Fossil Web Won World Summit Award
Fossil web (www.uua.cn) built by Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) won the 2009 World Summit Award (WSA) in the e-Science category.
WSA is the global initiative to select and promote the world's best e-content and innovative Information and Communications Technology (ICT) applications. WSA was started in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). WSA activities include national contests and selections of best practice, and a global contest held every 2 years. The winners are distributed over 8 categories. 5 out of each category are selected as winners.
More than 5000 websites entered the competition in 2009 and 545 from 157 nations were selected for the final contest held in India. Fossil web won out for its scientific popularization content, interactivity, knowledge push, and virtual community construction. It was the sole candidate in China (including Hongkong and Taiwan) for the final competition in the e-Science category.
