Status on “Infrastructure for Multilayer 　 Interoperability (IMI)”

Project in Japan

April 2014

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

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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Various issues have emerged

Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2)

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●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.

●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.

Examples:

Notices on a bulletin board in a shelter Take photos Post on the Internet to share information

ITS Japan provided road trafficability and closure information by GIS.

Automobile Traffic Record and Road Closure Information

封鎖

Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake (3)

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'Internavi' by Honda 'Smartloop Traffic Information' by Pioneer 'G-BOOK' by Toyota 'Carwings' by Nissan

Data Provided from:

Utilisation of Open Data in the Areas of Disaster Recovery

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.

Sinsai.info

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.

Kirari Kawaguchi Yume Map

5Source: http://www.city.kawaguchi.lg.jp/ctg/04150033/04150033.html

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

(Reconstruction Support Platform)

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

OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA STRATEGY

4 July 2012

IT Strategic Headquarters, Japan

(Chair: The Prime Minister)

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Ⅰ. Significance and ObjectivesThe significance and objectives of promoting the use of public data are set forth

below.

Enhancement of Transparency and Confidence(1)

Promotion of the Public’s Participation and Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors(2)

Economic Stimulus and Higher Efficiency in Government(3)

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

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

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

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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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Ⅱ. Basic Direction

Ⅲ. 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

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

(3) Development of Private Sector Services

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.

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.

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

(2) Development of Data Catalogues

(3) Promotion of Standardisation of Data Formats and Structures

(4) Consideration of Support to Provider Agencies

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.

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

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.

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.

Ⅲ. Specific Measures2. 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.

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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 IndustryMIC ： Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Ⅳ. Implementation Structures

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“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

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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]

Development and demonstration of the common API for information circulation and sharing platform

[Ministry of International Affairs and Communications]

Collaboration

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.

“Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability (IMI)”

Search

Open Data

System Cooperation

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ic: _場所 地名ic: _場所 地理識別子ic: _場所 住所

ic: _住所 住所 東京都三鷹市下連雀１−丁目２５ １

ic: _住所 構造化住所ic: _構造化住所 国ic: _構造化住所 都道府県 東京都ic: _構造化住所 市区町村 三鷹市ic: _構造化住所 町名 下連雀ic: _構造化住所 街区符号 1ic: _構造化住所 住居番号 25ic: _構造化住所 地番 1ic: _構造化住所 方書

ic: _方書 方書ic: _方書 ビル名ic: _方書 部屋番号

ic: _構造化住所 郵便番号 181- 0013ic: _ ID構造化住所 住所ic: _構造化住所 住所コード

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: _緯度 度ic: _緯度 分ic: _緯度 秒

ic: _経緯度座標系 経度ic: _経度 度ic: _経度 分ic: _経度 秒

ic: _UTM場所 座標ic:UTM _UTM座標系 座標ic:UTM _UTM ID座標系 測地系ic:UTM _座標系 東距ic:UTM _ ID座標系 グリッドゾーンic:UTM _ ID座標系 グリッドゾーン格子ic:UTM _座標系 北距

ic: _MGRS場所 座標ic:MGRS _MGRS座標系 座標ic:MGRS _MGRS ID座標系 座標格子

ic: _建物 施設情報ic: _ID施設

ic: _ ID証明 識別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 三鷹市立第四小学校ic: _施設 種別 小学校ic: _施設 商用区分

ic: _施設 概要小・中一貫教育校「連雀学園」に属する小学校。

Type/ Sub- properties項目名（ ） 項目名（エントリー名） 英語名 データタイプ データタイプ（英語） cardinality 項目説明 項目説明（英語） サンプル値 Mapping to NIEM Mapping to ISA J oinup人型 ic:人型 PersonType 人の情報を表現するためのデータ型。 nc:PersonType Person

氏名 ic: _人 氏名 PersonName ic:氏名型 ic:PersonNameType 0..1 氏名 Name of a Person - nc:PersonName性別 ic: _人 性別 PersonSex < >抽象要素 <abstract element, no type> 0..1 性別 Gender of a Person 1 nc:PersonSex gender

Substitutable Elements: Substitutable Elements:性別コード ic: _人 性別コード + PersonSexCode codes:性別コード型 codes:GenderCodeType 性別コード Gender of a Person 1 nc:PersonSexCode性別名 ic: _人 性別名 + PersonSexText ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 性別の名称。 Gender of a Person 男 nc:PersonSexText

生年月日 ic: _人 生年月日 BirthDate ic:日付型 ic:DateType 0..1 生年月日 Date of Birth of a Person - nc:PersonBirthDate dateOfBirth死亡年月日 ic: _人 死亡年月日 DeathDate ic:日付型 ic:DateType 0..1 死亡年月日 Date of Death of a Person - nc:PersonDeathDate dateOfDeath現住所 ic: _人 現住所 PresentAddress ic:住所型 ic:AddressType 0..1 現住所 - nc:PersonResidenceAssociationTyperesidency本籍 ic: _人 本籍 LegalResidence ic:住所型 ic:AddressType 0..1 本籍 -

国籍 ic: _人 国籍 Citizenship < >抽象要素 <abstract element, no type> 0..n 国籍 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

- nc:PersonCitizenship citizenship

Substitutable Elements: Substitutable Elements:

国籍名 ic: _人 国籍名 + CitizenshipText ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 国籍の名称。 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

日本国 nc:PersonCitizenshipText

国籍コード ic: _人 国籍コード + CitizenshipCode codes:国籍コード型 codes:CitizenshipCodeType 住民基本台帳で利用されている国籍コード。 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

392 nc:PersonCitizenshipFIPS10- 4Code

ISO3166Alpha2 ic: _ISO3166Alpha2人 + ISO3166Alpha2 iso_3166:ISO3166Alpha2CodeTypeiso_3166:ISO3166Alpha2CodeType ISO3166Alpha2 2国名コード。 。 文字コード。 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha2Code

ISO3166Alpha3 ic: _ISO3166Alpha3人 + ISO3166Alpha3 iso_3166:ISO3166Alpha3CodeTypeiso_3166:ISO3166Alpha3CodeType ISO3166Alpha3 3国名コード。 。 文字コード。 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha3Code

ISO3166Numeriｃ ic: _ISO3166Numeri人 ｃ + ISO3166Numeric iso_3166:ISO3166Numeri CodeTypeｃ iso_3166:ISO3166Numeri CodeTypeｃ ISO3166Numeric 3国名コード。 。数字 桁コード。 A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person because ofthe birth or naturalization of the person in that country.

nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166NumericCode

出生国 ic: _人 出生国 BirthCountry ic:場所型 ic:LocationType 0..1 生まれた国。 A location where a person was born. nc:PersonBirthLocation countryOfBirth出生地 ic: _人 出生地 BirthPlace ic:場所型 ic:LocationType 0..1 生まれた場所。 A location where a person was born. nc:PersonBirthLocation placeOfBirth

氏名型 ic:氏名型 PersonNameType 氏名を表現するためのデータ型。 nc:PersonNameType姓名 ic: _氏名 姓名 FullName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 氏名（姓、名）。 Full name of a Person 経済 太郎 nc:PersonFullName fullNameカナ姓名 ic: _氏名 カナ姓名 KanaFullName ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 氏名（姓、名）のカナ表記。 Full name in Katakana. ケイザイタロウローマ字姓名 ic: _氏名 ローマ字姓名 RomanFullName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 氏名（姓、名）のローマ字表記。 Full name in Roman alphabet. Keizai Taro姓 ic: _氏名 姓 FamilyName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 姓。 Family name of a Person 経済 nc:PersonSurName familyNameカナ姓 ic: _氏名 カナ姓 KanaFamilyName ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 姓のカナ表記。 Family name in Katakana. ケイザイローマ字姓 ic: _氏名 ローマ字姓 RomanFamilyName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 姓のローマ表記。 Family name in Roman alphabet.名 ic: _氏名 名 GivenName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 名。 Given name of a Person 太郎 nc:PersonGivenName given nameカナ名 ic: _氏名 カナ名 KanaGivenName ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 名のカナ表記。 Given name in Katakana. タロウローマ字名 ic: _氏名 ローマ字名 RomanGivenName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 名のローマ字表記。 Given name in Roman alphabet.ミドルネーム ic: _氏名 ミドルネーム MiddleName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 ミドルネーム。 Middle name of a person nc:PersonMiddleName alternativeNameカナミドルネーム ic: _氏名 カナミドルネーム KanaMiddleName ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 ミドルネームのカナ表記。 Middle name in Katakana.ローマ字ミドルネーム ic: _氏名 ローマ字ミドルネーム RomanMiddleName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 ミドルネームのローマ字表記。 Middle name in Roman alphabet.旧姓 ic: _氏名 旧姓 MaidenName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 旧姓。 Maiden name. nc:PersonMaidenName birthNameカナ旧姓 ic: _氏名 カナ旧姓 KanaMaidenName ic:カタカナテキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 旧姓のカナ表記。 Maiden name in Katakana.ローマ字旧姓 ic: _氏名 ローマ字旧姓 RomanMaidenName ic:テキスト型 ic:TextType 0..1 旧姓のローマ字表記。 Maiden name in Roman alphabet.

VocabularyInformation Exchange Package (IEP)

Schema.orgStructured data markup schema supported by major search engines.

Establish cooperation between systems using Information Exchange Package.・ High-speed information linkage・ Improvement of efficiency of design

Identify semantics with vocabularies, and extract information from Information Exchange Package.・ Improvement of efficiency of service design・ Stable information linkage

Perform efficient search by having relationship between vocabularies organized.・ Improvement of convenience of search・ Achievement of effective PR

"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.

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Public Vocabulary Framework Project IMI : Infrastructure for Multilayer Interoperability

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.

Citizen IDEnterprise

IDCharacter-

set

Vocabulary

Share, Exchange, Storage（ Format ）

Applications

IMI

Emergency Management

Social security

…

Person

Identification

ItemActivity

BusinessLocation

Core

Domain

Tax

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“IMI Database” 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.

“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.

項目名 英語名 データタイプ 項目説明 項目説明（英語） キーワード サンプル値 Usage Info

人 PersonType

氏名 PersonName PersonNameType 氏名 Name of a Person -

性別 Gender<abstract element, no type>

性別 Gender of a Person -

Substitutable Elements:

性別コード GenderCode CodeType 性別のコード Gender of a Person 1

APPLIC標準仕様V2.3データ一覧住民基本台帳：性別引用

性別名 GenderText TextType 性別 Gender of a Person 男

現住所 PresentAddress

AddressType 現住所 -

本籍 AddressType 本籍 -

… … … … … … … … …

… … … … … … … … …

Item Name Item Name (English)

Data Type Item Description Item Description (English)

Keyword Sample Value

Usage Info

Usage Examples of IMI Vocabulary Vocabulary set and Information Exchange Package are defined in a

trial area.

Item Name （ Type/Sub-properties ）

English Name Data Type …

氏名 PersonNameType 　氏名 FullName TextTypeフリガナ TextType姓 FamilyName TextTypeカナ姓 TextType… … …

AED

Location

AddressLocationTwoDimensionalGeographicCoordinate

Equipment Information

Spot of Equipment

Business Hours

Owner

Access Availability

UserDay of

Installation

Homepage

AEDInformation

Type of Pad

Expiry date

Contact

Type

Model Number

Serial Number

Photo

NoteInformation

Source

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

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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

Domain-specific VocabulariesVocabularies that are specialised for the use in each domain.Eg) number of beds, Schedule.

Shelter

Location

Hospital

Station

Disaster Restoration Cost

Cross Domain VocabularyKey vocabularies among domain-specific vocabularies that are referenced in other domains.Eg) hospital, station, shelter.

Core VocabularyUniversal vocabularies that are widely used in any domain.Eg) people, object, place, date.

Geographical Space/Facilities

Transportation

Disaster Prevention

Finance

Domain-specific Vocabularies

Cross Domain Vocabulary

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Interoperability

International interoperability is highly considered in preparing IMI. Primary considerations: vocabulary sets used in Japan and existing standards

IMI

Japanese Local

government Standard

(APPLIC)

Defact Standard

(DC, foaf, etc)

NIEM

(US)

ISA

(EU)

Schema.org

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Development of Data Structure (Metadata) It is desirable to set common rules within the government.

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

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

Data to input

Entry format of various applications

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

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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

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.

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

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Local Government A Local Government A-1 Local Government B Local Government B-1

Shelter Tentative Definition

Shelter Collective name for shelters. Evacuation Facility

Designated Shelter Shelters designated by local governments in advance. Shelter Shelter Shelter

Welfare ShelterShelters which accept people requiring assistancewith daily living.

Secondary Shelter

Makeshift ShelterTemporary shelters that are specially opened to thepublic at the time of disasters.

Hub of Wide Area Support ActivityHub of activity to provide support to evacuees in widearea. Equipped with a temporary heliport andstockpiling warehouses.

Hub of Wide Area Support ActivityHub of Regional DisasterPrevention

Evacuation Site Collective name for evacuation sites

Emergency Evacuation Site

Place where nearby evacuees temporarily gather towait and see before evacuating to evacuation sites, orplace where evacuees form groups temporarily toevacuate.

Temporary Gathering Spot Temporary Evacuation Spot

Wide Area Evacuation Site

Refers to open spaces such as large-scale parks andgreen spaces with area required to protect lives ofevacuees from spreading fire and other hazards occurat the time of great earthquakes.

Wide Area Evacuation Spot Wide Area Evacuation Site Wide Area Evacuation Spot

Acceptance Facility for PeopleHaving Trouble Returning home

Facility where people having trouble returning homestay temporarily

Temporary Stay Facility,Temporary Waiting Facility

Temporary Stay Station for PeopleHaving Trouble Returning Home

Support Station for ReturningHome after Disasters

Privately-owned facilities that provide various supportssuch as opening toilets to people returning home.

Support Station for ReturningHome after Disasters

Support Station of Returning HomeAfter Disaster

Support Station for ReturningHome after Disasters

Temporary Evacuation FacilityPrefecture-owned facilities that are temporarily usedas evacuation facilities by municipalities.

Temporary Evacuation Facility,Temporary Shelter,Temporary Acceptance Facility

IMI Database Project

Data Structure Design Support

Tool

Data Input Support Tool

Vocabulary DB

Reuse

of

tem

plat

es

Cooperate

with

DB b

y

obtain

ing re

quired

info

rmatio

n

Clarify data semantics by

referencing DB

Data Conversio

n Tool

Data Conversio

n Tool

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1. Design of Data StructureCooperate with Vocabulary DB to design highly-reusable input templates for data.• Definition of data items• Definition of data input rules

Data Structure Designer

Data Template

2. Data InputCooperate with Vocabulary DB to create highly-reusable data.• Unification of structure• Unification of terms• Linking to semantics definition

Data Provider

Highly-reusable dataHighly-reusable

dataHighly-reusable

data

Making data available to the public as highly-reusable open data

Utilise for effective information exchange among/between organisations

3. Creation of Vocabulary DataCreate 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

Cooperate with DB by obtaining required information

Vocabulary Data Designer

VocabularyVocabularyVocabularyAPI Catalogue

Data Template

Data Template

Create conversion

rulesCreate

conversion rules

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

Oranisation B

IMI Tool Project 1 Area of “Facility/Service” at Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama City

Portal sites providing facility information(such as “Kanazawa Iku-Navi.net” portal site specialised in childcare)

Data Input Support Tool

RDF

RDF

Nursery Centre

Medical Institution

Input the vacancy status of the nursery

centre

Input information such as temporary

closing days

Park Maintenance

Office

Nursery Centre Type

Medical Institution Type

Park Type

RDF

Input opening hours etc.

Residents

HTML

HTMLRDF

Companies that provide childcare information provision services

Provide extensive childcare information (such as vacancy

status of nurseries)

Easy acquisition of consultation status of medical institutions and vacancy status of nurseries.

・ Propose a basic data type for describing various “facility/service”.・ Consider the requirements of data input support tool and DB.

Common Vocabulary DB

Event Type 1

Event Type 2

Event Type 1

Nursery Centre Type

Event Type 2

Medical Institution Type

Event Type 3

Event Type 3

Park Type

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Data Input Support Tool

Data Input Support Tool

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

Structured Data

Attachment Tool

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

Common Vocabulary DB

Event-Type Data (HTML) Event-Type Data

(HTML plus Meta Information)

Easily Viewable Display

Makers of Children's Products, etc.

Childcare-related event information (General sites)

Childcare-related event information (Add meta information such as location information, date and time)

Information of children‘s products (with childcare-related event information)

Meta Information

Local Governments

・ Propose various “Event Templates”・ Consider the requirements of structured data attachment tool and DB

Add event information obtained from meta information to product

information

HTML

Childcare-related event information

Child Medical Examination/Vaccination etc.

Location Type

Date and Time Type

Event Template

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Residents

Future Development of the Project

Develop a concept model of “IMI Database”and “IMI Tools” (requirements of database and tools that support IMI) by August this year.

Promote public awareness to stimulate actual deployment of “IMI” in information exchange situations between relevant government organisations and local governments.

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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