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Modified: 2008-06-11

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2008-05

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: 1231
Multiple search fields: 870
Singular search fields: 361

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
metadata-date|metadata-date685
full-text300
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box80
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box35
full-text|full-text29
anzlic-search-words24
title16
overlaps-bounding-box15
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box8
full-text|full-text|full-text8
anzlic-search-words|full-text5
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text3
within-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
custodian2
abstract|anzlic-search-words|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-identifier1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box1
title|title1
ending-date|metadata-date1
full-text|within-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-date1375
full-text610
overlaps-bounding-box147
anzlic-search-words51
title18
within-bounding-box7
ending-date4
beginning-date3
custodian2
abstract1
anzlic-identifier1
  • 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 Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)337
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)333
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)310
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)286
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)279
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)266
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)256
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)248
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)246
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)237
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)225
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)222
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)222
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)220
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)218
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)217
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)216
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)211
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)210
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)209
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)205
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)195
  • 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 searches237
results were found64
no results found173
navigate12
full present48
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches222
results were found72
no results found150
navigate71
full present876
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches209
results were found2
no results found207
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches210
results were found64
no results found146
navigate6
full present140
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches225
results were found62
no results found87
navigate12
full present32
search failed76
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches211
results were found2
no results found209
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches310
results were found170
no results found140
navigate134
full present1765
search failed3
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches286
results were found139
no results found147
navigate51
full present1023
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches279
results were found106
no results found173
navigate12
full present162
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches217
results were found59
no results found158
navigate0
full present21
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches218
results were found79
no results found138
navigate29
full present548
search failed1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches266
results were found158
no results found108
navigate140
full present2051
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches246
results were found111
no results found135
navigate245
full present3118
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches195
results were found50
no results found145
navigate10
full present15
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches220
results were found23
no results found124
navigate0
full present70
search failed73
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches205
results were found52
no results found153
navigate0
full present13
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches216
results were found105
no results found111
navigate35
full present931
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches337
results were found193
no results found144
navigate3314
full present35314
search failed17
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches222
results were found68
no results found154
navigate977
full present10602
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches248
results were found107
no results found141
navigate35
full present35
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches333
results were found176
no results found157
navigate71
full present384
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches256
results were found110
no results found146
navigate25
full present393
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
"-9.00,138.00 -29.50,153.50", water, wetland77
20060501, 2006053156
20060701, 2006073143
20050401, 2005043040
20041201, 2004123139
20060801, 2006083135
20060901, 2006093033
water29
20060201, 2006022829
20050501, 2005053127
20051101, 2005113026
20060401, 2006043026
20060301, 2006033125
20051001, 2005103123
20040601, 2004063023
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
augusta margaret river16
margaret river8
national estate4
Augusta Margaret River3
australian biodiversity assessment 20023
causeway lake2
Regional Marine Planning Areas (July 2005)2
Weir Information System 2
feeding grounds2
pre-european native vegetation adelaide plains2
environmentally sensitive area2
land capability2
northern territory2
Soil quality2
adelaide plains2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water110
wetland82
river34
augusta33
margaret32
vegetation20
soil16
bathymetry14
land11
fish10
marine8
soils8
planning6
quality6
distribution6
  • 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
SOIL8
GEOSCIENCES Geology3
SOIL Chemistry3
HAZARDS Cyclones3
WATER Rivers3
SOIL Physics2
ENERGY Coal2
SOIL Biology2
LAND Topography2
SOIL Erosion2
GEOSCIENCES Hydrogeology2
WASTE1
WATER Wetlands1
CLIMATE AND WEATHER1
VEGETATION1
  • 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 repository63727
22 repositories170
16 repositories31
2 repositories6
3 repositories5
4 repositories4
7 repositories4
9 repositories2
6 repositories2
5 repositories1
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 139
Single-word search 488
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
Right truncation 2
overlaps-bounding-box 147
within-bounding-box 7
  • 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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)5
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)12
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)73
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)76
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.