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Modified: 2005-02-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2005-01

This report analyses the ASDD gateway log files to provide the following summaries. See some explanations of terminology below each table.

Warning: As with any statistics, you must take care with their interpretation.

Search field combinations used

Total number of searches conducted: 498
Multiple search fields: 228
Singular search fields: 270

Note: Complex search queries can be composed, so as to yield accurate results. Multiple search fields are shown separated by delimiter, e.g. abstract|title|title means 3 search fields combined with AND/OR/NOT

Search field combinations Occurs
full-text201
metadata-date|metadata-date72
full-text|full-text40
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box32
anzlic-search-words19
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box18
anzlic-search-words|full-text12
overlaps-bounding-box11
title10
custodian10
full-text|full-text|full-text8
abstract8
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box7
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box7
anzlic-identifier6
abstract|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box5
within-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
anzlic-identifier|overlaps-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text3
anzlic-search-words|title|title|title2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
full-text|full-text|title1
title|title1
custodian|full-text1
abstract|abstract1
abstract|abstract|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
metadata-date1
abstract|title1
full-text|title1
anzlic-identifier|full-text1
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text1
overlaps-bounding-box|title1
anzlic-identifier|full-text|full-text1
  • This table lists each different type of search that was used. It indicates how people are using the interface to build a complex search query.
  • Multiple search terms are shown separated by delimiter, e.g. abstract|title|title
  • Recall that the interfaces provide multiple rows for text-based queries. In addition, the Advanced interface provides Spatial, Date, and Controlled terms capabilities.
  • full-text ... Search anywhere in the document, i.e. all metadata fields.

Individual search fields used

Search field Occurs
full-text415
metadata-date145
overlaps-bounding-box93
anzlic-search-words62
title22
abstract19
custodian11
anzlic-identifier11
within-bounding-box4
ending-date1
beginning-date1
  • This table lists each individual search field that was used. It is a summary of the table above.

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)191
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)171
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)151
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)140
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)139
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)136
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)136
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)134
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)127
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)125
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)122
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)121
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)120
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)117
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)116
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)116
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)113
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)109
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)109
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)107
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)106
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)104
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)102
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)101
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
  • This table shows the total number of searches conducted at each node (including successful and failed searches).
  • Repository ... A collection of documents that a certain custodian has published and made available for searching. Also known as a "node".

Responses

Repository Name Type of Response Occurs
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches120
results were found29
no results found91
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches121
results were found51
no results found70
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches107
results were found16
no results found91
navigate17
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches104
results were found19
no results found85
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches151
results were found106
no results found45
navigate30
full present75
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches109
results were found4
no results found105
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches127
results were found118
no results found9
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches125
results were found61
no results found64
navigate1
full present16
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches171
results were found72
no results found99
navigate65
full present37
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches109
results were found21
no results found88
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches106
results were found97
no results found9
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches116
results were found74
no results found42
navigate3
full present15
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1
results were found0
no results found1
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches117
results were found27
no results found90
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches134
results were found66
no results found68
navigate26
full present43
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches122
results were found57
no results found65
navigate11
full present12
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches102
results were found9
no results found93
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches140
results were found72
no results found68
navigate22
full present39
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches116
results were found40
no results found76
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches113
results were found41
no results found72
navigate4
full present11
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches101
results were found12
no results found89
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches136
results were found51
no results found85
navigate22
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches136
results were found29
no results found107
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches139
results were found29
no results found110
navigate1
full present9
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches191
results were found114
no results found77
navigate73
full present119
search failed0
  • total searches ... The total number of searches conducted.
  • results were found ... The search succeeded and one or more metadata records were found to match. The value is the number of such successful searches.
  • no results found ... The search did succeed, but no matches were found. The value indicates the number of searches that resulted in no matches.
  • navigate ... Display the Next/Previous set of results.
  • full present ... Display a complete dataset description. From the brief listing from a certain node, the user has selected to see the full metadata record.
  • search failed ... The search failed for a node-specific reason. Possible causes include: server misconfiguration, out-of-date server software at this node, network failure during search. See errors below.

Search terms, phrases, and words

Search terms (top 15)

Search term Occurs
20040501, 2004053128
20040401, 2004043025
water17
20040801, 2004083111
"water quality"7
title6
level, sea6
"FAUNA Native"5
vicmap5
"soil acidity"5
"Bush Forever"5
20050101, 200501315
"-11,136 -18,142", fisheries5
"-11,136 -18,142", fauna4
habitat4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
water quality6
soil acidity5
Bush Forever5
munro 5
western australia4
south australia4
SE 55-93
Phascolarctos cinereus3
Tennant Creek2
kangaroo island2
national parks2
Queensland Valuation And Sales System2
state forests2
soil structure decline2
fish 2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
geology25
water23
soil14
habitat9
australia8
fisheries8
rivers8
sea7
prawn7
level7
agriculture6
fish6
SE/55-96
surveys6
quality6
  • Includes words used in "Phrases".
  • Excludes words used in "ANZLIC Search Words".
  • Excludes common words from the stopword list.

Miscellaneous Statistics

ANZLIC search words (top 15)

ANZLIC search words Occurs
GEOSCIENCES Geology7
FAUNA Native5
FISHERIES Marine5
transportation3
GEOSCIENCES Hydrogeology3
LAND Topography3
BIOPHYSICAL2
LAND2
VEGETATION Floristic2
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Satellite2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall2
LAND Geography2
AGRICULTURE Crops2
FISHERIES1
VEGETATION Structural1
  • Terms beginning with a word in all uppercase characters indicates that they used the pick-list option. Otherwise they must have used the text options which allow them to enter their own text to search against this field.

Number of repositories selected for simultaneous search

Number of repositories Occurs
1 repository1040
24 repositories100
4 repositories36
6 repositories7
5 repositories6
3 repositories6
2 repositories5
9 repositories1
25 repositories1
  • Each search is conducted simultaneously against a certain number of repositories, as selected by the user.
  • If the user forgot to specify a list of repositories to be searched, then the default is to search against all repositories.
  • A high number of repositories probably indicates that they used the "select all" button.

Phrase search versus single-word search

Text search type Occurs
Phrase search 87
Single-word search 383
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 7
Right truncation 3
overlaps-bounding-box 93
within-bounding-box 4
  • ANZLIC Unique Identifiers ... they searched for particular IDs either explicitly or using truncation, e.g. ANZCW1101*
  • Right truncation ... they used a wildcard * to match any word-ending (see ASDD Help).
  • within-bounding-box ... they conducted a spatial search using the "Within" or "Covers" option.
  • overlaps-bounding-box ... they conducted a spatial search using the "Overlaps" option.

Errors detected

No errors detected.