1. Maintenance and operation of the data catalog (portal site) Second half of FY 2013 FY 2014 Organize and present views on releasing data of local public agencies First half of FY 2013 Expansion of releases in data formats that are suitable for machine reading FY 2015 and later Dissemination and awareness, evaluation Review of use rules for ministry websites based on the study of the working-level meeting (allow secondary use in principle and show restricted contents individually) Response based on organization of concept for other rules Release in sequence in more advanced data formats from areas where possible Publicity and dissemination to independent administrative agencies, local public agencies, etc. (including creation and dissemination of effective cases) All ministries Enhance offering contents in English in light of the study of the working-level meeting Maintenance of the data catalog (portal site) Expand the release of data whose new release cost is low through the Internet and data with strong user needs (requests) with the exception of those that cannot be released and data whose secondary use is not permitted Examination and verification of functions and the like that are required for the data catalog through demonstration experiments, etc. Cabinet Secretariat, MIC, METI Working-level meeting Study and organize the necessary matters in implementing the initiatives Study and organize required efforts based on reviews and follow-ups Development of use rules to promote secondary use Expansion of public data All ministries Cabinet Secretariat, all ministries All ministries Cabinet Secretariat, relevant ministries Support the utilization of holding and participating dissemination events to discover and stimulate needs, the creation of new services and businesses Cabinet Secretariat, all ministries Promotion of the release of code, promotion of the utilization of organizing the correspondence relationships among code All ministries Build a website (links, etc.) that introduces useful information Cabinet Secretariat, relevant ministries Expand data to be released for priority areas in light of the study of the working-level meeting Relevant ministries Implement understanding and evaluation of costs and effects of initiatives in light of the study of the working-level meeting Review the details of the initiatives that are needed based on reviews and follow-ups Cabinet Secretariat, all ministries Understand needs and opinions, and build a system with which to reflect them in initiatives Cabinet Secretariat, all ministries Coordinate Promotion of electronic provision of statistical information, including the provision of information through statistical information databases Promotion of initiatives based on the optimization plan (revised) Relevant ministries Expand release in structures and data formats that are suitable for machine reading for data for non-priority areas All ministries Expansion of statistical data that utilize geographic information, improvement of the user-friendliness of machine access of statistical data MIC, relevant ministries Standardization of terms and definitions that differ by organization, development of tools, etc. Cabinet Secretariat, MIC, METI Relevant ministries Release through a trial data catalog (portal site) Cabinet Secretariat, all ministries To achieve release and usage of open data that are at the same level as other developed countries' At the end of FY 2015 Absorb Roadmap for e-Government Open Data Promotion (IT Strategic Headquarters decision on June 14, 2013) Release data published through the Internet in the future for data other than statistical information databases in structures and data formats that are suitable for machine reading. (Prioritize addressing priority areas, such as white papers, disaster prevention and mitigation information, geospatial information, information on the movement of people, and budget, settlement and procurement information.) Release a URL list of relevant data in conjunction. Also consider the maintenance of the API.