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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2009-04

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: 662
Multiple search fields: 354
Singular search fields: 308

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
full-text273
metadata-date|metadata-date269
full-text|full-text22
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box17
overlaps-bounding-box15
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box14
title7
full-text|full-text|full-text6
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box5
full-text|within-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words4
abstract4
within-bounding-box4
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box3
abstract|abstract|abstract|anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box2
full-text|title1
abstract|abstract|anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
null1
abstract|abstract|full-text1
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
title|title1
full-text|metadata-date|metadata-date1
abstract|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-date540
full-text421
overlaps-bounding-box54
anzlic-search-words18
within-bounding-box17
abstract15
beginning-date14
title11
ending-date6
  • 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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)246
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)238
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)227
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)211
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)198
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)193
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)185
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)185
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)180
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)179
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)169
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)167
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)164
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)164
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)161
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)160
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)160
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)159
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)159
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)159
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)157
  • 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 searches179
results were found49
no results found130
navigate2
full present27
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches164
results were found13
no results found151
navigate18
full present185
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches159
results were found0
no results found159
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches164
results were found8
no results found156
navigate1
full present20
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches159
results were found59
no results found81
navigate21
full present50
search failed19
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches159
results were found5
no results found154
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches211
results were found82
no results found129
navigate70
full present1195
search failed0
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches185
results were found79
no results found106
navigate21
full present174
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches193
results were found77
no results found116
navigate10
full present82
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches167
results were found33
no results found131
navigate0
full present10
search failed3
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches227
results were found102
no results found124
navigate38
full present5895
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches185
results were found101
no results found84
navigate61
full present790
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches157
results were found46
no results found111
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches160
results were found26
no results found115
navigate0
full present40
search failed19
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches160
results were found33
no results found127
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches198
results were found105
no results found93
navigate22
full present117
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches246
results were found131
no results found115
navigate984
full present19617
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches161
results were found13
no results found148
navigate125
full present2183
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches169
results were found60
no results found109
navigate22
full present57
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches238
results were found116
no results found122
navigate42
full present402
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches180
results were found68
no results found112
navigate13
full present226
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
the59
20060401, 2006043017
20060201, 2006022817
20041201, 2004123116
20060901, 2006093016
20041001, 2004103114
20040501, 2004053113
20050101, 2005013113
20051001, 2005103113
20060701, 2006073112
20040601, 2004063011
20060101, 2006013111
water11
homebush10
20060301, 2006033110
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
local government5
free download4
free data4
mining tenements4
national parks4
oil spill3
sunshine coast3
shipping lanes3
land use 2
queensland 2
Local Government Areas of Australia2
annual discharge2
Surface Water Gauging Stations (Part of the Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000 Database 2
coastal wetlands2
national park2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
the59
water27
land17
free12
homebush10
wetland9
Soil9
australia9
Vegetation9
contour8
use8
government7
local7
roads7
coastal6
  • 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 IMAGERY Aerial2
AGRICULTURE2
ECOLOGY Habitat2
GEOSCIENCES Hydrogeology2
BOUNDARIES Administrative2
mining 1
WATER Salinity1
LAND Topography1
mining tenements1
FAUNA Native1
  • 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 repository33011
21 repositories138
2 repositories26
20 repositories15
11 repositories4
6 repositories2
13 repositories1
10 repositories1
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 122
Single-word search 365
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
Right truncation 0
overlaps-bounding-box 54
within-bounding-box 17
  • 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)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)19
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)19
protocol
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)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.