NII provides platforms and portal services that effectively implement content formation, search and usage in order to galvanize and distribute information on social and public activities including those on academic, cultural and educational themes.
Content Services
Cultural Heritage Online
Cultural Heritage Online is an internet portal site providing ready access to information on the diverse and valuable cultural heritage of Japan. At present, the portal provides cultural heritage information on around 4,000 items supplied by museums throughout the country.
Digital Silk Road Project
The aim of the project is to ensure the eternal preservation of cultural resources that have already been researched and/or collated, while also promoting access to and utilization of future cultural resources that are yet to appear.
BioCaster
Providing early detection of new information for global infectious disease surveillance.
Open Source Softwares
NetCommons
NetCommons is an information-sharing platform for e-Learning sites and virtual labs, designed to encourage the formation of virtual communities among universities and NPOs.