About Japanese Textbook LOD

Japanese Textbook Linked Open Data (LOD) is a dataset which includes bibliographic information for textbooks published up to now since the 7th curriculum guideline enforced in 1992, as well as the related information such as the subject areas, the subjects, teaching units, compiling prospectus and the curriculum guidelines.

Table of Contents

Overview

This project provides a LOD dataset for textbooks published up to now since the 7th curriculum guideline enforced in 1992, as well as the related information such as the teaching units, the compiling prospectus, the subject areas, the subjects, and the curriculum guidelines. Please note that information on the teaching units and the compiling prospectus are now available only for the textbooks used in 2020 at Elementary schools. As of August 2022, the dataset contains bibliographic information for 8,089 textbook titles and 473,113 triples as RDF data.

The dataset is based on a collection of textbooks held and organized by NIER Library of Education for several decades. These catalogs can be searched through Textbook Database at the NIER Library of Education website. ISBNs of the dataset are from Textbook Research Center Library catalogs.

The dataset on the learning units and the compiling prospectus are supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP21HP8016. The original data on the learning units and compiling prospectus is also available at Textbook Compiling Prospectus Database at NIER.

Please refer to the following papers and documents on the details on the development and publishing the Japanese Textbook LOD.

News

December 25th, 2022
Japanese Textbook LOD received "Scholarly Awards in Infrastructure and Systems" in the 4th Annual Awards of Japan Society for Digital Archive
November 8th, 2018
Our methodology How to make Linked Data easily, aka "Poorman's Linked Data Toolkit" won the LOD Promotion Award at the Linked Open Data Challenge 2018.
August 28th, 2018
Japanext Textbook LOD has been included into the LOD Cloud of 2018-08-28 version.
August 14th, 2018
Release the document on How to make Linked Data easily, aka "Poorman's Linked Data Toolkit".
July 1st, 2018
Published a case study paper for Japanese Textbook LOD at The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association.
  • 江草由佳, 高久雅生. 教科書Linked Open Data (LOD) の構築と公開. 情報の科学と技術. 2018, Vol.68, No.7, pp.361-367 (in Japanese)
  • https://doi.org/10.18919/jkg.68.7_361
September 2nd, 2017
Presentation on this project at the Code4Lib JAPAN Conference 2017.
  • 江草由佳, 高久雅生. お手軽、お安く、持続可能な書誌情報公開（LOD化）の秘訣 ―教科書LODの経験から―. Code4Lib JAPANカンファレンス2017, 熊本 (2017-09)
  • スライド: https://www.slideshare.net/yegusa/20170903-c4ljplod
March 11th, 2017
This dataset won the Education LOD Award at the Linked Open Data Challenge 2016.
January 15th, 2017
Applied to Dataset section of LOD Challenge 2016

LOD Vocaburaries / Data Model

The figures below are the overview of the model of the Japanese Textbook LOD. The base URI for the Japanese Textbook LOD is https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/, the base URI is shown as the prefix textbook:.

Data model of Textbook resources of the Japanese Textbook LOD
Data model of Textbook resources of the Japanese Textbook LOD, excerpt from "NEW CROWN ENGLISH SERIES 3"
Data model of Teaching Unit resources of the Japanese Textbook LOD
Data model of Teaching Unit resources of the Japanese Textbook LOD, excerpt from the learning unit "月の位置の変化" in the textbook "未来をひらく 小学理科 4"

Resources description

Textbook

URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/type of schools/authorized year/textbook symbol/textbook number

Following the LOD principle, the dataset allows users to get useful information when accessing the URIs for textbooks. And you can get the RDF data of the turtle format when you access to the URIs followed by .ttl.

The properties for the Textbook resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Title NEW CROWN ENGLISH SERIES 3
Required
Non repeatable
schema:editor Editor(s) 森住衛 ほか29名
Required
Non repeatable
schema:publisher Publisher textbook:publisher/2003/三省堂
Required
Repeatable
Link to the publisher resource, represented as textbook:publisher/catalogue publication year/publisher's abbriviated name
schema:bookEdition Edition 改訂版
Optional
Repeatable
※バージョン2.0までのデータ内には版情報が入っているレコードはない（古い教科書の場合のために念のため用意している）。
schema:isbn ISBN 978-4-385-70190-5
Optional
Repeatable
※バージョン6.0以降のデータの一部に追加。※バージョン6.1以降、複数ある場合、繰り返される。
bf:extent The total pages 120
Optional
Non repeatable
bf:dimensions Dimensions B4
Optional
Non repeatable
textbook:grade Target grade 1, 2, 3
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:authorizedYear Authorized year 2001
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:catalogue Textbook catalogue textbook:catalogue/中学校/2004
Required
Repeatable
Link to the catalogue resources, represented as textbook:catalogue/type of school/first published year. Since version 11.0, this property has changed to link to all the related catalogues.
textbook:usageYear Usage year 2005
Required
Repeatable
textbook:usageYearRange Range of Usage years 2005-2005
Required
Non repeatable
Either of "yyyy-yyyy" or "yyyy-". The value ending with "-" like "yyyy-" means that the end year is undecided.
textbook:textbookSymbol Texbook symbol 英語
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:textbookNumber Textbook number 904
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:subject Subject textbook:curriculum/中学校/2002/外国語/英語
Optional
Non repeatable
Link to the subject resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area/subject. Note that if the type of the subject is Special (textbook:subjectType), the subject is deternmined automatically by the longest match of the Subject name from the title of the textbook, and it does not added by the Library of Education. Some exceptional data is resolved by Drs. Egusa and Takaku.
textbook:subjectArea Subject area textbook:curriculum/中学校/2002/外国語
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the subject area resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area.
textbook:curriculum Curriculum Guideline textbook:curriculum/中学校/2002
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the curriculum guideline resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline.
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/中学校
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the type resource of schools, represented as textbook:school/type of school.
textbook:item Holding item(s)
Required
Repeatable
Link to the blank node resource(s), which consist of either of properties 1) nier:recordID and nier:callNumber, or 2) textbook-rc:recordID and textbook-rc:callNumber. If there are multiple holdings in a library, this property values are repeated according to the number of holdings times.
The structural contents of a blank node are either of the followings:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
nier:recordID Record identifier at the NIER Education Library Textbook Database EB10015334
Required
Non repeatable
It is possible to refer to the record at the website as follows: https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record ID
nier:callNumber Call number for the item at the NIER Education Library. K260.91||S12U||01/05
Required
Non repeatable
Delimiter characters are "||". Two types of call numbers are used: The current one and the old one.
The current rule for call numbers
Textbook classification numbers - publisher number - authorized years + book number (Ex. K170.8||K10||2010)
The old rule for call numbers
Textbook classification numbers - publisher number + administrative number - authorized / usage year (Ex. K260.91||S12U||01/05). Textbook classification, publisher number, administrative number and book number are originally assign by Education Library. Usage year is derived from the item holdings of Ducation Library, so some of the year might be different from the original usage year. If year numbers are four digits, they are Gregorian calendar years. In the other cases, the numbers from 21 to 64 corresponds to 1964 to 1989 (Showa Era), the ones from 88 to 99 are 1988 to 1999, and the ones from 00 to 05 means 2000 to 2005.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
textbook-rc:recordID Record identifier at the Textbook Library of Textbook Research Center Textbook Catalogue Information Database. 220050110
Required
Non repeatable
It is possible to refer to the record at the website as follows: http://textbook-rc-lib.net/Opac/search.htm?s=SsaOkobBIBy2ftPelVbXwTJqTVi&ncid=record ID
textbook-rc:callNumber Call number for the item at the Textbook Library of Textbook Research Center. B2|600|H17/18
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/
textbook-rc:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/textbook-rc/
rdfs:seeAlso Related link(s) http://id.ndl.go.jp/jpno/89034331
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to NDL Search (via NDLBibID and JPNO) and CiNii Books (via NCID).
bf:note Notes 2009年度より出版社を「日本文教出版株式会社」に変更。
Optional
Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
bf:
http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Curriculum Guideline

URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/curriculum/type of schools/year of enforcement

The properties for the Curriculum Guideline resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "高等学校学習指導要領"@ja
  • "こうとうがっこうがくしゅうしどうようりょう"@ja-Hira
  • "Upper Secondary School Curriculum Guideline"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, this property represents an original name as well as transcription and English name. Language codes are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese name (Hiragana). Presented a transcription of the name in Hiragana.
@en
English name
textbook:hasSubjectArea has a subject area textbook:curriculum/高等学校/1994/国語
Required
Repeatable
schema:datePublished Date of announcement 1989-03-15
Required
Non repeatable
schema:startDate Date of enforcement 1994-04-01
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/高等学校
Required
Non repeatable
schema:url Fulltext URL http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/old-cs/1322503.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Link to the fulltext possibly at the MEXT website and Curriculum guidelines database at NIER
dct:hasVersion Other versions
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. It corresponds to the revisions of the curriculum guideline. A revision information consists of a blank node, which has nine properties schema:name, schema:datePublished, schema:citation, schema:url, rdfs:seeAlso, schema:isbn, nier:itemID, nier:callNumber, and nier:recordID.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name of the revision
  • "平成元年3月 告示"@ja
  • "1989-03 Notification"@en
Required
Repeatable
If the revision is on a part of a guideline, the name of the revision will be assigned such as "Partial revision in December 2003". Using language tags, Japanese and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
schema:datePublished Date of announcement (date of revision) 1989-03-15
Required
Non repeatable
schema:citation Reference
  • "『平成元年 文部省告示第二十四号』（官報. 平成元年3月15日, 号外特第4号, pp.9-50）"@ja
  • "\"Notification No. 24 in 1989 of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture\" (Official Gazette, 1989-03-15, Special Extra Edition No. 4, pp.9-50)"@en
Required
Repeatable
Refer to the official announcement and its publication. Using language tags, Japanese and English names shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
schema:url Fulltext URL http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/old-cs/1322235.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to the fulltext(s), such as MEXT website and NIER Curriculum Guidelines Database.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links http://id.ndl.go.jp/jpno/89034331
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to NDL Search and CiNii Books.
schema:isbn ISBN 4171533104
Optional
Repeatable
nier:itemID Item identifier at the NIER Education Library 071221843
Optional
Non repeatable
nier:callNumber Call number at the NIER Education Library 375.92||1||1989d
Optional
Non repeatable
Delimiter for a call number is "||".
nier:recordID Record identifier at the NIER Education Library BB80025218
Optional
Non repeatable
Link is available as https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record identifier.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
dct:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Textbook Catalogue

An annual textbook catalogue is a book which lists textbooks usable for the year. Recent textbook catalogues are available at the MEXT website: http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/mokuroku.htm URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/catalogue/type of schools/publication year

The properties for the Textbook Catalogue resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Title
  • "高等学校用教科書目録(平成29年度使用)"@ja
  • "こうとうがっこうようきょうかしょもくろく（へいせい29ねんどしよう）"@ja-Hira
  • "Textbook Catalogue for Upper Secondary School of 2017 School Year"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name, its transcription (Yomi) and English name are shown. The meanings of the language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese title (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese title (Hiragana)
@en
English title
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/高等学校
Required
Non repeatable
schema:datePublished Publication date 2016
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:usageYear Usage year 2017
Required
Non repeatable
Usage year for textbooks listed in the catalogue.
schema:url Fulltext URL http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2016/04/26/1369944_3.pdf
Optional
Non repeatable
rdfs:seeAlso Related links
  • https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2016/04/26/1369944_3.pdf
  • http://id.ndl.go.jp/jpno/000000045845
  • https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/AN10586986
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to web archiving services (Wayback Machine and WARP etc.), NDL Search, and CiNii Books.
nier:itemID Item identifier at the NIER Education Library 400008926
Optional
Non repeatable
nier:callNumber Call number at the NIER Education Library 375.9||27||2017
Optional
Non repeatable
Delimiter for a call number is "||"
nier:recordID Record identifier at the NIER Education Library BB00014905
Optional
Non repeatable
Link is available as https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record identifier.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/

Compiling Prospectus Chapter

Classes representing chapters in the Compiling Prospectus.

The properties for the Compiling Prospectus Chapter resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
textbook:chapterType Compiling Prospectus Type https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/CPMappingTUTable
Required
Non repeatable
CPMappingLawOfEducation, CPMappingTUBody, CPMappingTUTable, CPMappingACBody, CPMappingACTable.
schema:pagination Page 10
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
schema:
http://schema.org/

Chapter

The properties for the Chapter resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:isPartOf Textbook textbook:小学校/2019/生活/108
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the textbook resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/authorized year/textbook symbol/textbook number.
schema:pagination Page p.24〜45
Required
Non repeatable
schema:numberOfPages Number Of Pages 0.25
Optional
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/

Chapter Type

Resource for the type of compiling prospectus chapter (standard or advanced). URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/curriculum/type of chapter

The properties for the Chapter Type resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "教育基本法との対照表"@ja;
  • "Mapping Table of Law of Education"@en;
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name
@en
English name
rdfs:seeAlso Related links https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/1260070.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the referenced website.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Compiling Prospectus

URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/Compiling Prospectus ID These IDs are assigned independently by this project.

The properties for the Compiling Prospectus resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
qb:order Listing order 1
Required
Non repeatable
Used in display orders
schema:name Title 小学校1,2年生活(教出)2019年検定教科書編修趣意書
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/小学校
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the type resource of schools, represented as textbook:school/type of school.
textbook:authorizedYear Authorized year 2001
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:subjectArea Subject area textbook:curriculum/小学校/2020/生活
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the subject area resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area.
textbook:subject Subject textbook:curriculum/小学校/2020/生活/生活
Optional
Non repeatable
Link to the subject resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area/subject.
textbook:grade Target grade 1, 2
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:publisherAbbreviation Abbreviation for the publisher 教出
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:textbook Textbook textbook:小学校/2019/生活/108
Required
Repeatable
Link to the textbook resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/authorized year/textbook symbol/textbook number. If there are multiple textbooks, this property values are repeated according to the number of textbooks times.
schema:url Fulltext URL https://www.mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/education/micro_detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/05/14/1416507_004.pdf
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the fulltext possibly at the MEXT website.
schema:hasPart Page of Each Table
Required
Repeatable
Link to the blank node resource(s), which consist of properties textbook:CPtype, schema:name, and schema:pagination. This property values are repeated.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
textbook:chapterType Compiling Prospectus Type https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/CPMappingTUTable
Required
Non repeatable
CPMappingLawOfEducation, CPMappingTUBody, CPMappingTUTable, CPMappingACBody, CPMappingACTable.
schema:pagination Page 10
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:CPreceiptNumber Compiling Prospectus Receipt Number 30-165
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
qb:
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/

Curriculum Guideline Version

A class that represents the information in the revised Courses of Study.

The properties for the Curriculum Guideline Version resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name of the revision
  • "平成元年3月 告示"@ja
  • "1989-03 Notification"@en
Required
Repeatable
If the revision is on a part of a guideline, the name of the revision will be assigned such as "Partial revision in December 2003". Using language tags, Japanese and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
schema:datePublished Date of announcement (date of revision) 1989-03-15
Required
Non repeatable
schema:citation Reference
  • "『平成元年 文部省告示第二十四号』（官報. 平成元年3月15日, 号外特第4号, pp.9-50）"@ja
  • "\"Notification No. 24 in 1989 of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture\" (Official Gazette, 1989-03-15, Special Extra Edition No. 4, pp.9-50)"@en
Required
Repeatable
Refer to the official announcement and its publication. Using language tags, Japanese and English names shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
schema:url Fulltext URL http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/old-cs/1322235.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to the fulltext(s), such as MEXT website and NIER Curriculum Guidelines Database.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links http://id.ndl.go.jp/jpno/89034331
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to NDL Search and CiNii Books.
schema:isbn ISBN 4171533104
Optional
Repeatable
nier:itemID Item identifier at the NIER Education Library 071221843
Optional
Non repeatable
nier:callNumber Call number at the NIER Education Library 375.92||1||1989d
Optional
Non repeatable
Delimiter for a call number is "||".
nier:recordID Record identifier at the NIER Education Library BB80025218
Optional
Non repeatable
Link is available as https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record identifier.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/

Duration

The properties for the Duration resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
rdf:value Duration 2-4
Required
Non repeatable
schema:note Note ＊配当時数は，各内容を扱う際の最小時数を下限，最大時数を上限としています。
Optional
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
rdf:
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
schema:
http://schema.org/

NIER Lib Item

Class for representing NIER Lib Item.

The properties for the NIER Lib Item resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
nier:recordID Record identifier at the NIER Education Library Textbook Database EB10015334
Required
Non repeatable
It is possible to refer to the record at the website as follows: https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record ID
nier:callNumber Call number for the item at the NIER Education Library. K260.91||S12U||01/05
Required
Non repeatable
Delimiter characters are "||". Two types of call numbers are used: The current one and the old one.
The current rule for call numbers
Textbook classification numbers - publisher number - authorized years + book number (Ex. K170.8||K10||2010)
The old rule for call numbers
Textbook classification numbers - publisher number + administrative number - authorized / usage year (Ex. K260.91||S12U||01/05). Textbook classification, publisher number, administrative number and book number are originally assign by Education Library. Usage year is derived from the item holdings of Ducation Library, so some of the year might be different from the original usage year. If year numbers are four digits, they are Gregorian calendar years. In the other cases, the numbers from 21 to 64 corresponds to 1964 to 1989 (Showa Era), the ones from 88 to 99 are 1988 to 1999, and the ones from 00 to 05 means 2000 to 2005.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/

Japan Textbook Research Center Lib Item

Class for representing Japan Textbook Research Center Lib Item.

The properties for the Japan Textbook Research Center Lib Item resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
textbook-rc:recordID Record identifier at the Textbook Library of Textbook Research Center Textbook Catalogue Information Database. 220050110
Required
Non repeatable
It is possible to refer to the record at the website as follows: http://textbook-rc-lib.net/Opac/search.htm?s=SsaOkobBIBy2ftPelVbXwTJqTVi&ncid=record ID
textbook-rc:callNumber Call number for the item at the Textbook Library of Textbook Research Center. B2|600|H17/18
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
nier:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/
textbook-rc:
http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/textbook-rc/

Publisher

This resource represents publisher for a textbook. URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/publisher/publication year of the textbook catalogue listed/abbreviated name

The properties for the Publisher resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "音楽之友社"@ja;
  • "おんがく の ともしゃ"@ja-Hira;
  • "Ongaku No Tomosha"@ja-Latn;
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, the name and its transcription (Yomi) in Hiragana and in Alphabetical form. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese name in Hiragana.
@ja-Latn
Japanese name in an alphabetical form.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00258007
Optional
Repeatable
Repeatable. Links to Houjin Info, Web NDL Authorities and DBpedia.
textbook:catalogueYear Publication year for a textbook catalogue where the publisher is listed 2017
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:catalogue Textbook catalogue listed textbook:catalogue/高等学校/2017
Required
Repeatable
Repeatable. Add link to the textbook catalogue resource represented as textbook:catalogue/type of schools/catalogue publication year
textbook:publisherAbbreviation Abbreviation for the publisher 友社
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:publisherNumber Publisher number 89
Required
Repeatable
Repeatable. ex. textbook:publisher/2009/日文.
bf:note Notes 発行者番号が2種類ある（大阪書籍の教科書は発行者番号：3）。
Optional
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
bf:
http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/

Type of school

This resource represents type of schools such as elementary schools. URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/school/type of schools

The properties for the Type of school resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "小学校"@ja;
  • "しょうがっこう"@ja-Hira;
  • "Elementary School"@en;
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name and its transcription and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese name (Hiragana)
@en
English name
owl:sameAs Equivalent resource http://ja.dbpedia.org/resource/特別支援学校
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
owl:
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#

Source Of English Name

Class for representing source information in English name notation.

The properties for the Source Of English Name resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name for the source
  • "小学校学習指導要領英訳版（仮訳）(平成20年3月)"@ja
  • "Elementary School Curriculum Guideline English Version (Tentative Translation) (2008-03)"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese and English names are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
textbook:curriculum Reference to a curriculum guideline curriculum/小学校/2012
Optional
Non repeatable
If the source is the English translation of the curriculum guideline, this property refer to the corresponding guideline.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/new-cs/youryou/eiyaku/1261037.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the referenced website and the bibliographic information such as CiNii Books when the source is a book.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Type of subject areas and subjects

Resource for the type of subject area or subject in upper secondary schools (specialized or common education).URIs for the resources are represented as follows:

The properties for the Type of subject areas and subjects resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "各学科に共通する各教科"@ja;
  • "かくがっかにきょうつうするかくきょうか"@ja-Hira;
Required
Repeatable
言語コードを用いて、名称に加え、そのよみを示します。言語コードとその意味は以下の通りです。
@ja
名称（漢字表記）
@ja-Hira
名称（ひらがな表記）。名称のよみをひらがな表記で示します。
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/高等学校
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:curriculum Curriculum guideline textbook:curriculum/高等学校/2013
Required
Non repeatable
schema:citation Reference 学習指導要領の章タイトルなど（「第２章 各学科に共通する各教科」「第３章 主として専門学科において開設される各教科」）や、学習指導要領冒頭の「学 校 教 育 法 施 行 規 則（抄）」の表題（pp. iii-iv ）など
Required
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/

Teaching Unit

URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/Teaching Unit ID These IDs are assigned independently by this project.

The properties for the Teaching Unit resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
qb:order Listing order 1
Required
Non repeatable
Used in display orders
textbook:teachingUnitType Teaching Unit Type Standard
Required
Non repeatable
Indicates the type of teaching unit: Standard, UpperGradeContents (upper grades), or OutOfCos (content that is not required to be covered at any grade level in Courses of Study).
schema:name Unit Title まちが大すきたんけんたい
Required
Non repeatable
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/小学校
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the type resource of schools, represented as textbook:school/type of school.
textbook:authorizedYear Authorized year 2001
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:subjectArea Subject area textbook:curriculum/小学校/2019/生活
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the subject area resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area.
textbook:subject Subject textbook:curriculum/小学校/2019/生活/生活
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the subject resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/year of curriculum guideline/subject area/subject.
textbook:grade Target grade 1, 2
Optional
Repeatable
schema:workExample Page of Textbook
Required
Repeatable
Link to the blank node resource(s), which consist of properties schema:isPartOf and schema:pagination. If there are multiple textbooks, this property values are repeated according to the number of textbooks times.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:isPartOf Textbook textbook:小学校/2019/生活/108
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the textbook resource, represented as textbook:curriculum/type of school/authorized year/textbook symbol/textbook number.
schema:pagination Page p.24〜45
Required
Non repeatable
schema:numberOfPages Number Of Pages 0.25
Optional
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
cs:cosItem Course Of Study Item https://w3id.org/jp-cos/82F02D3141000000
Optional
Repeatable
Link to the course of study item, represented as cs:course of study code.
textbook:cosMappingDescription Course Of Study Item (Label) (3)(4)(5)(8)
Optional
Repeatable
dct:source Compiling Prospectus https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/AC100000000132
Required
Non repeatable
Link to the compiling prospectus resource, represented as textbook:compiling prospectus ID.
schema:duration Duration
Optional
Repeatable
Link to the blank node resource(s), which consist of properties rdf:value and schema:note. If there are multiple resources, this property values are repeated.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
rdf:value Duration 2-4
Required
Non repeatable
schema:note Note ＊配当時数は，各内容を扱う際の最小時数を下限，最大時数を上限としています。
Optional
Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
rdf:
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
schema:
http://schema.org/
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
qb:
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
schema:
http://schema.org/
cs:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/
dct:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Teaching Unit Type

Resource for the type of teaching unit (standard or upper grade or out of course). URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/curriculum/type of teaching unit

The properties for the Teaching Unit Type resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "類型1: 後の学年等の学習内容"@ja;
  • "Type 1: Study contents of upper grade"@en;
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name
@en
English name
rdfs:seeAlso Related links https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/20210212-mxt_kouhou02-1.pdf#page=8
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the referenced website.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Subject area

Note that a subject area resources are linked from a curriculum guideline with a textbook:hasSubjectArea property. URIs for the resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/curriculum/type of schools/year of enforcement/name of subject area

The properties for the Subject area resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name
  • "国語"@ja
  • "こくご"@ja-Hira
  • "Japanese Language"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name, transcription of the name, and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese name (Hiragana). The name of the subject area is transcribed in Hiragana.
@en
English name of the subject area
Note that English names are unfficial one. Translation is done by the maintainers of this dataset. While we could not find the official English translations for the subject area, we refer to the tentative translations in the curriculum guidelines, and the English guide entitled "Education in Japan" published by the MEXT.
textbook:school Type of school textbook:school/高等学校
Required
Non repeatable
qb:order Listing order of the curriculum guideline 1
Required
Non repeatable
This is used in the order of the listings.
textbook:subjectType Type of the subject area textbook:curriculum/高等学校/2013/Common
Optional
Non repeatable
Used only in the subject areas at the curriculum guidelines 1994, 2003 and 2013 for the high schools.
textbook:hasSubject has a subject textbook:curriculum/高等学校/2013/国語/国語総合
Optional
Repeatable
textbook:sourceOfEnglishName Source for the English name
Optional
Non repeatable
This has a blank node which consists of three properties: schema:name, textbook:curriculum and rdfs:seeAlso.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name for the source
  • "小学校学習指導要領英訳版（仮訳）(平成20年3月)"@ja
  • "Elementary School Curriculum Guideline English Version (Tentative Translation) (2008-03)"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese and English names are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
textbook:curriculum Reference to a curriculum guideline curriculum/小学校/2012
Optional
Non repeatable
If the source is the English translation of the curriculum guideline, this property refer to the corresponding guideline.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/new-cs/youryou/eiyaku/1261037.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the referenced website and the bibliographic information such as CiNii Books when the source is a book.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
qb:
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#

Subject

A subject in this dataset is corresponding to an item where textbook creators apply for the authorization of the textbook. This means that most of the subjects are equivalent with subjects in the curriculum guidelines, but some of them are different ones. For instance, some subjects such as Maps and Penmanship are defined as a subject while they do not exist in the guidelines. And also, the merged subjects "Health and Physical Education" are defined, they are corresponding to the multiple subjects in the guidelines. Note that a subject resources are linked from a subject area with a textbook:hasSubject property. URIs for the subject resources are represented as follows:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/curriculum/type of schools/year of enforcement/subject area name/subject name

The properties for the Subject resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Subject name
  • "国語総合"@ja
  • "こくごそうごう"@ja-Hira
  • "Integrated Japanese Language"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese name and its transcription (Yomi) and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@ja-Hira
Japanese name (Hiragana).
@en
English name of the subject
Note: English names are unofficial one. The errors in its translations are resposible for the maintainers of this dataset. We could not find any of official translations of the subject names, even though we ask the Education Library to find them. Some of the translations are origined from the tentative translations of the curriculum guidelines, such as Elementary schools、Lower secondary schools、Upper secondary schols. We also refer to the English guide "Education in JAPAN, 13th ed." by MEXT for the subject names of elementary and lower secondary schools, and the chapter eight "The Content of Each Subject and Subject Area" (p.107-195) of Concerning improvements to the courses of study for elementary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools.
textbook:school Type of schools textbook:school/高等学校
Required
Non repeatable
qb:order Listing order of the subject in the document on textbook authorization 1
Required
Non repeatable
Used in display orders
textbook:subjectType Type of the subjects textbook:curriculum/高等学校/2013/Common
Optional
Repeatable
Used only in the curriculum guidelines 1994, 2003 and 2013 for the upper secondary schools
rdfs:seeAlso Reference http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/kyoukasho/kentei/1293732.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the website for the document on textbook authorization
schema:citation Citation 『教科用図書検定申請受理種目』平成22年5月14日号外文部科学省告示第83号(平成元年6月9日文部省告示第89号の改正)
Optional
Non repeatable
Source citation for the subject name.
textbook:sourceOfEnglishName Source of English name
Optional
Non repeatable
This has a blank node which consists of three properties: schema:name, textbook:curriculum and rdfs:seeAlso.
The structural contents of a blank node are as follows:
Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?		 Notes
schema:name Name for the source
  • "小学校学習指導要領英訳版（仮訳）(平成20年3月)"@ja
  • "Elementary School Curriculum Guideline English Version (Tentative Translation) (2008-03)"@en
Required
Repeatable
Using language tags, Japanese and English names are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows:
@ja
Japanese name (Kanji)
@en
English name
textbook:curriculum Reference to a curriculum guideline curriculum/小学校/2012
Optional
Non repeatable
If the source is the English translation of the curriculum guideline, this property refer to the corresponding guideline.
rdfs:seeAlso Related links http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/new-cs/youryou/eiyaku/1261037.htm
Optional
Repeatable
Links to the referenced website and the bibliographic information such as CiNii Books when the source is a book.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
schema:
http://schema.org/
textbook:
https://w3id.org/jp-textbook/
qb:
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
rdfs:
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Versions

2024-03-31
Version 22.1 released.
Added one textbook bibliographic information on history subject. Changed the links to the NDL Search due to its renewal. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2023-08-13
Version 22.0 released.
Add new bibliographic information on textbooks used in AY2023. Add a site search function at the website. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2022-10-07
Version 21.0 released.
Split distribution files into two files for textbook LOD and unit LOD. Correct errors in subject and subject area names. Add new textbook catalog and publisher resources. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2022-09-10
Version 20.0 released.
Add new textbook information used in AY2022. Add ISBNs and holding information from Textbook Research Center Library. Add links from Teaching Unit resources to the contents at NHK for School based on the Course of Study LOD resources. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2022-08-28
Version 19.0 released.
Add the teaching units, the compiling prospectus metadata for the textbooks used in 2020 at Elementary schools. Add links to the Japanese Course of Study LOD. Renew the LOD website based on ttl2html-2.0. Change the dump file to the gzipped format. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2021-06-24
Version 18.0 released.
Added all the textbook information used in AY2021. Fix the broken link to the textbook library OPAC. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-12-19
Version 17.0 released.
Added all the textbook information used in AY2020. Change the year data types into xsd:gYear. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-11-07
Version 16.0 released.
Added all the subject areas and subjects for the new curriculum guideline effective after 2020. Added new textbook catalogues for AY2020. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-08-15
Version 15.2 released.
Changed URIs for Houjin Info, used as one of the identifiers for publishers. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-07-12
Version 15.1 released.
Add dataset metadata. Fix some errors in schema description. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-07-02
Version 15.0 released.
Change usage years information as repeatable properties. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-03-16
Version 14.0 released.
Change URIs for the subject mainly used in the special departments. Ex. 情報(専門). Fix some of usage years of textbooks used in AY2019. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-03-14
Version 13.2 released.
Add identifiers along with ISBN information for the textbooks used in 2019. Fix some of holding information. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-03-08
Version 13.1 released.
Add the subjects for the special subject areas automatically. Fix some of SHACL constraints and some of dataset. Especially a part of date data is added as the datatype xsd:date. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-03-06
Version 13.0 released.
Add bf:Item class into the textbook item resources. Add new identifiers of JPNO, BibID, and NCID into the textbook resources. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2020-03-02
Version 12.0 released.
Add textbooks used in 2019 FY, Fix several data errors in usage year, title, etc. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-12-21
Version 11.2 released.
Add a shape expression for RDF graph as a metadata schema for this dataset based on SHACL Standard. Change to generate a documentation of application profile including description on properties from a SHACL file. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-12-03
Version 11.1 released.
Add a list of textbooks in the textbook catalogue pages. Fix errors in some of links from textbook resources to textbook catalogue resources, Fix errors in publication years at some of publisher resources. Add a list of textbook catalogues in the top page. Fix errors of duplicate listings of subjects in the top page. Update the LOD diagram in the about page. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-11-27
Version 11.0 released.
Redefine the cataogue property links from the first appeared one to the listed cataloges as repeatable properties for each textbook. Fix several errors in publishers information. Add search functionalities in the LOD website through Google Custom Search. Fix several errors in the names of subjects. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-10-13
Version 10.4 released.
Add the links to identifiers of JPNO, NDLBibID, and NCID for the textbooks with ISBNs. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-09-16
Version 10.3 released.
Add the schema for our own classes and properties. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-31
Version 10.2 released.
Add the Corporate Numbers for the publisher resources. Change some names for publishers to use "The list of publishers" from textbook catalogues as the sources. Add multiple publisher links from textbooks when the same textbook has been published from them. Correct several errors in publisher numbers. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-25
Version 10.1 released.
Correct the URIs for publishers information. Add grouping list for the same publisher in the publisher pages. Add sources information for the name of subjects and subject areas. Change the title of English version of publishers page into Latin transcribed form. Support requests with "text/turtle" for each resource. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-20
Version 10.0 released.
Added the resources for the publishers and related information. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-15
Version 9.1 released.
Fixed errors in some of names in English names of subjects and subject areas. Added a logo image for the project. Added a logo previews when sharing the pages on Facebook and Twitter. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-12
Version 9.0 released.
Added note fields described by NIER Education Library. Changed the original property textbook:note to BIBFRAME's bf:note. Changed the RDF class representing the textbooks from schema:Book to the original class textbook:Textbook. Changed property values representing the target grade to use the repeatable integer literals instead of textual literal. Added links to Curriculum guidelines and types of school resources from types of subject. Added English description in revisions information of curriculum guidelines. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-08-09
Version 8.0 released.
Added revisions information for curriculum guidelines. Changed the types of subject areas and subjects to use each curriculum guideline URI, and changed the related properties from each subject and subject area. The web site now shows all the property values in the details sections. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-07-28
Version 7.1 released.
Added links to individual RDF/Turtle data. Added identifiers NCID and JPNO for each textbook catalogue. Added cross-links between Japanese and English pages respectively. Removed a few of textbook records out of scopes. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-07-21
Version 7.0 released.
Added new bibliographic and holding information for textbooks used in AY2018. Added a new subject and subject area "Moral Education". Replaced the URIs for types of schools into new original URIs. Added English website for every page. Added Turtle format files for all the individual resources. Added related links to Calil website in the textbook pages. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2018-03-13
Version 6.1 released.
Added links to multiple holding items in Education Library for a single textbook resource. Fixed several bibliographic information. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-12-03
Version 6.0 released.
Added bibliographic information for textbooks held in Textbook Research Center Library, and links to their OPAC. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-11-30
Version 5.2 released.
Fixed some errors on bibliographic information and descriptions on the web site. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-10-09
Version 5.1 released.
Added English names and Hiragana transcriptions for subjects, subject areas, and curriculum guidelines. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-10-03
Version 5.0 released.
Added information on textbooks used in AY2017. Added properties on the number of pages and extent etc. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-07-07
Version 4.1 released.
Added web pages for each subject, and replaced the list pages of textbooks with them. Fixed some errors in the dataset. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-06-11
Version 4.0 released.
Added URI resources for textbook catalogs. Automated the generation of the top page of this project from the dataset. Fixed some errors in the dataset. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-06-06
Version 3.0 released.
Added all the subjectArea URIs, subject URIs, and their property data. Fixed some errors in the dataset. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-05-03
Version 2.0 released.
Changed some resource URIs and properties. Please refer to here for the revision details.
2017-01-15
Version 1.0 released.
The first dataset release.

Contact

This dataset was developed by 教科書LODプロジェクト

  • Yuka Egusa (National Institute for Educational Policy Research)
  • Masao Takaku (University of Tsukuba)
  • Takayuki Ako (Tokyo National Museum)
  • Yumiko Ariyama (Karuizawa Kazakoshi Gakuen School)
  • Satoshi Enomoto (Japan Women's University)
  • Masao Oi (University of Tokyo)

For dataset inquiries, please contact at mailto:yuka@nier.go.jp