On weak bases

In this paper, we give an affirmative answer to Tanakaʹs question: Is a space X with a σ-hereditarily closure-preserving weak base g-metrizable? [Proc. Aroc. Amer. Math. Soc. 112 (1991) 283] and a negative answer to S. Linʹs question: Is every weak base of a topological space a k-network? [S. Lin, Generalized Metric Spaces and Maps, Science Press, 1995, Problem 1.6.20]. We also discuss mapping theorems on weak bases and the product of weak bases.