Digital Methods for Building and Presenting Technology Archives

该项目旨在通过调查建立和展示技术档案的数字方法来促进科学和技术。该项目由NII执行（国立信息学研究所）与电气、电子和信息工程领域的五个日本学术团体，即ITE，图像信息和电视工程师协会日本信息处理学会（The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan）、IEEJ（The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan）和IEICE（The Institute of Electronics，Information，and Communication Engineers）。国家研究所与这些学会之间的合作有助于取得实际和具体的研究成果，因为这五个学会正在“科学研究成果出版补助金”的支助下建立一个名为“DB-JET（日本电气、电子和信息领域优秀技术数据库）”的数据库。该项目取得的成果包括：（1）详细设计了归档技术的数据库模式，（2）制定了一个实用的方法来分配关键字，（3）建立了一个版权管理的框架，（4）设计和原型技术档案的Web界面，（5）在美国和欧洲的相关活动的全面调查。本课题所研究的数字档案不仅有助于理解日本的技术创新，而且有助于制定R&D战略和科学技术政策。此外，设计的档案提供了四种类型的描述每一种技术：（1）专业的日语，（2）专业的英语，（3）初级的日语，（4）初级的英语。该框架有助于促进科学和技术，帮助日本和外国人了解日本的技术历史。

This project aimed at promoting science and technology with investigating digital methods for building and presenting technology archives. This project was performed by NII (National Institute of Informatics) in cooperation with five Japanese academic societies related to electrical, electronic, and information engineering fields, namely, ITE (The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers), IPSJ (Information Processing Society of Japan), IEIJ (The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan), IEEJ (The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan), and IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers). Cooperation between NII and these societies had been helpful to accomplish practical and concrete research results, since these five societies were building a database called "DB-JET (Database on Japanese Excellent Technologies of Electric, Electronic and Information Area)" with the support of "Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results". The results achieved by this project include (1)detailed design of a database schema for archiving technologies, (2)formulating a practical methodology for assigning keywords, (3)establishing a framework for copyright management, (4)designing and prototyping a Web interface for technology archives, (5)comprehensive investigation of related activities in USA and Europe. The digital archive investigated by this project is useful not only for understanding the technological innovations in Japan but also for devising R&D strategies and for formulating science and technology policies. In addition, the designed archive provides four types of descriptions for each technology ; (1)for professional in Japanese, (2)for professional in English, (3)for junior in Japanese, and (4)for junior in English. This framework contributes toward promoting science and technology with assisting both Japanese and foreign people to understand the history of technology in Japan.