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Modified: 2005-11-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2005-10

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: 885
Multiple search fields: 398
Singular search fields: 487

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-text392
metadata-date|metadata-date177
full-text|full-text54
overlaps-bounding-box31
anzlic-search-words|full-text28
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box27
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box24
title23
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box22
anzlic-search-words21
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box10
full-text|full-text|full-text8
abstract7
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box6
custodian5
full-text|within-bounding-box4
anzlic-identifier4
within-bounding-box4
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|title2
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text2
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box2
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text2
overlaps-bounding-box|title2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text2
metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract|abstract1
abstract|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|full-text1
full-text|title1
title|title1
abstract|anzlic-search-words|ending-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|full-text|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
  • 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-text694
metadata-date361
anzlic-search-words126
overlaps-bounding-box109
within-bounding-box42
beginning-date36
ending-date36
title30
abstract11
custodian5
anzlic-identifier4
  • 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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)449
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)435
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)390
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)384
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)382
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)381
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)380
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)374
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)372
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)372
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)371
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)366
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)364
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)357
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)353
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)349
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)347
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)346
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)346
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)345
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)344
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)315
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)314
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)301
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 searches384
results were found87
no results found297
navigate4
full present20
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches382
results were found121
no results found261
navigate2
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches315
results were found32
no results found282
navigate1
full present5
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches314
results were found33
no results found280
navigate0
full present6
search failed1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches366
results were found162
no results found204
navigate38
full present44
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches364
results were found21
no results found343
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches353
results were found125
no results found224
navigate12
full present25
search failed4
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches372
results were found140
no results found232
navigate19
full present80
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches381
results were found145
no results found236
navigate14
full present66
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches349
results were found42
no results found307
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches344
results were found141
no results found202
navigate2
full present21
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches372
results were found182
no results found190
navigate34
full present44
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1
results were found1
no results found0
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches357
results were found64
no results found293
navigate4
full present25
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches374
results were found167
no results found207
navigate36
full present67
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches435
results were found194
no results found226
navigate56
full present63
search failed15
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches301
results were found31
no results found270
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches380
results were found144
no results found236
navigate3
full present46
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches449
results were found208
no results found238
navigate103
full present80
search failed3
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches371
results were found105
no results found266
navigate2
full present19
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches347
results were found44
no results found303
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches346
results were found44
no results found302
navigate2
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches346
results were found61
no results found285
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches345
results were found48
no results found297
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches390
results were found168
no results found222
navigate1
full present14
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
water27
20041201, 2004123122
20050301, 2005033119
20040501, 2004053116
20050201, 2005022815
20041001, 2004103113
20040401, 2004043013
20050401, 2005043012
20050101, 2005013112
20050501, 2005053112
20040601, 2004063011
soil9
"-9,112 -44,154"9
20040701, 200407318
tasmania7
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
aerial photographs24
satellite images23
curtin 5
avon valley4
GIS or geographic information system3
Digital Elevation Model3
satelllite imagery3
soil survey2
curtin spatial datasets2
list dam2
arafura sea2
alwyne cuthell2
parks victoria land2
timor 2
topo 250k2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
tasmania32
water32
aerial27
satellite25
photographs24
images23
soil17
land12
curtin12
elevation12
queensland10
geology10
marine9
rainforest9
parks8
  • 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
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY24
ECOLOGY12
SOIL9
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall8
GEOSCIENCES7
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Temperature6
AGRICULTURE5
CLIMATE AND WEATHER5
FORESTS4
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Remote sensing3
DEMOGRAPHY2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Extreme weather events2
BOUNDARIES2
FAUNA2
MARINE Biology2
  • 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 repository1488
24 repositories242
23 repositories62
22 repositories29
2 repositories22
20 repositories11
5 repositories9
3 repositories4
6 repositories2
21 repositories1
10 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 210
Single-word search 512
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 20
Right truncation 15
overlaps-bounding-box 109
within-bounding-box 42
  • 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

Type of Error Repository Occurs
Respository not available
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)15
timeout
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)2
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3
  • timeout ... The remote search server could not be contacted. Possible causes include: offline for maintenance, network congestion. The ASDD Help shows other reasons.
  • connection or init ... The remote search server was contacted, but did not respond properly. Possible causes include: server software configuration error, software failure.
  • protocol ... An obscure error with the remote search server.
The ASDD is an essential component of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI). The gateway to the ASDD is maintained by Geoscience Australia on behalf of ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council, as part of its broader Australian Government responsibility for the ASDI.
The individual ASDD nodes are implemented by State/Territory jurisdictions, Australian Government agencies, and commercial organisations (for details see all node descriptions). It is the responsibility of individual nodes to maintain their own metadata and nodes in accordance with the ANZLIC Metadata Guidelines and the ASDD Requirements and Standards.