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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2008-11

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: 1831
Multiple search fields: 1301
Singular search fields: 530

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-date531
full-text459
full-text|full-text198
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box148
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box77
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box46
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box41
anzlic-search-words|full-text32
anzlic-search-words29
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box26
full-text|within-bounding-box25
full-text|full-text|full-text24
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box23
overlaps-bounding-box19
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text14
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box14
title12
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|full-text11
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box10
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text8
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text8
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box7
anzlic-identifier6
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words6
full-text|metadata-date5
abstract4
abstract|full-text3
title|title3
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box2
full-text|title2
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words|full-text2
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
title|title|title1
within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text1
metadata-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box|title1
anzlic-search-words|title1
beginning-date|full-text|full-text1
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
full-text1761
metadata-date1075
overlaps-bounding-box385
anzlic-search-words354
ending-date135
beginning-date114
within-bounding-box85
title25
anzlic-identifier10
abstract7
  • 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
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1054
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)966
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)961
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)959
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)949
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)925
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)903
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)902
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)897
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)893
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)890
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)890
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)876
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)860
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)859
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)854
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)852
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)841
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)833
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)816
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)811
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)793
  • 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 searches833
results were found244
no results found589
navigate2
full present53
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches854
results were found91
no results found763
navigate111
full present773
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches852
results were found11
no results found841
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches841
results were found105
no results found736
navigate6
full present108
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches902
results were found218
no results found400
navigate38
full present33
search failed284
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches860
results were found16
no results found844
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches949
results were found378
no results found571
navigate262
full present2131
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches925
results were found369
no results found556
navigate96
full present770
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches961
results were found298
no results found663
navigate30
full present209
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches890
results were found93
no results found797
navigate0
full present31
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches893
results were found199
no results found694
navigate50
full present471
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches897
results were found340
no results found556
navigate252
full present2435
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1054
results were found666
no results found388
navigate858
full present3081
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches816
results were found144
no results found672
navigate8
full present17
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches903
results were found95
no results found519
navigate0
full present117
search failed289
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches890
results were found86
no results found804
navigate0
full present18
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches793
results were found294
no results found499
navigate69
full present565
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches959
results were found342
no results found615
navigate4266
full present41627
search failed15
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches859
results were found58
no results found801
navigate596
full present7880
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches811
results were found242
no results found569
navigate64
full present35
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches966
results were found318
no results found648
navigate98
full present602
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches876
results were found290
no results found586
navigate55
full present581
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, wetland55
20050401, 2005043040
20060501, 2006053137
20041201, 2004123134
20060701, 2006073134
20060901, 2006093034
20060801, 2006083132
20050501, 2005053128
20050101, 2005013124
20060101, 2006013122
20060401, 2006043022
20060201, 2006022819
20040701, 2004073119
20041001, 2004103117
20050601, 2005063016
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use14
sea level13
vegetation 11
new south wales10
illawarra 8
royal national park8
urban areas7
New South Wales6
deer 6
St. Georges Basin5
climate change5
type 5
Royal national park4
land zoning4
north east4
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
illawarra81
vegetation71
water71
wetland57
nsw43
urban38
deer32
land30
habitat26
wollongong25
sydney25
coast24
dem23
use21
roads21
  • 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
FAUNA19
FAUNA Native18
WATER17
ECOLOGY Habitat16
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT12
ECOLOGY11
land10
BOUNDARIES Administrative8
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Climate change8
GEOSCIENCES Geology7
geosciences7
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Structures and facilities7
FAUNA Vertebrates6
LAND Cover6
LAND Topography6
  • 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 repository69259
22 repositories676
21 repositories83
8 repositories51
11 repositories23
12 repositories19
16 repositories17
2 repositories16
13 repositories16
15 repositories16
10 repositories13
9 repositories12
14 repositories7
7 repositories5
3 repositories5
6 repositories5
4 repositories3
17 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 456
Single-word search 1794
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 6
Right truncation 28
overlaps-bounding-box 385
within-bounding-box 85
  • 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)2
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
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)289
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)284
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
protocol
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)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.