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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2008-08

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: 1048
Multiple search fields: 747
Singular search fields: 301

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-date622
full-text245
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box63
title16
overlaps-bounding-box15
anzlic-identifier13
full-text|full-text13
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box10
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text6
title|title5
abstract5
anzlic-search-words|full-text4
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words4
full-text|full-text|full-text3
custodian3
full-text|title2
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box2
abstract|custodian2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
title|title|title1
beginning-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
abstract|anzlic-search-words1
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-identifier|anzlic-identifier|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|title1
  • 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-date1244
full-text461
overlaps-bounding-box95
title32
anzlic-search-words26
anzlic-identifier16
beginning-date11
ending-date8
abstract8
custodian5
within-bounding-box4
  • 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
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)288
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)278
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)249
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)239
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)237
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)222
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)219
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)216
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)200
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)194
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)185
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)184
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)180
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)176
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)175
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)172
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)172
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)170
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)169
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)167
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)164
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)154
  • 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 searches194
results were found52
no results found142
navigate0
full present36
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches185
results were found49
no results found136
navigate44
full present378
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches172
results were found1
no results found171
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches175
results were found46
no results found129
navigate4
full present64
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches172
results were found61
no results found75
navigate3
full present20
search failed36
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches170
results were found11
no results found159
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches288
results were found179
no results found109
navigate181
full present2200
search failed5
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches216
results were found116
no results found100
navigate65
full present700
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches219
results were found87
no results found132
navigate36
full present117
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches167
results were found34
no results found133
navigate0
full present32
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches200
results were found87
no results found113
navigate60
full present470
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches222
results were found133
no results found89
navigate178
full present1897
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches237
results were found149
no results found88
navigate202
full present2848
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches154
results were found49
no results found105
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches180
results were found22
no results found120
navigate0
full present55
search failed38
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches164
results were found32
no results found132
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches184
results were found101
no results found83
navigate31
full present700
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches249
results were found139
no results found110
navigate2826
full present47165
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches169
results were found54
no results found115
navigate508
full present7384
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches176
results were found82
no results found94
navigate25
full present26
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches278
results were found140
no results found138
navigate46
full present524
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches239
results were found133
no results found106
navigate56
full present771
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, wetland59
20060701, 2006073152
20060901, 2006093044
20060501, 2006053142
20060801, 2006083137
20050601, 2005063033
20050401, 2005043033
20041201, 2004123128
20051101, 2005113026
20060401, 2006043024
20050501, 2005053124
20050101, 2005013122
20040701, 2004073121
20040501, 2004053120
20050701, 2005073118
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
South Australia6
natural resources4
continental shelf4
Government Road3
crown LAND3
points 2
sea dump2
ocean disposal2
urban areas2
Surat Basin2
north east2
rain guage2
national parks2
wcjddBVofU,WuFugrLiqDaiq OrNElcwuIhZxpku,pwLtLwXlkVuvXMGx2
tide height1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water69
wetland62
soil11
australia10
ocean10
vegetation8
south8
rainfall8
natural8
Victoria6
salinity6
resources6
murray5
basin5
dump5
  • 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
BOUNDARIES3
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY2
GEOSCIENCES Geomorphology2
ECOLOGY Habitat2
AGRICULTURE2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER1
VEGETATION1
LAND Ownership1
ECOLOGY1
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Housing1
coast1
cyril b madden1
soil1
BOUNDARIES Administrative1
coastline1
  • 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 repository70539
22 repositories127
16 repositories13
21 repositories13
2 repositories11
11 repositories4
9 repositories4
20 repositories3
10 repositories2
8 repositories2
4 repositories2
12 repositories2
19 repositories2
5 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 99
Single-word search 436
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 14
Right truncation 3
overlaps-bounding-box 95
within-bounding-box 4
  • 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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)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)2
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
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)36
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3
  • 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.