著者

Boumsoung Kim Kato Yoriko Hiramatsu Akio

出版者

JAIST Press

巻号頁・発行日

2005-11

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In this case study, focusing on the implementation of the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) for weather forecasting in Japan, the authors investigate a process of value-adding to scientific information, which we hope could give a hint for knowledge management. Unlike the received wisdom of the “linear model” which assumes that “basic” science is eventually applied to technology or that the users of technology only passively receive what the designers and the providers have made, the Sun Protection Factor has been established as a quantitative index of ultraviolet radiation by the cosmetics industry, rather a potential user of meteorological information services. The provider of meteorological information, the Japan Weather Association (JWA), then could adopt and appropriate the framework of ultraviolet forecasting which has been presented by the cosmetics industry. The authors hope that this case study which investigates the initiative of an industry which is sensitive to the ordinary consumers, particularly to women, in the market could contribute to an understanding of how a user-friendly scientific information market could be formed and transformed.