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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2008-07

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: 1171
Multiple search fields: 857
Singular search fields: 314

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-date726
full-text296
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box69
full-text|full-text24
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box14
overlaps-bounding-box12
anzlic-search-words|full-text9
full-text|full-text|full-text6
title2
within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words1
abstract|abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract1
title|title1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words1
  • 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-date1453
full-text536
overlaps-bounding-box100
anzlic-search-words19
title4
beginning-date4
abstract3
ending-date3
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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)318
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)303
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)283
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)235
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)234
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)226
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)219
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)217
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)199
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)175
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)174
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)171
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)171
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)168
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)167
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)167
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)164
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)162
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)156
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)156
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)155
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)155
  • 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 searches167
results were found54
no results found113
navigate0
full present42
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches171
results were found44
no results found127
navigate63
full present318
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches168
results were found6
no results found162
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches171
results were found45
no results found126
navigate7
full present112
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches155
results were found57
no results found59
navigate49
full present17
search failed39
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches164
results were found10
no results found154
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches283
results were found188
no results found94
navigate332
full present3717
search failed6
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches226
results were found120
no results found91
navigate21
full present602
search failed35
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches217
results were found105
no results found112
navigate84
full present171
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches174
results were found57
no results found117
navigate0
full present35
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches167
results were found68
no results found99
navigate42
full present376
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches234
results were found162
no results found71
navigate253
full present2731
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches219
results were found138
no results found81
navigate298
full present3941
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches156
results were found59
no results found97
navigate0
full present22
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches156
results were found29
no results found89
navigate0
full present85
search failed38
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches162
results were found41
no results found121
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches175
results were found104
no results found71
navigate36
full present734
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches303
results were found202
no results found101
navigate5136
full present62707
search failed23
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches155
results were found47
no results found108
navigate756
full present7946
search failed1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches199
results were found96
no results found103
navigate85
full present31
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches318
results were found209
no results found109
navigate110
full present814
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches235
results were found152
no results found83
navigate72
full present1047
search failed2
  • 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, wetland68
20060701, 2006073158
20060801, 2006083155
20060901, 2006093048
20050401, 2005043048
20060501, 2006053146
20041201, 2004123145
20060401, 2006043032
20050501, 2005053130
20060101, 2006013127
20040701, 2004073127
20060201, 2006022826
20050901, 2005093022
20050101, 2005013121
20040601, 2004063020
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
free data8
South Australia4
state boundar*4
land use4
chick peas3
NwHiuchMUhPHCKk,nGYdCDQxadORjM SthhbvOmFHAzB,yibzGWiEqmedHsIHCb2
Brisbane Valley1
Soil Types1
native flora species1
rated buffers1
vegetation cover1
soil order1
MADRID PLACE1
sea floor1
spot height1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water81
wetland68
data20
submarine12
free9
deh9
dem8
soil7
vegetation7
basin6
state6
australia6
elevation6
towns6
solar6
  • 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
BOUNDARIES4
INDUSTRY Mining2
POLLUTION Water2
VEGETATION2
HERITAGE2
FLORA Native1
MARINE Coasts1
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Aerial1
mADRID1
ECOLOGY1
MADDINGTON1
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 repository93800
22 repositories93
21 repositories24
16 repositories24
20 repositories19
3 repositories6
2 repositories4
4 repositories2
11 repositories2
9 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 87
Single-word search 442
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
Right truncation 15
overlaps-bounding-box 100
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
Respository not available
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)35
timeout
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)6
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)22
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)38
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)39
  • 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.