the›

changes›in›2.1.4)›the›early›2012.›We›are›adjusting›the›integration›of›the›

elements.

FBIC Initiatives and history

About Forthcoming Book Information Center and its Technical Committee

F B I C

Forthcoming›Book›Information›Center›(FBIC)›at›JPO›provides›service›

of›gathering›forthcoming›book›information›from›publishers›and›delivering›

the›information›to›online›/›brick-and-mortar›bookstores›and›wholesalers.›

This›service›at›FBIC›as›one›core›center›makes›publishers’›marketing›

activities›more›effi›cient.›Bookstores›obtain›the›information›easily›and›

promptly.›As›a›result,›Bookstores›is›expected›to›makes›their›sales›activities›

more›active›and›to›return›less›books.

Te c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e e

A›division›of›JPO›Forthcoming›Book›Information›Center.›Through›

the›implementation›and›interpretation›of›ONIX›for›Books,›we›are›in›the›

position›of›serving›as›a›bridge›between›the›specifi›cations›and›common›

business›practices›in›the›distribution›of›publications›in›Japan,›to›improve›

both›the›quality›and›quantity›of›the›bibliographic›metadata›in›the›

forthcoming›of›Japan.

Te c h n i c a l C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s›› ISHIKAWA›Hirohisa›(Chairperson›/›Suuri-Keikaku›Co.,›Ltd.›)

›› HIDAKA›Takashi›(Hanmoto.com›/›Studio›Pot›SD›Inc.)

›› TAKASHIMA›Toshiyuki›(Goken›Co.,›Ltd.)

›› SASAKI›Jun(Maruzen›Co.,›Ltd.)

›› ISHIMARU›Koji›(Amazon›Japan›K.K.)

e-mail:›onix@jpo.or.jp

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