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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2009-03

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: 1152
Multiple search fields: 716
Singular search fields: 436

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-date484
full-text387
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box79
full-text|full-text55
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box23
overlaps-bounding-box19
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box16
full-text|full-text|full-text15
anzlic-search-words13
title11
anzlic-search-words|full-text9
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box6
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box5
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box4
custodian3
full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date3
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text2
custodian|metadata-date|metadata-date2
within-bounding-box2
anzlic-identifier|overlaps-bounding-box2
beginning-date|full-text|full-text1
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract|abstract1
abstract1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date|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-date980
full-text857
overlaps-bounding-box137
anzlic-search-words61
ending-date42
beginning-date37
within-bounding-box28
title11
custodian5
abstract3
anzlic-identifier2
  • 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)385
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)351
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)350
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)328
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)299
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)287
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)287
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)281
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)280
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)278
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)254
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)252
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)252
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)248
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)248
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)248
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)247
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)244
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)241
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)240
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)231
  • 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 searches280
results were found91
no results found184
navigate4
full present71
search failed5
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches254
results were found24
no results found230
navigate139
full present638
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches241
results were found2
no results found239
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches248
results were found9
no results found239
navigate8
full present78
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches248
results were found110
no results found109
navigate64
full present44
search failed29
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches248
results were found8
no results found240
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches350
results were found155
no results found195
navigate291
full present2161
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches278
results were found118
no results found160
navigate126
full present512
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches299
results were found110
no results found189
navigate116
full present174
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches244
results were found44
no results found197
navigate0
full present50
search failed3
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches328
results were found170
no results found158
navigate76
full present6126
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches287
results were found156
no results found131
navigate273
full present3895
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches252
results were found82
no results found170
navigate2
full present25
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches247
results were found57
no results found161
navigate3
full present92
search failed29
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches240
results were found27
no results found213
navigate0
full present15
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches252
results were found117
no results found135
navigate92
full present309
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches351
results were found193
no results found158
navigate6143
full present55820
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches231
results were found25
no results found206
navigate1126
full present14156
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches281
results were found120
no results found161
navigate161
full present105
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches385
results were found200
no results found185
navigate161
full present695
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches287
results were found132
no results found155
navigate58
full present520
search failed1
  • 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, wetland76
the63
20060901, 2006093047
20060201, 2006022829
20060401, 2006043027
20050401, 2005043027
20060301, 2006033126
20060101, 2006013122
20050101, 2005013120
20060501, 2006053120
20040501, 2004053119
20060801, 2006083119
20041001, 2004103117
20050701, 2005073117
20051001, 2005103117
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use8
flora and fauna4
kipper creek3
upper condamine3
local governement2
australian water resources 20052
zFkBpyZYP,RTYoYeaFhEuusztDRH kJEquNdqkQ,ptRrwbZDJuY2
river monitoring2
Coastal 2
australian soils2
regional and urban planning2
land capability2
topographic map2
tropical 2
upper condamine river2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water89
wetland76
the63
land19
soil16
topographic11
HXrcRsQDYauHRmOXQr10
Dnho071410
ylxR051410
cover10
hFyYVBJxJXaguqf10
hftlNFPy10
drkpsvimmEGQWwStk10
uQZWfVgrxfLtycgc10
lhHSsoyNYcAXkYvc10
  • 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
INDUSTRY Mining10
WASTE Greenhouse gas7
BOUNDARIES Administrative5
ECOLOGY Ecosystem3
FISHERIES Freshwater2
TRANSPORTATION2
VEGETATION Structural2
HAZARDS Drought2
INDUSTRY Manufacturing2
MARINE Coasts2
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Satellite2
WATER2
LAND2
GEOSCIENCES Geophysics2
AGRICULTURE2
  • 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 repository95220
21 repositories191
20 repositories23
12 repositories8
2 repositories7
10 repositories7
8 repositories5
9 repositories4
16 repositories4
13 repositories3
15 repositories2
7 repositories2
5 repositories2
6 repositories1
14 repositories1
18 repositories1
19 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 143
Single-word search 912
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 2
overlaps-bounding-box 137
within-bounding-box 28
  • 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
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)29
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)5
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)3
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)29
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.