Case Study: Using Drupal as a Back-End for Japan's Digital Government
summary
ANNAI uses Drupal as a backend data hub for e‑Stat and Kyoto open data, ripping a monolithic Java stack apart into an API-first Drupal core, Solr indexing, and JS frontends, exposing hundreds of datasets and about 200 files via REST. They implement reverse decoupling so frontends pull JSON APIs, solve form validation over APIs, and integrate with existing BPM for payment/workflow tracking. Outcome: much faster, cheaper iterations and working public data APIs ready for scale.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Drupal in Japan's government
- 5:15Digital government transformation
- 11:25Decoupled Drupal architecture
- 17:10Form decoupling and API-first
- 22:19Drupal as data platform
- 25:22Innovation in Drupal usage
- 27:55Drupal community's role
- 36:02Local government CMS challenges
- 40:11Future of APIs and Drupal
- 42:05Closing remarks and Q&A
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