Learn in the textbookDigital Government and the Foundations of Administrative Systems
DefinitionThe Base Registry (ベースレジストリ) is the basic data of society that public bodies and others register and publish, and that many procedures and tasks refer to.
ExplanationData on people, corporations, land and buildings, and addresses are typical examples. When each agency keeps its own copy of the same information, the contents drift apart and users end up reporting the same details again and again. If every agency refers to one accurate, up-to-date source, data can be linked and procedures simplified.
AnalogyLike everyone looking things up in the same latest edition of a dictionary rather than each keeping a hand-copied one.
Memory hook"Base" means foundation and "registry" means an official register.