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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2008-10

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: 1631
Multiple search fields: 1135
Singular search fields: 496

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-date741
full-text400
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box102
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box80
full-text|full-text45
overlaps-bounding-box36
anzlic-search-words|full-text25
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box21
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box19
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box19
title17
abstract15
within-bounding-box15
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box10
full-text|full-text|full-text10
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words8
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box5
anzlic-identifier|overlaps-bounding-box4
anzlic-identifier4
full-text|within-bounding-box3
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text2
full-text|title2
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
beginning-date|ending-date|overlaps-bounding-box2
abstract|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box2
abstract|abstract|abstract|anzlic-search-words1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text1
abstract|abstract1
abstract|anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
title|title1
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text1
custodian1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|title|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|title|title|within-bounding-box1
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-date1482
full-text1091
overlaps-bounding-box290
anzlic-search-words145
beginning-date78
ending-date78
within-bounding-box64
title24
abstract24
anzlic-identifier8
custodian1
  • 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)677
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)673
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)665
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)621
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)621
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)606
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)591
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)587
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)581
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)560
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)546
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)546
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)545
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)542
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)538
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)537
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)527
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)526
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)524
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)523
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)515
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)498
  • 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 searches560
results were found173
no results found386
navigate15
full present97
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches523
results were found79
no results found444
navigate74
full present672
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches515
results were found6
no results found509
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches524
results were found82
no results found442
navigate7
full present161
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches546
results were found139
no results found235
navigate24
full present34
search failed172
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches527
results were found17
no results found510
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches677
results were found287
no results found390
navigate216
full present2420
search failed2
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches591
results were found252
no results found339
navigate90
full present761
search failed2
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches621
results were found228
no results found393
navigate68
full present276
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches537
results were found102
no results found435
navigate2
full present61
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches538
results were found129
no results found409
navigate22
full present486
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches587
results were found299
no results found288
navigate323
full present2874
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches606
results were found319
no results found287
navigate271
full present3113
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches498
results were found133
no results found365
navigate5
full present6
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches545
results were found78
no results found291
navigate2
full present119
search failed176
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches542
results were found95
no results found447
navigate0
full present62
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches581
results were found278
no results found303
navigate81
full present731
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches673
results were found301
no results found372
navigate3169
full present41821
search failed12
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches546
results were found75
no results found471
navigate456
full present7469
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches526
results were found221
no results found305
navigate5
full present75
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches665
results were found271
no results found394
navigate66
full present712
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches621
results were found260
no results found361
navigate69
full present833
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
20060901, 2006093060
"-9.00,138.00 -29.50,153.50", water, wetland59
20060801, 2006083156
20060701, 2006073153
20050401, 2005043048
20041201, 2004123148
20060501, 2006053142
20060401, 2006043032
20060201, 2006022829
20060101, 2006013128
20041001, 2004103125
20050501, 2005053124
20051101, 2005113022
20050701, 2005073122
20060301, 2006033122
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use13
shoalwater bay10
soil information8
Augusta Margaret River7
points of interest6
western australia6
acid sulfate soils6
native vegetation5
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park5
petrol station4
Margret river4
Bitou Bush4
land cover4
GEODATA TOPO 100k 3
Margaret River3
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water70
wetland63
vegetation46
soil28
river27
land25
roads22
margaret18
australia17
bay16
petrol13
use13
augusta12
petroleum12
shoalwater12
  • 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
VEGETATION13
AGRICULTURE Crops11
AGRICULTURE9
SOIL Chemistry8
LAND Ownership7
HERITAGE4
ECOLOGY Habitat4
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Structures and facilities3
VEGETATION Structural3
LAND Topography3
FAUNA Exotic3
MARINE Estuaries3
HEALTH3
TRANSPORTATION3
ATMOSPHERE Pressure3
  • 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 repository68774
22 repositories442
2 repositories24
16 repositories22
13 repositories19
21 repositories16
12 repositories14
8 repositories12
10 repositories10
5 repositories7
9 repositories7
11 repositories7
14 repositories6
19 repositories6
3 repositories5
7 repositories5
4 repositories3
18 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 260
Single-word search 1178
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
Right truncation 2
overlaps-bounding-box 290
within-bounding-box 64
  • 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
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
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)12
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)2
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)176
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)172
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
protocol
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.