1. No category

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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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
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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.
Kirari Kawaguchi Yume Map
Source: http://www.sinsai.info/
(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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Ⅰ. 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
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Ⅱ. 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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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
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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Ⅲ. 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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Ⅳ. 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
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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
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]
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“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
Establish cooperation between
systems using Information
Exchange Package.
・High-speed information linkage
・Improvement of efficiency of
design
Vocabulary
Information Exchange Package (IEP)
項目名（ Type / Su b- propertie s）
人型
氏名
性別
項目名（ エントリー名）
ic:人型
ic:人_氏名
ic:人_性別
ic:氏名型
<抽象要素>
ic:PersonNameType
<abstract element, no type>
0..1
0..1
項目説明
人の情報を表現するためのデータ型。
氏名
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
+ PersonSexCode
+ PersonSexText
BirthDate
DeathDate
PresentAddress
LegalResidence
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
codes:GenderCodeType
ic:TextType
ic:DateType
ic:DateType
ic:AddressType
ic:AddressType
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
性別コード
性別の名称。
生年月日
死亡年月日
現住所
本籍
ic:人_国籍
Citizenship
<抽象要素>
<abstract element, no type>
0..n
Substitutable Elements:
性別コード
性別名
生年月日
死亡年月日
現住所
本籍
国籍
英語名
PersonType
PersonName
PersonSex
データタイプ
データタイプ（ 英語）
cardin ality
Substitutable Elements:
+ CitizenshipText
ic:テキスト型
ic:TextType
国籍の名称。
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。
ISO3166Alpha2
ic:人_ISO3166Alpha2
+ ISO3166Alpha2
iso_3166:ISO3166Alpha2CodeTiso_3166:ISO3166Alpha2CodeType
ISO3166Numeriｃ
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.
国籍
ic:人_国籍名
国籍コード
ISO3166Alpha3
サンプル値
1
Mappin g to NIEM
nc:PersonType
nc:PersonName
nc:PersonSex
Mappin g to ISA Join u p
Person
gender
-
nc:PersonSexCode
nc:PersonSexText
nc:PersonBirthDate
dateOfBirth
nc:PersonDeathDate
dateOfDeath
nc:PersonResidenceAssoc residency
nc:PersonCitizenship
citizenship
Substitutable Elements:
国籍名
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
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
Substitutable Elements:
ic:人_ISO3166Alpha3
+ ISO3166Alpha3
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
+ ISO3166Numeric
BirthCountry
BirthPlace
PersonNameType
FullName
KanaFullName
RomanFullName
FamilyName
KanaFamilyName
RomanFamilyName
GivenName
KanaGivenName
RomanGivenName
MiddleName
KanaMiddleName
RomanMiddleName
MaidenName
KanaMaidenName
RomanMaidenName
iso_3166:ISO3166Alpha3CodeTiso_3166:ISO3166Alpha3CodeType
国名コード。ISO3166Alpha2。2文字コード。
国名コード。ISO3166Alpha3。3文字コード。
iso_3166:ISO3166NumeriｃCodeiso_3166:ISO3166NumeriｃCodeType
国名コード。ISO3166Numeric。数字3桁コード。
ic:場所型
ic:場所型
ic:LocationType
ic:LocationType
0..1
0..1
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
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
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
0..1
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。
A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person
the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.
A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person
the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.
A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person
the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.
A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person
the birth or naturalization of the person in that country.
A county that assigns rights, duties, and privileges to a person
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.
because of
because of
日本国
nc:PersonCitizenshipText
392
nc:PersonCitizenshipFIPS10-4Code
because of
nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha2Code
because of
nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166Alpha3Code
because of
nc:PersonCitizenshipISO3166NumericCode
経済 太郎
ケイザイタロウ
Keizai Taro
経済
ケイザイ
太郎
タロウ
nc:PersonBirthLocation
nc:PersonBirthLocation
nc:PersonNameType
nc:PersonFullName
fullName
nc:PersonSurName
familyName
countryOfBirth
placeOfBirth
nc:PersonGivenName
given name
nc:PersonMiddleName
alternativeName
nc:PersonMaidenName
birthName
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
東京都三鷹市下連雀１
丁目２５−１
ic:住所_住所
Identify semantics with
vocabularies, and extract
information from Information
Exchange Package.
・Improvement of efficiency of
service design
・Stable information linkage
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
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
東京都
三鷹市
下連雀
1
25
1
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
ic:構造化住所_住所ID
ic:構造化住所_住所コード
181-0013
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:場所_UTM座標
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:場所_MGRS座標
ic:MGRS座標系_MGRS座標
ic:MGRS座標系_MGRS座標格子ID
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。
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
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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.
Domain
Applications
Share, Exchange, Storage
（Format）
Person
Location
Business
Tax
Vocabulary
Citizen ID
Enterprise
ID
IMI
Characterset
“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.
…
Core
Item
Activity
Emergency
Management
Identification
Social security
“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
 Vocabulary set and Information Exchange Package are defined in a
trial area.
Sample 2 : Information Exchange Package
Sample 1 : Definition of vocabulary
Item Name
Item Name
項目名
英語名
(English)
人
PersonType
Data Type
データタイプ
Item Description
Item
Description 項目説明（英語）
項目説明
(English)
Sample
Keyword
Usage Info
Info
キーワード AED
サンプル値 Usage
Value
氏名
PersonName
PersonNameType
氏名
Name of a Person
-
性別
Gender
<abstract element,
no type>
性別
Gender of a Person
-
CodeType
性別のコード
Substitutable
Elements:
性別コード
性別名
現住所
GenderCode
Gender of a Person
1
Location
Address
LocationTwoDimensional
GeographicCoordinate
Equipment APPLIC標準仕様V2.3
Information
データ一覧
Spot of 住民基本台帳：性別
Equipment
引用
男
Owner
現住所
-
Business Hours
AddressType
本籍
-
GenderText
TextType
性別
PresentAddr
ess
AddressType
Gender of a Person
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Access Availability
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
User
本籍
Day of Installation
Item Name（Type/Sub-properties）
氏名
氏名
フリガナ
姓
カナ姓
…
English Name
PersonNameType
FullName
FamilyName
…
Data Type
TextType
TextType
TextType
TextType
…
…
Homepage
AED
Information
Type of Pad
Expiry date
Type
Model Number
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
Transportation
Hospital
Cross Domain Vocabulary
Key vocabularies among domainspecific vocabularies that are
referenced in other domains.
Eg) hospital, station, shelter.
Location
Station
Core
Vocabulary
Shelter
Cross Domain
Vocabulary
Domain-specific
Vocabularies
Domain-specific Vocabularies
Disaster
Prevention
Disaster
Restoration
Cost
Finance
Vocabularies that are specialised for
the use in each domain.
Eg) number of beds, Schedule.
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Interoperability
 International interoperability is highly considered in preparing IMI.
 Primary considerations: vocabulary sets used in Japan and existing standards
Japanese
Local
government
Standard
(APPLIC)
Defact
Standard
(DC, foaf,
etc)
Schema.org
IMI
ISA
(EU)
NIEM
(US)
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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.
Data to input
Shoyu-Kaikan Building 2nd Floor, 3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0013
Store Tanaka Ltd.
CEO Ichiro Tanaka
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 basic
vocabularies (such as address and
name) differ even in administrative
applications.
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
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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
Tentative Definition
Shelter
Collective name for shelters.
Shelters designated by local governments in advance. Shelter
Shelters which accept people requiring assistance
Welfare Shelter
Secondary Shelter
with daily living.
Temporary shelters that are specially opened to the
Makeshift Shelter
public at the time of disasters.
Hub of activity to provide support to evacuees in wide
Hub of Wide Area Support Activity area. Equipped with a temporary heliport and
stockpiling warehouses.
Evacuation Site
Collective name for evacuation sites
Wide Area Evacuation Site
Acceptance Facility for People
Having Trouble Returning home
Support Station for Returning
Home after Disasters
Temporary Evacuation Facility
Place where nearby evacuees temporarily gather to
wait and see before evacuating to evacuation sites, or
place where evacuees form groups temporarily to
evacuate.
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
Privately-owned facilities that provide various supports
such as opening toilets to people returning home.
Local Government B
Shelter
Shelter
Local Government B-1
Evacuation Facility
Designated Shelter
Emergency Evacuation Site
Local Government A-1
Temporary Gathering Spot
Hub of Wide Area Support Activity
Hub of Regional Disaster
Prevention
Wide Area Evacuation Site
Wide Area Evacuation Spot
Temporary Evacuation Spot
Wide Area Evacuation Spot
Temporary Stay Facility,
Temporary Waiting Facility
Support Station for Returning
Home after Disasters
Prefecture-owned facilities that are temporarily used
as evacuation facilities by municipalities.
Temporary Stay Station for People
Having Trouble Returning Home
Support Station of Returning Home Support Station for Returning
After Disaster
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
2. Data Input
Cooperate with Vocabulary DB to create
highly-reusable data.
• Unification of structure
• Unification of terms
• Linking to semantics definition
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
Template
Data Structure
Design Support
Tool
Data Provider
Cooperate with
DB by obtaining
required
information
Highly-reusable
Highly-reusable
data
Highly-reusable
data
data
Vocabulary DB
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Data Designer
API Catalogue
Data
Conversio
n Tool
Making data
available to the
public as highlyreusable open data
Data
Data
Template
Template
Create
conversion
rules
Oranisation A
Data Input
Support Tool
Utilise for effective
information exchange
among/between
organisations
Create
conversion
rules
Data
Conversio
n Tool
Effective information linkage by
converting existing data to the
data whose structure, semantics
and terms are unified.
Oranisation B
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IMI Tool Project 1
Area of “Facility/Service” at Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama City
Input the vacancy
status of the nursery
centre
Data Input
Support Tool
Common
Vocabulary DB
Nursery
Centre Type
RDF
Event Type 1
Nursery
Centre Type
Medical Institution
Type
Easy acquisition of consultation status
of medical institutions and vacancy
status of nurseries.
Nursery
Centre
Input information
such as temporary
closing days
Data Input
Support Tool
Park Type
Event Type 1
Medical Institution
Type
Medical
Institution
Event Type 2
RDF
RDF
Event Type 2
Data Input
Support Tool
Event Type 3
HTML
Portal sites
providing facility information
(such as
“Kanazawa Iku-Navi.net”
portal site specialised in
childcare)
HTML
Residents
RDF
Park Type
Input opening
hours etc.
Park
Maintenance
Office
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
Event-Type Data
(HTML)
Child Medical
Examination
/Vaccination etc.
Childcare-related event
information
(General sites)
HTML
(HTML plus Meta Information)
Structured Data
Attachment
Tool
Event Template
Meta
Childcare-related event
Information
information
(Add meta information such
as location information,
date and time)
Residents
Location Type
Date and Time
Type
Common
Vocabulary DB
Add event information obtained
from meta information to product
information
Information of children‘s products
Makers of Children's (with childcare-related event
information)
Products, etc.
・Propose various “Event Templates”
・Consider the requirements of structured data attachment tool and DB
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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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