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Modified: 2007-12-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2007-11

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: 1092
Multiple search fields: 406
Singular search fields: 686

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-text416
metadata-date|metadata-date238
title119
anzlic-search-words91
full-text|full-text47
anzlic-search-words|full-text44
anzlic-identifier27
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box21
full-text|full-text|full-text17
overlaps-bounding-box14
custodian12
abstract7
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box6
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
full-text|within-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text3
custodian|title3
anzlic-search-words|title2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date2
abstract|abstract2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
overlaps-bounding-box|title2
abstract|anzlic-search-words1
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
ending-date|ending-date|title1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
full-text|title1
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|metadata-date1
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|metadata-date1
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-text654
metadata-date478
anzlic-search-words156
title128
overlaps-bounding-box52
anzlic-identifier27
custodian15
abstract13
ending-date6
beginning-date5
within-bounding-box3
  • 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
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)453
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)321
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)242
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)242
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)238
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)227
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)224
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)223
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)216
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)190
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)190
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)188
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)187
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)180
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)179
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)177
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)176
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)175
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)170
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)169
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)168
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)168
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)165
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)164
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)164
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)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 searches238
results were found84
no results found153
navigate44
full present179
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches179
results were found43
no results found136
navigate7
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches175
results were found4
no results found171
navigate1
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches177
results were found47
no results found130
navigate3
full present7
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches187
results were found7
no results found180
navigate2
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches190
results were found80
no results found110
navigate1
full present1
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches216
results were found105
no results found111
navigate21
full present37
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches242
results were found80
no results found162
navigate15
full present36
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches168
results were found21
no results found147
navigate3
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches321
results were found170
no results found151
navigate20
full present280
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches188
results were found103
no results found85
navigate1
full present14
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches190
results were found119
no results found71
navigate9
full present23
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches176
results were found53
no results found123
navigate2
full present3
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches168
results were found19
no results found149
navigate2
full present0
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches180
results were found99
no results found81
navigate42
full present32
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches227
results were found134
no results found93
navigate12
full present19
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches170
results were found16
no results found154
navigate2
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches453
results were found268
no results found185
navigate355
full present186
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches223
results were found100
no results found123
navigate20
full present31
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches242
results were found117
no results found125
navigate35
full present80
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches169
results were found29
no results found140
navigate2
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches164
results were found40
no results found124
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches164
results were found42
no results found122
navigate2
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches165
results were found29
no results found136
navigate3
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches224
results were found147
no results found77
navigate15
full present23
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
20060801, 2006083124
20050501, 2005053119
20060501, 2006053118
coast, human16
water16
20041201, 2004123114
20050401, 2005043013
20050201, 2005022811
DEH11
20060701, 2006073111
20051201, 2005123111
20040701, 2004073111
forest11
deh10
ANZ*10
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use5
tide guages5
side scan sonar5
health region4
Melissa Street4
Information management Branch4
tide gauges3
darling groundwater3
hydrographic charts3
potentiometric surface contours3
Mark Dunford3
planning overlay2
deviation from the2
Southern Ocean2
reliability map for 2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water30
coast19
land19
groundwater17
deh17
human16
forest15
DEH14
park13
geology13
DEM11
DHS11
vegetation10
basin10
use10
  • 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
BOUNDARIES15
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT14
TRANSPORTATION11
LAND9
ATMOSPHERE6
ECOLOGY5
BOUNDARIES Administrative5
AGRICULTURE5
HERITAGE4
CLIMATE AND WEATHER4
DEMOGRAPHY4
HEALTH4
LAND Topography3
FLORA3
FAUNA3
  • 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 repository2446
25 repositories151
2 repositories34
4 repositories15
3 repositories9
24 repositories7
23 repositories5
10 repositories4
20 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 218
Single-word search 606
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 38
Right truncation 15
overlaps-bounding-box 52
within-bounding-box 3
  • 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
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)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.