Outline of the “Technical Japanese” Project : Activity for acceleration of patent technological information utilization

Abstract

Japan Patent Information Organization (Japio) has been promoting R&D for the establishment and the dissemination of the "Technical Japanese." The concept of the Technical Japanese is to reform the Japanese language more suitable for technical writings; namely, more comprehensible for humans and more applicable to computer processing. The "Technical Japanese Project" is a project that aims to establish the systems for facilitating the Technical Japanese to be introduced to the Japanese industry, as well as to create and carry out a scenario for the dissemination. This paper outlines the Technical Japanese Project, including its background, main activities and future view.