The Consortium for Sophisticated Trade Practices for Information Systems and Software will be established with the aim of improving business transactions concerning information systems, for example, by promoting the widespread use of “Model Trade and Contracts for Information Systems - Study Group on Trade Practices and Contracts for More Reliable Information Systems,” which was formulated by METI in FY 2006-2007.

With Japanese people’s lives and socioeconomic activities more dependent than ever on IT, the potential impact that information system failures can have on society continues to increase. Improving the reliability and safety of information systems is an urgent issue for Japan.

It is pointed out that improvements in the reliability and safety of information systems require the clear definition of contract provisions applied in the information system field and the visualization of business relations between the user and the vendor. In consideration of this, METI formulated the “Model Trade and Contracts for Information Systems - Study Group on Trade Practices and Contracts for More Reliable Information Systems” in FY 2006-2007 with an eye toward improving the reliability of information systems and visualizing business transactions.

The Consortium for Sophisticated Trade Practices for Information Systems and Software will be established with the aim of improving business transactions concerning information systems, for example, by promoting the widespread use of the model trade and contracts defined in the above document.

1 Activities
The Consortium will conduct the following activities with the goal of steadily implementing initiatives aimed at disseminating legal knowledge in the IT field, for example, through the promotion of the defined model contracts:
(a) Use and maintain an e-learning programs for model contracts
(b) Build a framework for certifying individuals with IT-related legal knowledge
(c) Create a guide on how to use addendum model contracts
(d) Host seminars on model contracts
(e) Study insurance systems concerning information systems

2 Members
The members of the Consortium will include lawyers and other experts in trade practices for information services, together with software and representatives of the following user/vendor organizations:
Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
Japan Users Association of Information Systems
Computer Software Association of Japan
Japan Computer System Seller Association
IT Coordinators Association
Software Information Center

3 Opening of a website for information provision
A website for information provision will open in order to widely publicize the Consortium’s activities. The URL of the Consortium’s portal is as follows:
http://www.softic.or.jp/consortium (available only in Japanese)

4 Secretariat
The secretariat of the Consortium will be formed within the Software Information Center. Its contact information is as follows:
Hirasawa and Uchida, Research Dept., Software Information Center
Tel: 03-3437-3071
Fax: 03-3437-3398
E-mail: conso2008@softic

Release Date

August 5, 2008

Division in Charge

Information Services Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
 

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