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Modified: 2005-12-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2005-11

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: 1616
Multiple search fields: 877
Singular search fields: 739

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-text682
full-text|full-text262
metadata-date|metadata-date245
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box108
full-text|full-text|full-text61
anzlic-search-words|full-text57
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box23
overlaps-bounding-box18
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box18
title18
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text16
anzlic-search-words9
full-text|metadata-date8
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text6
anzlic-identifier6
full-text|within-bounding-box6
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box5
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
title|title4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|full-text3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
abstract3
abstract|abstract3
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
beginning-date|full-text|full-text2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text2
overlaps-bounding-box|title2
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text2
within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
custodian|title1
custodian1
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-identifier|overlaps-bounding-box1
metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
full-text|title|title1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
full-text|title1
beginning-date|full-text|full-text|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|within-bounding-box1
full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|within-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-text1765
metadata-date503
overlaps-bounding-box201
anzlic-search-words128
title32
ending-date29
beginning-date29
within-bounding-box18
abstract9
anzlic-identifier7
custodian2
  • 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)902
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)843
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)826
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)815
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)815
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)815
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)804
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)804
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)802
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)791
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)774
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)774
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)770
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)768
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)767
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)760
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)760
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)754
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)753
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)746
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)586
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)541
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)531
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)528
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)523
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)0
  • 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 searches815
results were found227
no results found588
navigate5
full present24
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches791
results were found279
no results found512
navigate8
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches753
results were found71
no results found681
navigate1
full present7
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches754
results were found79
no results found674
navigate2
full present4
search failed1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches804
results were found377
no results found427
navigate55
full present110
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches767
results were found21
no results found746
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches760
results were found234
no results found521
navigate10
full present15
search failed5
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches804
results were found362
no results found442
navigate72
full present130
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches843
results were found248
no results found595
navigate32
full present138
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches760
results were found101
no results found659
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches774
results were found215
no results found559
navigate27
full present33
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches768
results were found315
no results found453
navigate33
full present76
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches826
results were found537
no results found289
navigate484
full present421
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches770
results were found165
no results found605
navigate0
full present39
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches774
results were found352
no results found422
navigate104
full present157
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches815
results were found325
no results found490
navigate38
full present46
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches746
results were found29
no results found717
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches815
results were found318
no results found497
navigate67
full present184
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches902
results were found316
no results found586
navigate146
full present101
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches802
results were found260
no results found542
navigate10
full present61
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches528
results were found77
no results found451
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches531
results were found95
no results found436
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches523
results were found107
no results found416
navigate2
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches541
results were found117
no results found424
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches586
results were found211
no results found375
navigate4
full present35
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
20050501, 2005053123
wetland22
20050401, 2005043022
20050301, 2005033120
20041201, 2004123120
seagrass18
20040701, 2004073117
20040601, 2004063017
20050201, 2005022817
20050601, 2005063015
vegetation15
20041001, 2004103114
water13
road12
20041101, 2004113012
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
new south wales19
land use17
West* Sydney16
Western Sydney11
native title9
South Australia9
goft course7
western sydney7
blue mountains5
aerial photo4
oil spill4
royal national park4
high water4
eucalypt 3
land tenure3
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation77
nsw72
land48
sydney48
geology38
south34
flora34
queensland27
NSW26
water26
threatened24
wetland24
australia23
road22
national22
  • 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
LAND20
SOIL12
WATER10
BOUNDARIES Administrative8
WATER Rivers6
TRANSPORTATION Land5
BOUNDARIES5
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT5
BOUNDARIES Biophysical4
ECOLOGY4
UTILITIES3
DEMOGRAPHY3
LAND Cadastre3
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY3
WASTE3
  • 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 repository3506
25 repositories451
20 repositories204
24 repositories65
2 repositories34
22 repositories21
8 repositories16
7 repositories5
3 repositories5
11 repositories5
5 repositories5
4 repositories4
9 repositories4
  • 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 383
Single-word search 1421
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
Right truncation 59
overlaps-bounding-box 201
within-bounding-box 18
  • 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
connection
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
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)5
  • 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.