Generation technique of work plan in licensing application procedure based on administrative procedure ontology: The case of Japan

摘要

Authors classified licensing application procedures in Japan as factors that comprise procedures including application documents, attachments and seal impression on documents, and developed the administrative procedure ontology that defines the reference relationship among each factor at the level of items described or listed in documents. In addition, a method to derive acceptance or rejection of item transcription in application procedures as well as work steps through inference was reviewed by utilizing the administrative procedure ontology. Consequently, if specific items in attachments are in the reference relationship with other relevant application documents, it was found to be possible to make an inference that item transcription is possible through the mediation of such attachments, by using the reference relationship defined by this administrative procedure ontology. Reduction of wait time in the application work was made possible by determining the work priority based on the referenced number among instances.