As Internet and World Wide Web have become permeated throughout our society, Database and its services are about to change drastically. It has a significant impact on not only the producers and distributors of database, but also its users. The paper discusses the current status of database through analyzing the experts' experiences and opinions of database so the readers will be able to correctly understand the current issues. The paper also introduces the new forms of database services and identifies their problems.
Nichigai Associates, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that they started to distribute "NICHIGAI/WEB SERVICE" from this May. This service provides 6 menu-database, all access-able via internet.