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Modified: 2007-01-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2006-12

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: 292
Multiple search fields: 141
Singular search fields: 151

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-text122
metadata-date|metadata-date43
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box23
full-text|full-text14
full-text|full-text|full-text11
anzlic-search-words10
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box10
title8
overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|full-text8
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box5
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box5
beginning-date|ending-date4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text3
anzlic-search-words|title|within-bounding-box2
beginning-date2
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|beginning-date1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
custodian1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date1
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
title|title1
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
full-text|title|title1
  • 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-text254
metadata-date86
overlaps-bounding-box52
anzlic-search-words48
title14
beginning-date11
ending-date7
within-bounding-box4
custodian1
abstract1
  • 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
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)126
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)112
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)105
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)104
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)100
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)100
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)98
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)96
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)96
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)96
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)95
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)94
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)93
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)91
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)90
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)90
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)89
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)89
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)87
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)84
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)84
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)84
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)81
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)80
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)80
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)74
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)46
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)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 searches100
results were found19
no results found81
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches80
results were found17
no results found63
navigate2
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches80
results were found2
no results found78
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches81
results were found16
no results found65
navigate20
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches112
results were found47
no results found35
navigate3
full present18
search failed30
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches89
results were found0
no results found89
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches93
results were found42
no results found51
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches91
results were found53
no results found38
navigate2
full present9
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches126
results were found76
no results found50
navigate7
full present57
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches89
results were found15
no results found74
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches98
results were found35
no results found63
navigate27
full present19
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches96
results were found62
no results found34
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches95
results were found52
no results found43
navigate5
full present7
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches96
results were found43
no results found53
navigate6
full present11
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches96
results were found47
no results found49
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches90
results were found10
no results found80
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches100
results were found51
no results found49
navigate8
full present29
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches104
results were found57
no results found47
navigate12
full present22
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches46
results were found11
no results found35
navigate1
full present2
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches105
results were found45
no results found60
navigate20
full present19
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches74
results were found25
no results found49
navigate3
full present8
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches94
results were found24
no results found70
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches87
results were found10
no results found77
navigate3
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches84
results were found16
no results found68
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches84
results were found18
no results found66
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches84
results were found10
no results found74
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches90
results were found35
no results found55
navigate0
full present2
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
title16
"-24.045802,149.434428 -28.511450,154.585954", LAND, "land use"9
20040601, 200406306
20050601, 200506306
20050401, 200504306
water6
"land capability"4
"-10.00,113.50 -22.00,129.00", "HERITAGE Aboriginal"4
"LAND Topography", "midge point", proserpine4
location, shipwreck4
20050101, 200501314
20050501, 200505314
"-13.50,124.00 -14.50,126.00", defence3
20041001, 200410313
"-26.106870,151.495038 -28.511450,153.899084", mary, water3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use9
land capability4
D47543 A14
midge point4
digital elevation model3
Emergency Services Ambulance3
order product2
plant associations1
rum jungle1
series 21
Pre European Vegetation for Adelaide Plains 1
satellite maps1
territorial sea baseline1
water tables1
Adelaide Plains 1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
title16
land14
water13
use9
elevation8
dem7
defence7
fisheries5
location5
topographic5
map5
marine5
a14
shipwreck4
emergency4
  • 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 Topography10
LAND9
LAND Ownership5
HERITAGE Aboriginal5
WATER Rivers5
LAND Cover2
TRANSPORTATION Land2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Temperature2
FISHERIES1
BOUNDARIES Administrative1
FAUNA1
moreton bay marine park1
FAUNA Exotic1
GEOSCIENCES Geophysics1
MARINE1
  • 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 repository569
26 repositories36
27 repositories26
25 repositories11
21 repositories5
22 repositories5
23 repositories4
2 repositories3
7 repositories2
15 repositories1
11 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 67
Single-word search 196
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 10
Right truncation 0
overlaps-bounding-box 52
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

Type of Error Repository Occurs
connection
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)30
  • 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.