About Japanese Course of Study LOD

Overview

Japanese Course of Study Linked Open Data (LOD) is a dataset which covers codes, contents, and related information for course of studies published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The target of LOD is the latest version of code tables from the past and present course of studies (including some revisions) for all school types. Specifically, it includes 18 published course of studies code tables.

Not only the code table released as open data by MEXT be given a URI that can be widely used, but also other related information URIs are added for the utilization of basic learning data. We have built a data model with persistent identifiers and published it as a reusable LOD dataset.

This dataset is published in a structured RDF/Turtle format under the same license as the original code table (CC BY 4.0) and is also provided as resolvable web data.

In the future, we will promote various utilizations by associating with content for learning, such as linking with "Textbook LOD" and linking with digital archives like Japan Search.

If you have any inquiries, please contact us.

News

March 18, 2022

At LOD Challenge 2021, this dataset won the Best Award and Platinum Sponser Prize.

• 【開催報告】LODチャレンジ2021オンライン授賞式シンポジウム (2022-03-17)
  • Presentation slides
• 【プレスリリース】Linked Open Data チャレンジ Japan 2021 受賞作品発表 (2022-02-14)

December 21, 2021

The dataset is introduced at Current Awareness Portal of NDL: 「学習指導要領LOD」が公開：文部科学省が公開する学習指導要領と教育要領の内容等をLOD化

December 14, 2021

The dataset is introduced at the blog of Watanave lab by Oi-san of the project: 学習指導要領LODの公開

LOD vocabularies

The model diagram of the resources of the Course of Study LOD is shown below. The base URI https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ of the course of study LOD is shown in the figure below using the prefix cs:.

Resources description

Course Of Study Item

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Item

It represents course of study item class.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Course Of Study Code

The properties for the Course Of Study Item resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
cs:courseOfStudy	Course Of Study	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017	Required Non repeatable
cs:courseOfStudyRevision	Course Of Study Revision	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/2017	Required Repeatable	Repeatable. It corresponds to the course of study revision.
dct:source	Source	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/83V11	Required Repeatable
qb:order	Item Number		Required Repeatable	Repeatable. The value of the "No" column of the original data. A item number information consists of a blank node, which has two properties rdf:value and dct:source.
	The structural contents of a blank node are as follows: Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required? Repeatable? Notes rdf:value Number 122 Optional Repeatable dct:source Source https://w3id.org/jp-cos/82V11 Optional Repeatable The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: rdf: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
schema:description	Description of Course Of Study Item	'''(イ) 語と語の連結による音の変化'''	Required Non repeatable	The value of the "Text of Course of Study" column of the original data.
dct:identifier	Code of Course of Study Item	83H1203111200000	Required Non repeatable	The value of the "Course of Study Code" column of the original data.
cs:issuedPeriod	Issued Period	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/period/H29toH31	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the first digit of the course of study code.
cs:school	Type of School	cs:school/LowerSecondary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
cs:disabilityCategory	Disability Category	cs:disabilityCategory/Intellectual	Optional Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
cs:subjectArea	Subject Area	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/外国語	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the 3rd digit of the course of study code.
cs:subject	Subject	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/外国語/英語	Optional Non repeatable	It corresponds to the 4th digit of the course of study code.
cs:category	Category	目標及び内容（大項目）	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the 5th digit of the course of study code.
cs:grade	Grade	1,2	Optional Repeatable	It corresponds to the 6th digit of the course of study code.
cs:stage	Stage	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/stage/UpperSecondaryDeptSNES-Intellectual/1	Optional Repeatable	It corresponds to the 6th digit of the course of study code.
cs:subCategory	Sub Category	内容	Optional Non repeatable	It corresponds to the 7th digit of the course of study code.
schema:edition	Edition of Course Of Study Item	一部改正なし	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the 16th digit of the course of study code.
cs:fcode	Fcode of Course of Study	A8A3UHA1A2A0A3A1A1A1A2A0A0A0A0A0	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make course of study code easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
schema:hasPart	Child	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/8GH12a4222140000	Optional Repeatable	Child of the cource of study item. It is created automatically by the program using the regularity of the course of study code.
cs:sectionNumber	Section Number	(イ)	Optional Non repeatable	It is the section number in the course fo study text. It is created automatically by the program. Half-size katakana is converted to full-size katakana.
cs:sectionNumberHierarchy	Hierarchical Section Numbers	第1章 / 第2章 / 第9節 / 第2 / 英語 / 2 / 〔知識及び技能〕 / (1) / ア / (イ)	Required Non repeatable	It is the section number hierarchy in the course fo study text. It is created automatically by the program. Half-size katakana is converted to full-size katakana.
cs:sectionText	Text	''語と語の連結による音の変化'''	Required Non repeatable	It is text without section number in the course fo study text. It is created automatically by the program. Half-size katakana is converted to full-size katakana.
bf:note	Note	'''コード表：86V11におけるこの学習指導要領の細目の学習指導要領コードの第6桁は「0」となっているが、正しくは「e」であると判断し、URIや関連するプロパティ値（学習指導要領コードや段階など）もそれに合わせるように変更した。'''@ja '''The sixth digit of the original course of study code in code table 86V11 is "0", but the correct value is "e". The URI and related property values (course of study code, stage, etc.) were changed to match.'''@en	Optional Repeatable	Using language tags, this property represents an original note and English note. Language codes are as follows: @ja Japanese note @en English note
cs:commentaryPage	Commentary Page	https://www.mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/education/micro_detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/03/18/1387017_001.pdf#page=25	Optional Non repeatable	Link to the corresponding Course of Study Commentary with this item.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ qb: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# schema: http://schema.org/ bf: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/

Dataset

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Dataset

It represents dataset class.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/dataset ID

The properties for the Dataset resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dct:identifier	Dataset ID	82V11	Required Non repeatable
schema:version	Version	1.1	Required Non repeatable
schema:name	Name	"【82V11】小学校学習指導要領コード 平成29年告示：バージョン1.1 （令和3年8月20日公表）"@ja "【82V11】Code for Elementary School Course of Guideline published in 2017, version 1.1 （2021-08-20 release）"@en	Required Repeatable	Using language tags, Japanese and English name are shown. The meanings of language tags are as follows: @ja Japanese name (Kanji) @en English name
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/Elementary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
schema:releaseDate	Date of Release	2021-08-20	Required Non repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ schema: http://schema.org/ cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/

Course of Study

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/CourseOfStudy

It represents course of study class. Major revisions are made once every 10 years.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school/date published

The properties for the Course of Study resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
cs:issuedPeriod	Issued Period	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/period/H29toH31	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the first digit of the course of study code.
schema:name	Name	"小学校学習指導要領"@ja "しょうがっこうがくしゅうしどうようりょう"@ja-Hira "Elementary 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
schema:datePublished	Date of Announcement	2017-03-31	Required Non repeatable
schema:startDate	Date of Enforcement	2020-04-01	Required Non repeatable
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/Elementary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
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	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Elementary/2017/2017	Required Repeatable	Repeatable. It corresponds to the course of study revision.
cs:dataset	Dataset	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/82V11	Optional Repeatable
cs:hasSubjectArea	has a subject area	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Elementary/2017/国語	Required Repeatable
cs:hasSubject	has a subject	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/外国語/英語	Required Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ schema: http://schema.org/ dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Course of Study Revision

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/CourseOfStudyRevision

It represents course of study revision class. It is used in cases where some revisions are made during the 10-year period.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school/date published of the first version/date published

The properties for the Course of Study Revision resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
cs:issuedPeriod	Issued Period	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/period/H29toH31	Required Non repeatable	It corresponds to the first digit of the course of study code.
schema:name	Name of the revision	"中学校学習指導要領 平成22年11月 一部改正"@ja "Lower Secondary School Curriculum Guideline 2010-11 Notification of Partial Revision"@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:citation	Reference	"『平成22年 文部科学省告示第百六十一号』（官報. 平成22年11月30日, 号外第250号, pp.90）"@ja "\"Notification No. 161 in 2010 of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology\" (Official Gazette, 2010-11-30, Extra Edition No. 250, pp.90)"@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	9784491034607	Optional Repeatable
nier:itemID	Item identifier at the NIER Education Library	071221843	Optional Repeatable
nier:callNumber	Call number at the NIER Education Library	375.92||1||1989d	Optional Repeatable	Delimiter for a call number is "||".
nier:recordID	Record identifier at the NIER Education Library	BB80025218	Optional Repeatable	Link is available as https://nieropac.nier.go.jp/ebopac/record identifier.
schema:startDate	Date of Enforcement	2020-04-01	Required Non repeatable
schema:datePublished	Date of announcement (date of revision)	1989-03-15	Required Non repeatable
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/Elementary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
cs:dataset	Dataset	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/82V11	Optional Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ schema: http://schema.org/ rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# nier: http://dl.nier.go.jp/library/vocab/

Disability Category

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/DisabilityCategory

Class representing a disability.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/disabilityCategory/disability category

The properties for the Disability Category resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
qb:order	Listing order of the code assignment table	2	Required Non repeatable	This is used in the order of the listings.
rdfs:seeAlso	Related link(s)	http://ja.dbpedia.org/resource/知的障害	Optional Repeatable
schema:name	Name	"知的"@ja "知的"@ja-Hira "Intellectual Disability"@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
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: qb: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# schema: http://schema.org/

Line Number

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Number

A class that represents a item number in a data set of study guide codes.

The properties for the Line Number resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
rdf:value	Number	122	Optional Repeatable
dct:source	Source	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/82V11	Optional Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: rdf: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Issued Period

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Period

Classes for grouping the Courses of Study, which are revised once every 10 years, across school types.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/period/issued period

The properties for the Issued Period resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
schema:name	Name	"平成29～31年　告示"@ja "Published from 2017 to 2019"@en	Required Repeatable	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:startDate	Start Date	2017-01-01	Required Non repeatable
schema:endDate	End Date	2019-12-31	Required Non repeatable
cs:code01	First Digit Code of Course of Study Item	8	Required Non repeatable
cs:fcode01	Fcode Correspond to First Digit Code of Course of Study Item	A8	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make the first digit code of course of study item easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: schema: http://schema.org/ cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/

Related Subject Area

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/RelatedSubjectArea

A class to group together across disability categories for subject areas with disability categories.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school/date published/name of subject area

The properties for the Related Subject Area resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dct:relation	Related	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/UpperSecondaryDeptSNES-Intellectual/2019/外国語	Optional Repeatable
schema:name	Name	"外国語"@ja "がいこくご"@ja-Hira "Foreign Languages"@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.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ schema: http://schema.org/

Related Subject

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/RelatedSubject

A class to group together across disability categories for subjects with disability categories.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school/date published/name of subject

The properties for the Related Subject resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dct:relation	Related	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/UpperSecondaryDeptSNES-Intellectual/2019/外国語/英語	Optional Repeatable
schema:name	Name	"外国語"@ja "がいこくご"@ja-Hira "Foreign Languages"@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.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ schema: http://schema.org/

Type of School

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/School

It represents school class.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/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
qb:order	Listing order of the code assignment table	2	Required Non repeatable	This is used in the order of the listings.
owl:sameAs	Equivalent resource	http://ja.dbpedia.org/resource/小学校	Optional Repeatable
schema:name	Name	"小学校"@ja "しょうがっこう"@ja-Hira "Elementary School"@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
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: qb: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# owl: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl# schema: http://schema.org/

Referrence for English name

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/SourceOfEnglishName

A class that represents the source of an English translation of a subject or subject area.

The properties for the Referrence for 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
cs:courseOfStudy	Reference to a curriculum guideline	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Elementary/2008	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/ cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Stage

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Stage

A class representing a stage in the case of intellectual disability.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/stage/type of schools + (intellectual)/stage

The properties for the Stage resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
schema:name	Name	"Stage 1"@en "１段階"@ja	Required Repeatable	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:description	Descriotion		Required Non repeatable
schema:citation	Reference	文部科学省. "第４章 知的障害である児童生徒に対する教育を行う特別支援学校の各教科 第 1 節 知的障害者である児童生徒に対する教育を行う特別支援学校の各教科等の基本的な考え方 ５　段階の考え方". 特別支援学校学習指導要領解説　各教科等変（小学部・中学部） 平成30年3月.　p.23-25. 参照日：2021-08-07.	Required Non repeatable	Refer to the official publication.
rdfs:seeAlso	Related link(s)	http://ja.dbpedia.org/resource/知的障害	Required Repeatable
cs:disabilityCategory	Disability Category	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/disabilityCategory/Intellectual	Required Non repeatable
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/ElementaryDeptSNES	Required 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# cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/

Subject Area

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/SubjectArea

A class that represents a subject, etc. It also includes other subjects, such as general rules.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school and disability category/date published/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
cs:courseOfStudyRevision	Course Of Study Revision	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/2017	Required Repeatable	Repeatable. It corresponds to the revisions of the course of study.
qb:order	Listing order of the course of study	1	Required Non repeatable	This is used in the order of the listings.
cs:disabilityCategory	Disability Category	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/disabilityCategory/Intellectual	Optional Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/LowerSecondary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
schema:name	Name	"外国語"@ja "がいこくご"@ja-Hira "Foreign Languages"@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.
cs:sourceOfEnglishName	Source for the English name		Optional Non repeatable	This has a blank node which consists of three properties: schema:name, cs: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 cs:courseOfStudy Reference to a curriculum guideline https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Elementary/2008 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/ cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
cs:code03	3th Digit Code of Course of Study Item	1	Required Non repeatable
cs:fcode03	Fcode Correspond to 3th Digit Code of Course of Study Item	A1	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make the 3th digit code of course of study item easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
cs:codePrefix	Code of Subject Area	821	Required Non repeatable	The first through third digits of the course of study code
cs:fcodePrefix	Fcode of Subject Area	A8A2A1	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make from the first digit code to the 3th one of course of study item easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
cs:hasSubject	has a subject	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/外国語/英語	Optional Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ qb: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# schema: http://schema.org/

Subject

• Target class: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Subject

A class that represents a subject, classification, etc.URIs for the resources are represented as the following forms:
https://w3id.org/jp-cos/type of school and disability category/date published/name of subject

The properties for the Subject resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
cs:courseOfStudyRevision	Course Of Study Revision	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/LowerSecondary/2017/2017	Required Repeatable	Repeatable. It corresponds to the revisions of the course of study.
qb:order	Listing order of the course of study	10	Required Non repeatable	This is used in the order of the listings.
cs:disabilityCategory	Disability Category	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Intellectual	Optional Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
cs:school	Type of School	https://w3id.org/jp-cos/school/LowerSecondary	Required Repeatable	It corresponds to the second digit of the course of study code.
schema:name	Subject Name	"英語"@ja "えいご"@ja-Hira "English"@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.
cs:sourceOfEnglishName	Source for the English name		Optional Non repeatable	This has a blank node which consists of three properties: schema:name, cs: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 cs:courseOfStudy Reference to a curriculum guideline https://w3id.org/jp-cos/Elementary/2008 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/ cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
cs:code04	4th Digit Code of Course of Study Item	1	Required Non repeatable
cs:fcode04	Fcode Correspond to 4th Digit Code of Course of Study Item	A1	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make the 4th digit code of course of study item easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
cs:codePrefix	Code of Subject	83H1	Required Non repeatable	The first through 4th digits of the course of study code
cs:fcodePrefix	Fcode of Subject	A8A3UHA1	Required Non repeatable	It is assigned "A" for numbers, L for lowercase letters, and U for uppercase letters to make from the first digit code to the 4th one of course of study item easier to handle in Excel filters and pivot tables.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cs: https://w3id.org/jp-cos/ qb: http://purl.org/linked-data/cube# schema: http://schema.org/

Versions

2024-03-31

Version 2.4 released.

Added a search function for the SxUKILAM learning materials archive. You can search for learning materials that correspond to an item of the course of study. Added a function to display the item of the course of study directly on the top page. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20240331.ttl.gz (949,204 triples, 3.99 MB)
  • cs-commentary-20240322.ttl
  • cs-items-20220830.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211229.ttl
  • dataset-20240331.ttl
  • shapes-20240327.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20220104.ttl
  • schema-property-20220930.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-hierarchy-20220902.ttl
  • shapes-20240315.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211223.ttl
  • subjectArea-20220830.ttl

2024-03-27

Version 2.3 released.

Added links to PDF files of the Commentary to the Course of Studies (Imported the contents of Commentary to the Course of Study Dataset built and published by ICT CONNECT 21). Added a search functionality on the website. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20240327.ttl.gz (949,172 triples, 3.99 MB)
  • cs-commentary-20240322.ttl
  • cs-items-20220830.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211229.ttl
  • dataset-20240327.ttl
  • shapes-20240315.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20220104.ttl
  • schema-property-20220930.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-hierarchy-20220902.ttl
  • shapes-20240315.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211223.ttl
  • subjectArea-20220830.ttl

2022-10-06

Version 2.2 released.

Defined the property cs:cosItem that points to a specific Course Of Study Item resource from other resources such as teaching materials or teaching units. Fix a bug that the Turtle format of individual resources did not include a data type. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20221006.ttl.gz (940,856 triples, 3.95 MB)
  • cs-items-20220830.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211229.ttl
  • dataset-20221006.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20220104.ttl
  • schema-property-20220930.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-hierarchy-20220902.ttl
  • shapes-20220830.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211223.ttl
  • subjectArea-20220830.ttl

2022-09-02

Version 2.1 released.

Add Search function for "NHK for School" contents. Add English version of the website. Add cs:sectionNumberHierarchy property to express hierarchical section number(s). Add many data corrections. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20220902.ttl.gz (940,817 triples, 3.95 MB)
  • cs-items-20220830.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211229.ttl
  • dataset-20220902.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20220104.ttl
  • schema-property-20220830.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-hierarchy-20220902.ttl
  • shapes-20220830.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211223.ttl
  • subjectArea-20220830.ttl

2021-12-30

Version 2.0 released.

The dataset has been updated to the upstream 2021-12-28 version. Corrected a number of data errors. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20211230.ttl.gz (900,772 triples, 3.63 MB)
  • code2broader-20211230.ttl
  • cs-items-20211229.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211229.ttl
  • dataset-20211230.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20211218.ttl
  • schema-property-20211206.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-label-20211229.ttl
  • shapes-20211223.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211223.ttl
  • subjectArea-20211223.ttl

2021-12-12

Version 1.0 released.

The first dataset release. Please refer to here for the revision details.

• all-20211212.ttl.gz (902,593 triples, 3.71 MB)
  • code2broader-20211008.ttl
  • cs-items-20211206.ttl.gz
  • cs-metadata-20211211.ttl
  • cs-period-20211010.ttl
  • cs-revision-20211211.ttl
  • cs-dataset-20211122.ttl
  • dataset-20211211.ttl
  • disability-category-20211122.ttl
  • schema-class-20211207.ttl
  • schema-property-20211206.ttl
  • school-20211122.ttl
  • section-label-20211204.ttl
  • shapes-20211206.ttl
  • stage-20211205.ttl
  • subject-20211206.ttl
  • subjectArea-20211206.ttl

SPARQL Endpoint

The SPARQL endpoint (experimental) for the dataset is available at: https://dydra.com/masao/jp-cos/@query

Contact

This dataset was developed by Education Data Plus Research Group

• Takayuki Ako (Tokyo National Museum)
• Yumiko Ariyama (Shiga Bunkyo Junior College)
• Yuka Egusa (National Institute for Educational Policy Research)
• Satoshi Enomoto (Japan Women's University)
• Masao Oi (National Institutes for the Humanities)
• Masao Takaku (University of Tsukuba)

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