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Modified: 2006-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2006-11

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: 536
Multiple search fields: 247
Singular search fields: 289

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-text224
metadata-date|metadata-date97
full-text|full-text68
anzlic-search-words30
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box29
overlaps-bounding-box20
full-text|full-text|full-text15
anzlic-identifier9
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box5
full-text|within-bounding-box4
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|within-bounding-box4
title4
anzlic-search-words|full-text4
abstract2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text2
full-text|title1
ending-date|ending-date|full-text|within-bounding-box1
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
full-text|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|within-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-text469
metadata-date204
overlaps-bounding-box65
anzlic-search-words50
within-bounding-box15
anzlic-identifier9
title5
ending-date3
beginning-date2
abstract2
  • 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 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)225
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)220
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)218
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)181
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)181
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)180
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)179
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)172
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)171
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)170
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)168
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)167
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)166
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)165
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)164
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)163
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)163
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)163
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)162
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)159
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)158
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)157
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)156
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)128
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)113
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)108
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)52
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)4
  • 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 searches171
results were found49
no results found122
navigate3
full present11
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches108
results were found38
no results found70
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches163
results were found27
no results found136
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches156
results were found6
no results found150
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches157
results were found26
no results found131
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches167
results were found71
no results found96
navigate16
full present18
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches172
results were found6
no results found166
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches180
results were found59
no results found121
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches179
results were found74
no results found105
navigate11
full present16
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches220
results were found109
no results found111
navigate45
full present71
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches159
results were found31
no results found128
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches158
results were found43
no results found115
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches170
results were found80
no results found90
navigate7
full present16
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches218
results were found146
no results found72
navigate59
full present85
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches52
results were found23
no results found29
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches163
results were found49
no results found114
navigate3
full present17
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches4
results were found2
no results found2
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches163
results were found78
no results found85
navigate11
full present15
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches181
results were found82
no results found99
navigate23
full present9
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches128
results were found12
no results found116
navigate4
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches181
results were found90
no results found91
navigate14
full present40
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches113
results were found41
no results found72
navigate1
full present5
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches166
results were found65
no results found101
navigate5
full present9
search failed5
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches168
results were found22
no results found146
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches162
results were found48
no results found114
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches165
results were found21
no results found144
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches164
results were found23
no results found141
navigate1
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches225
results were found127
no results found98
navigate69
full present69
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, 2005053111
20040601, 2004063010
20050701, 200507319
20040501, 200405319
20050401, 200504308
20040701, 200407318
20050601, 200506307
20041201, 200412317
"bare island", "botany bay"7
RAN7
"-9,112 -44,154", state5
vegetation5
Soil5
"nrm regions"5
20041101, 200411305
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
bare island13
botany bay7
nrm regions5
local government4
Digital Elevation Model3
IMCRA regions3
State Environmental Planning Policy No. 14 (SEPP14)3
Whiteman Park2
order product2
bitou bush2
monthly average rainfall2
pipers brook2
salonika beach2
Acid sulfate soils2
land use2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation15
soil13
island13
bare13
council11
state10
boundary10
regions9
topographic9
vector9
bay8
botany8
cadastre8
rainfall8
DEM7
  • 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
LAND Cadastre5
FLORA Exotic4
AGRICULTURE4
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT4
BOUNDARIES3
LAND Cover3
Boundary2
FAUNA Insects2
LAND2
BOUNDARIES Administrative2
DEMOGRAPHY2
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Structures and facilities2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall1
LAND Topography1
CLIMATE AND WEATHER1
  • 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 repository1034
26 repositories97
24 repositories41
25 repositories17
4 repositories9
2 repositories9
5 repositories9
3 repositories5
11 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 124
Single-word search 338
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 11
Right truncation 0
overlaps-bounding-box 65
within-bounding-box 15
  • 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
timeout
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)5
connection
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
  • 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.