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Modified: 2008-01-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2007-12

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: 758
Multiple search fields: 379
Singular search fields: 379

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-text282
metadata-date|metadata-date250
anzlic-search-words63
anzlic-search-words|full-text60
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box19
title15
overlaps-bounding-box14
full-text|full-text12
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|title8
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box4
full-text|title3
full-text|full-text|full-text2
anzlic-identifier2
abstract1
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|title1
abstract|anzlic-search-words1
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date1
abstract|anzlic-identifier1
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
metadata-date500
full-text422
anzlic-search-words146
overlaps-bounding-box53
title27
ending-date24
beginning-date10
anzlic-identifier4
abstract3
within-bounding-box2
  • 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)344
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)152
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)151
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)132
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)128
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)120
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)118
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)112
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)106
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)102
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)100
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)99
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)99
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)98
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)94
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)94
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)93
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)92
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)91
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)90
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)88
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)87
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)87
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)87
(ea-1 )86
  • 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
(ea-1 )
total searches86
results were found39
no results found46
navigate13
full present6
search failed1
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches120
results were found48
no results found70
navigate0
full present33
search failed14
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches94
results were found14
no results found80
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches91
results were found1
no results found90
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches93
results were found11
no results found82
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches100
results were found4
no results found96
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches112
results were found40
no results found72
navigate2
full present1
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches132
results were found62
no results found69
navigate9
full present25
search failed1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches98
results were found19
no results found79
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches102
results were found36
no results found64
navigate12
full present6
search failed2
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches106
results were found61
no results found45
navigate14
full present11
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches128
results were found81
no results found47
navigate7
full present18
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches94
results were found26
no results found68
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches92
results were found17
no results found75
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches99
results were found46
no results found53
navigate37
full present10
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches152
results were found84
no results found68
navigate47
full present39
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches88
results were found15
no results found73
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches344
results were found191
no results found153
navigate348
full present172
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches151
results were found67
no results found84
navigate11
full present9
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches99
results were found56
no results found43
navigate8
full present12
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches90
results were found8
no results found82
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches87
results were found14
no results found73
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches87
results were found11
no results found76
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches87
results were found15
no results found72
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches118
results were found69
no results found49
navigate17
full present18
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
20040701, 2004073121
20050401, 2005043017
20041201, 2004123115
20060501, 2006053115
20050501, 2005053114
20040501, 2004053114
20050701, 2005073113
20041001, 2004103111
SAHT10
20051101, 200511309
20040901, 200409309
20050801, 200508319
20050101, 200501319
water8
"HUMAN ENVIRONMENT"8
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
digital elevation model6
water patch4
Street Type3
aboriginal cultural heritage3
oil shale3
Census Collection Districts2
port boundaries2
transport stations2
lizard island2
regolith map2
land management2
SAHT regions2
Housing SA2
MURRAY CMA1
GS australia1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
SAHT29
water16
australia10
digital10
DEH10
topographic9
vegetation9
elevation9
deh9
model8
Irrigation8
census8
sa7
hydro7
service6
  • 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
HEALTH14
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT12
WATER11
GEOSCIENCES Geophysics10
LAND8
ATMOSPHERE Ozone7
BOUNDARIES7
DISEASE6
HAZARDS6
DEMOGRAPHY6
ECOLOGY5
INDUSTRY5
MARINE5
AGRICULTURE Crops4
TRANSPORTATION4
  • 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 repository1559
25 repositories50
24 repositories33
2 repositories6
23 repositories3
3 repositories3
10 repositories3
5 repositories2
21 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 119
Single-word search 331
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 3
overlaps-bounding-box 53
within-bounding-box 2
  • 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
(ea-1 )1
timeout
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)14
connection
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)2
  • 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.