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Modified: 2006-01-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2005-12

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: 557
Multiple search fields: 257
Singular search fields: 300

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-text194
metadata-date|metadata-date166
overlaps-bounding-box80
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box19
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box17
anzlic-search-words14
full-text|full-text10
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
title6
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box6
full-text|within-bounding-box5
full-text|full-text|full-text4
anzlic-search-words|full-text3
within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box2
custodian2
full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date2
anzlic-identifier1
overlaps-bounding-box|title|title|title1
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|title|title1
abstract|title1
anzlic-search-words|metadata-date1
title|title1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text1
beginning-date1
  • 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
metadata-date333
full-text317
overlaps-bounding-box115
anzlic-search-words55
within-bounding-box34
title14
beginning-date3
custodian2
abstract2
anzlic-identifier1
  • 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)201
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)198
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)187
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)182
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)178
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)178
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)176
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)171
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)166
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)166
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)165
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)164
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)162
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)161
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)160
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)160
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)159
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)159
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)158
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)157
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)157
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)155
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)154
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)145
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)144
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)66
  • 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 searches176
results were found46
no results found130
navigate0
full present507
search failed54
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches198
results were found101
no results found97
navigate2
full present1081
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches162
results were found34
no results found128
navigate4
full present1969
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches164
results were found38
no results found126
navigate11
full present9310
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches161
results were found79
no results found82
navigate25
full present557
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches157
results were found2
no results found155
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches144
results were found63
no results found81
navigate24
full present3173
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches165
results were found77
no results found87
navigate14
full present530
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches187
results were found101
no results found86
navigate18
full present1452
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches160
results were found29
no results found131
navigate0
full present23
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches159
results were found39
no results found120
navigate0
full present204
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches145
results were found82
no results found63
navigate25
full present1439
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches171
results were found109
no results found62
navigate28
full present10285
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches66
results were found32
no results found28
navigate1
full present12
search failed6
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches166
results were found37
no results found129
navigate4
full present133
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches160
results were found90
no results found70
navigate9
full present21
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches182
results were found87
no results found95
navigate3
full present6665
search failed2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches154
results were found31
no results found123
navigate0
full present29
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches166
results were found79
no results found87
navigate18
full present21
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches178
results were found58
no results found116
navigate0
full present1
search failed4
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches178
results were found58
no results found120
navigate6
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches157
results were found27
no results found129
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches159
results were found21
no results found137
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches158
results were found37
no results found120
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches155
results were found32
no results found122
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches201
results were found98
no results found101
navigate5
full present11
search failed2
  • 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
"-5,110 -45,160"61
20050201, 2005022815
20040401, 2004043015
20050101, 2005013114
20050501, 2005053114
20040701, 2004073113
20041201, 2004123112
water12
20050601, 2005063011
20040601, 2004063010
20050301, 200503319
20050701, 200507319
20041101, 200411308
20040901, 200409308
20040501, 200405318
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
river basin9
spot heights8
native title6
aboriginal language boundaries2
state digital road network2
national park2
seabed deposits2
aeromagnetic surveys1
sewer fronts1
water fronts1
Land Claim1
east 1
state digital road netowrk1
nature reserves1
Lynchs Creek1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
catchment17
water15
basin13
river12
rivers9
spot9
sydney8
heights8
native7
seabed7
title6
geology5
utilities5
Contours5
zones5
  • 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
WATER19
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Extreme weather events6
ECOLOGY Habitat4
LAND Ownership3
WATER Quality2
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY2
WATER Hydrochemistry2
BOUNDARIES2
WATER Rivers2
BOUNDARIES Biophysical2
SOIL Chemistry1
contours1
crops1
FLORA1
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall1
  • 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 repository38020
25 repositories80
26 repositories47
23 repositories22
2 repositories12
5 repositories7
24 repositories1
22 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 68
Single-word search 261
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 2
overlaps-bounding-box 115
within-bounding-box 34
  • 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
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1
timeout
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)2
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)4
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1
protocol
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)53
  • 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.