Open Data Promotion Consortium Noboru Koshizuka, Chief Researcher, Technical Committee Technical Committee Report of Activities of 2012 and Proposed Activities (Draft) of 2013 Ref. 3-1 This document is a provisional translation by Open Data Promotion Consortium

1. Report of Activities of 2012 (1) Overview 1 DateTitleOverview st Technical Committee Mtg. Discussed the Operation and Mission of the Committee, and others nd Technical Committee Mtg. Discussed points of issues of the Committee. Discussed advanced trends of vocabularies, etc rd Technical Committee Mtg. Discussed technical guides for data preparation for the open data system. Reported overseas investigation including NIEM. Reported international standardization trend, etc rd E-Government Open Data Working Level Meeting Reported the approach & proposal of the Tech. Committee. Proposed the technical requirements for data formation for open data, Technical Guides for Open Data Realization, draft CSV Data Standards for Open Data Realization, draft Specifications for Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation together with technical proposals for open data th Technical Committee Mtg. Reported the case studies for Specifications for Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation. Discussed the TC Report of Activities of 2012 and the Proposed TC Activities of 2013, etc.

2  Achievements of the Technical Committee were as follows.  Preparation of technical documents that include “Call for Comments” 1. Technical Guides for Data Preparation for Open Data Realization (*1) 2. CSV Data Standards for Open Data Realization (*2) 3. Specifications for Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation (2012 version) (*3)  Of the above-mentioned three documents, the 1 and 2 were proposed in the E-Government Open Data Working Level Meeting. 1. The article of “Numerics (Table), Sentence, Points to Note for Data Preparation for Geospatial Information (the Guideline is attached)” that was posted for call for public comments until June 7 was based on the documents the Technical Committee presented. Source ： the 4 th TC Ref. Docs. 1. Report of Activities of 2012 (2) Achievements (*1) See the 3 rd TC Ref (*2) See the 3 rd TC Ref (*3) See the 4 th TC Ref (*4)

Reference：Proposal to the E-Government Open Data Working Level Meeting (Technical Matters) 3  The Technical Committee proposes followings based on the consideration made so far. We hope you could use them as reference, taking account of trials made by other government organizations, for regularization of promotion of open data to be discussed in the E-Government Open Data Working Level Meeting. 1. For your consideration of data structure and format for transforming the existing data in tabular or document formats, geographical data and real-time data to be used for open data, we suggest to consult the draft Technical Guides and draft Specifications which have been considered by the Technical Committee. 2. For your consideration of the API where the government is to post the open data, and high specification data format, it is advised to refer to the “1 st version (Draft) of Specifications for Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation (2012)” which was discussed and prepared by the Technical Committee. 3. For realization of open data of the government-owned information, it is indispensable to prepare the data disclosure policy and guidelines for ensuring the data reliability in addition to the regularization of formats. The environment consolidation including the preparation of manuals and tool templates as well as staff training is another requirement. Your parallel consideration for these matters is highly appreciated. Source ： 3 rd E-Government Open Data Working Level Meeting, “Approach & Proposal of Open Data Promotion Consortium, Mar. 21, 2013

4  The Technical Committee achieved the followings in the year  Survey of Existing Open-Data Technology and Organization  TC surveyed existing data formats and APIs and cases in the world, and prepared the usage guidelines and considered issues.  Although there exist element technologies for open data, concrete guidelines and best practices are yet to be available.  The regularization in the upper hierarchy including use of vocabularies, codes, IDs and identifiers etc. is essential.  Preparation of Technical Documents  TC prepared following documents, based on the above analysis, as the guidelines for open data as well as the draft regularization in the upper hierarchy. 1. Technical Guides for Data Preparation for Open Data Realization  The guides which prescribe technical requirements for transforming data possessed by the government, local authorities, businesses etc. into open data as well as procedures for its realization to ensure the usage of wide range of applications and services. 2. CSV Data Standards for Open Data Realization  TC noted the CSV format as an appropriate data format to satisfy the above-mentioned Technical Guides’ requirements, and set up the rules and formats for data description. 3. Specifications for Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation (2012)  TC provided SPARQL-standards-based and REST-based APIs, as well as vocabularies to be used for the system development for open data.  TC provided them for the verification of the Infrastructure Development for Collaboration for Data Circulation in 2012, and implemented case studies. 1. Report of Activities of 2012 (3) Achievements

2. Technical Committee’s Proposed Activities (Draft) in TitleOutline Close Examination of Achievements of 2012, and Dissemination Activities We invite comments for the Technical Guides and Draft Standards which we prepared in 2012, and reflect them in the revision. We consider the framework for sharing vocabularies (registration and reference), and the profile preparation of specifications. We consider the system to maintain the standards and services as the requirement for the dissemination of Guides and Standards. We also investigate the open data situations in and out of Japan, and exchange technical views for the formation of the community for the dissemination of open data. Activities related to Internationalization and Standardization We introduce and promote the Japanese approach in the international arena. As for important and useful points we find in the above-mentioned examination, we propose them to standardization organizations, open data community and the Open Data Promotion Consortium. We also explore the forerunner field for open data for further standardization activities. a. Close examination of achievements of 2012, and implementation of dissemination activities. b. Consideration of measures of internationalization and standardization of open data, and practice of some of them. c. Closer collaboration with the Committees of Data Governance and Utilization and Promotion Committee and Promotion, and consideration of needs of data users and data owners. (1) Action Plan (Draft) (2) Major Activities (Draft)