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Modified: 2007-06-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2007-05

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: 937
Multiple search fields: 362
Singular search fields: 575

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-text432
metadata-date|metadata-date160
full-text|full-text77
title33
anzlic-identifier33
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box29
custodian23
anzlic-search-words22
overlaps-bounding-box17
anzlic-search-words|full-text14
full-text|full-text|full-text11
abstract10
full-text|within-bounding-box7
custodian|overlaps-bounding-box7
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box7
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box6
title|title5
full-text|title4
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box4
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box4
within-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text3
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|custodian|custodian|custodian|ending-date|overlaps-bounding-box3
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
metadata-date2
abstract|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text2
beginning-date|beginning-date1
abstract|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|custodian|custodian|custodian|ending-date|within-bounding-box1
abstract|within-bounding-box1
custodian|full-text1
overlaps-bounding-box|title1
custodian|custodian1
beginning-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words1
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|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-text704
metadata-date322
overlaps-bounding-box80
anzlic-search-words67
title48
custodian45
anzlic-identifier34
beginning-date19
within-bounding-box19
abstract18
ending-date5
  • 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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)392
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)336
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)335
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)322
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)293
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)291
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)272
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)266
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)265
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)263
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)261
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)261
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)260
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)260
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)255
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)254
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)252
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)249
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)241
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)238
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)224
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)203
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)186
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)181
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)180
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)180
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)148
  • 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 searches263
results were found35
no results found228
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches260
results were found26
no results found234
navigate3
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches249
results were found2
no results found247
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches255
results were found24
no results found231
navigate1
full present2
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches260
results were found99
no results found124
navigate8
full present39
search failed37
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches265
results were found21
no results found244
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches261
results were found61
no results found200
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches148
results were found51
no results found97
navigate0
full present9
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches322
results were found110
no results found212
navigate48
full present95
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches252
results were found36
no results found216
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches266
results were found66
no results found200
navigate73
full present14
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches261
results were found100
no results found161
navigate37
full present39
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches272
results were found110
no results found162
navigate2
full present19
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches241
results were found71
no results found170
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches254
results were found37
no results found217
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches238
results were found25
no results found213
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches293
results were found125
no results found168
navigate81
full present73
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches392
results were found188
no results found204
navigate6
full present121
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches224
results were found9
no results found212
navigate0
full present1
search failed3
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches335
results were found142
no results found193
navigate120
full present75
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches336
results were found139
no results found197
navigate31
full present54
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches291
results were found107
no results found184
navigate17
full present53
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches186
results were found28
no results found158
navigate4
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches180
results were found52
no results found128
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches180
results were found33
no results found147
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches181
results were found33
no results found148
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches203
results were found104
no results found99
navigate0
full present24
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, 2005053119
20040501, 2004053117
20041201, 2004123117
20040601, 2004063015
20050401, 2005043014
20050601, 2005063013
20050701, 2005073112
water12
20041101, 200411309
20050201, 200502288
"Lower Balonne", "flood water"8
20040701, 200407318
20050101, 200501317
"WATER Rivers"7
vegetation6
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use15
Lower Balonne12
flood water9
soil survey7
native vegetation5
Land use5
Upper Condamine Catchment5
Shipping Routes4
salinity in queensland4
state boundaries4
lower balonne4
avon valley4
East Marine Region4
west torrens4
local government area3
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water48
land38
use28
soil19
catchment19
lower18
valley18
flood18
balonne17
vegetation17
avon16
condamine15
salinity12
upper12
fire10
  • 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
SOIL11
WATER Rivers8
BOUNDARIES7
FORESTS6
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Climate change5
CLIMATE AND WEATHER5
AGRICULTURE Livestock3
bathymetry3
soil2
LAND Topography2
BOUNDARIES Administrative1
LAND Use1
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Aerial1
earth1
water1
  • 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 repository1740
27 repositories126
21 repositories53
26 repositories37
3 repositories14
20 repositories10
25 repositories10
5 repositories7
12 repositories3
24 repositories3
22 repositories3
2 repositories2
4 repositories2
7 repositories1
6 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 320
Single-word search 510
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 38
Right truncation 10
overlaps-bounding-box 80
within-bounding-box 19
  • 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
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1
timeout
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)3
connection
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)37
  • 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.