Just as in Europe and the US, art-related sites in Japan have also developed at a rapid pace over the
past five years. In this report I will group these sites into the following five categories according to
their present state: I) country of origin and language of the sites 2) genre, region, and time period of the works portrayed 3) operating body and source of the sites 4) functional mode of art works portrayed and 5) resource content of the sites. I will then analyze these sites and consider various problems which have surfaced during their development. Of particular importance are the problems and questions which various sites run by public institutions such as universities, research centers, museums, and the like have encountered concerning monopolization and begrudging of information, unilateral provision of data, the handling of competition with commercial sites, and so on. In order to overcome these problems and formulate an ideal future image of art-related sites, the most desirable aim at this point is the development of a "philosophy" surrounding public possession of information, not only for publicly managed sites, but for commercial sites as well.
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