Laws and ordinances Hackathon

A hackathon (service development trial event) utilizing the to promote service development using APIs. was held from Friday, November 10 to Friday, November 17, 2023. For details of the winning works and the works of all 14 participating teams, please check the laws and ordinances Hackathon Works Introduction .

1. Purpose of the Meeting

With the aim of developing industries, technologies, and policy planning through the use of laws and ordinances APIs, we are working to enhance laws and ordinances APIs, which provide information on laws and government and ministerial ordinances. As part of this effort, we held a hackathon (service development trial event) using the laws and ordinances laws and ordinances APIs prototype to promote service development using APIs.

2. Summary of the Meeting

The laws and ordinances Hackathon was held from Friday, November 10 to Friday, November 17, 2023, and 56 people from 14 teams participated. The hybrid event was held on Friday, November 10 and Thursday, November 16, and the representatives of each team gathered at the venue for the presentation and award ceremony on Friday, November 17.

Judge

*Order of Japanese syllabary, Honorifics Omitted

• Attorney Masakazu Masujima, Mori Hamada-Matsumoto Law Office (member of , the Digital System Reform Review committee, Digital Legislation Working Group)
• President and CEO, Legalscape, Yagita Tree Co., Ltd. (Member of , Digital Legislation Working Group)
• Kenichi Yoneda Professor, Judicial Policy Education and Research Center, Kagoshima University (Member, , Digital Legislation Working Group)

3. Summary of the Winning Works

About the work

• Neither Digital Agency nor the judges guarantee the quality of the winning ideas.
• The services completed through this project are not authorized, published, or distributed by Digital Agency as an official service.
• For details of the works and comments from the judges and participants, please refer to the laws and ordinances Hackathon Works Introduction .

Laws and ordinances Promotion and Research Award

AUTHBLUE

• Name of work
  Themis
• Introduction of works
  • Works to answer chat questions of general users who provide consultation on laws and ordinances and laws and ordinances experts who conduct advanced search.
  • A prototype of laws and ordinances APIs is used to search and retrieve laws and ordinances, and the generated AI is used to determine the laws and ordinances and keywords to be searched based on the user's questions and create answers.
  • Support for English-language questions and audio reading. Links to laws and ordinances texts and case law are also provided.

Business and Legal Awards

Py ton 3.0

• Name of work
  LegalLink Insight
• Introduction of works
  • For laws and ordinances practitioners who frequently browse the referenced articles in laws and ordinances, this work adds a popup function of the referenced articles to the screen of the e-Gov laws and ordinances retrieval.
  • Developed as a browser extension rather than building a separate site to leverage existing UI and search capabilities.
  • Leverage laws and ordinances APIs prototype to get laws and ordinances body from information such as referenced laws and ordinances name.

Technology Utilization Award

bSJ

• Name of work
  Automated application for building confirmation Screening System Using laws and ordinances APIs
• Introduction of works
  • In order to automate the examination of whether the design of a building complies with the Building Standard Act from the stage of the text of the laws and ordinances, an examination program is generated from the text of the laws and ordinances using a generation AI and used for the automatic examination.
  • The AI, which generates an inspection program from the provisions of the laws and ordinances, was fine-tuned to improve its performance against construction-related laws and regulations.
  • Created by combining BIM models that express the 3D structure and materials of buildings and UI for visualization.

For details of the works and comments from the judges and participants, please refer to the laws and ordinances Hackathon Works Introduction .

4. Event Details

An event was held for those teams that had decided to participate in the hackathon.

Opening ceremony and workshop

Date and Time: Friday, November 10, from 13:00 to 18:00
Participation style, etc.: Venue participation is recommended (online participation is also possible)

• Opening ceremony (opening address, explanation of purpose, explanation of API)
• Ideathon (Each team comes up with ideas on what kind of utilization methods are available, exchanges opinions, and asks questions before development)
• Workshops (e.g. technical support for APIs)

Group work and development

Date and Time: Thursday, November 16, from 13:00 to 18:00
Participation style, etc.: Venue participation is recommended (online participation is also possible)

• Group work and development (each team will continue the development)
• Icebreaking session

Presentation of each team, award ceremony, and closing ceremony

Date and Time: November 17 (Fri) 12:00 to 16:00
Participation style, etc.: One person from each team is required to participate in the venue (other participants can also participate online)

• Announcement Rehearsal
• Presentations and demonstrations by each team
• Award ceremony and closing ceremony

Related Information

• The Digital System Reform Review committee Digital Legislation Working Group (abolished)
• Digital Ad Hoc Administrative Investigation Committee Working Group digitalisation Examination Team for Legal Affairs (abolished)
• Laws and ordinances APIs and laws and ordinances × Digital initiatives in Digital Agency (Digital Agency official note)