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Saitama Prefecture has launched the "Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site" using the public cloud. SBT uses the know-how it has provided to private companies and government agencies to create a site that is ``easy to view and search'' for users and ``easy to operate'' for providers.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is promoting the use of open data for the national and local governments to collaborate horizontally in administrative fields such as administration, medical care, education, and disaster prevention, and for companies to use it for business purposes. SoftBank Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President: Shinichi Ata, hereafter SBT) is an open data utilization platform established by Saitama Prefecture, "Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site" (March 1, 2016). We would like to inform you that we have developed a system for data aggregation and publication on the portal site of ``Saitama Prefecture ODP'', which was established on the 1st. In addition, SBT will conduct operational monitoring of the "Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site."
Background of the establishment of “Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site”
Regarding the promotion of the utilization of open data, which is freely available to anyone, can be used and redistributed for both commercial and non-commercial purposes, and is provided in a data format suitable for machine reading, the e-Government Open Data Strategy (July 2012) On the 4th, based on the decision made by the Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society Promotion Strategy Headquarters, local governments began preparations.
This time, in Saitama Prefecture, with the aim of promoting and expanding the aggregation and utilization of open data, we will introduce the same information as the country's "Prefectural Government Information/Statistics," "Tourism/Culture," "Childcare/Education," "Health/Welfare," and "Lifestyle/Environment." We have opened the "Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site" in a cloud environment that uses groups and tags (*) to reduce costs and facilitate scalability and data linkage. The tag group for Saitama Prefecture is indicated by the country.
Approximately 100 organizations, including Saitama Prefecture and municipalities within the prefecture, will be developing open data, and are required to make it "easy to view," "easy to search," and "easy to operate" for system administrators, prefectural employees, and general users. SBT uses the wealth of know-how it has cultivated through the introduction of cloud computing and the development and operation of digital data utilization (digital marketing) for private companies to create a platform for promoting the use of open data advocated by Saitama Prefecture. We provided one-stop support for the construction of an open data portal.
This time, Saitama Prefecture is the first prefecture to adopt the public cloud Microsoft Azure. Additionally, comprehensive support including Microsoft Azure operational monitoring is provided by SBT 's "Microsoft Azure Managed Service."
Features of Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal Site
The Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal site has the following features.
Site features
| Easy to see and find | For example, data is displayed according to predefined categories such as "Childcare" or "Tourism." It also has a comprehensive data search function, so you can find the data you need with intuitive operations. |
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| Centralized data aggregation | We aggregate and publish Saitama Prefecture's open data. In the future, we aim to centralize various data. As of March 1st, in addition to data for Saitama Prefecture, we are posting open data for Kawagoe City, Fukaya City, Koshigaya City, Wako City, Misato City, Sakado City, and Hidaka City. |
| URL | https://opendata.pref.saitama.lg.jp |
At SBT, the system aspect of the "Saitama Prefecture Open Data Portal" was built on a cloud-based basis with consideration given to scalability and data redundancy. From the perspective of information security measures, we comprehensively respond to cyber attacks and disaster prevention measures, and provide one-stop services from DDoS countermeasures to communications, data protection, and operational monitoring.
In addition, from the perspective of promoting open data, we have created a design that is highly compatible with Saitama Prefecture's homepage so that it can be intuitively understood that it is a ``Saitama Prefecture site'', and made it ``easy to see and search''. We have also taken into consideration the links to related pages for Saitama Prefecture. In addition, it is possible to search from a total of 17 groups such as "land/weather" and "population/households", which is the same group structure as the national data catalog site (http://www.data.go.jp/). is.
As the amount of open data in Excel and PDF increases, searchability becomes an issue, but by using a global standard tool (CKAN), data can be registered and registered in a format standardized by multiple local governments. It is possible to manage it and publish it as a portal site. In the future, Saitama Prefecture plans to have municipalities within the prefecture register with CKAN, and plans to promote cross-sectional searches of public data that can be used for secondary purposes.
SBT will continue to support Saitama Prefecture's efforts to promote open data utilization by leveraging its strengths in cloud-based data utilization.
