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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2009-06

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: 1062
Multiple search fields: 805
Singular search fields: 257

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-date728
full-text243
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box21
anzlic-search-words|full-text13
full-text|full-text12
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box11
overlaps-bounding-box8
full-text|full-text|full-text7
full-text|within-bounding-box6
title3
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box2
within-bounding-box2
title|title|title1
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
custodian1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
  • 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-date1456
full-text362
overlaps-bounding-box43
anzlic-search-words17
within-bounding-box10
title6
beginning-date1
abstract1
custodian1
ending-date1
  • 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)290
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)259
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)242
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)214
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)199
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)198
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)195
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)192
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)172
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)143
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)137
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)134
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)134
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)131
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)130
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)130
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)130
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)129
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)128
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)128
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)126
  • 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 searches172
results were found54
no results found118
navigate0
full present29
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches130
results were found14
no results found116
navigate24
full present176
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches129
results were found1
no results found128
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches128
results were found8
no results found120
navigate3
full present30
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches137
results were found63
no results found60
navigate18
full present19
search failed14
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches126
results were found5
no results found121
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches259
results were found156
no results found103
navigate117
full present1815
search failed0
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches195
results were found78
no results found117
navigate20
full present214
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches198
results were found85
no results found113
navigate9
full present71
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches134
results were found16
no results found118
navigate0
full present16
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches192
results were found85
no results found107
navigate10
full present5934
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches214
results were found132
no results found82
navigate178
full present1241
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches143
results were found49
no results found94
navigate0
full present28
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches130
results were found14
no results found106
navigate0
full present42
search failed10
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches128
results were found16
no results found112
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches130
results were found82
no results found48
navigate19
full present107
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches242
results were found123
no results found119
navigate991
full present15942
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches134
results were found20
no results found114
navigate287
full present4036
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches131
results were found66
no results found65
navigate55
full present26
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches290
results were found160
no results found130
navigate54
full present494
search failed3
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches199
results were found124
no results found75
navigate38
full present435
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
the62
20060501, 2006053151
20060701, 2006073142
20060901, 2006093042
20060101, 2006013141
20060401, 2006043039
20060801, 2006083137
20060301, 2006033135
20060201, 2006022834
20050401, 2005043029
20041201, 2004123128
20051001, 2005103128
20050101, 2005013127
20050701, 2005073126
20051101, 2005113026
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
oil and gas pipelines7
callide Basin5
vegetation clearing3
border 3
Threatened 3
Sunshine Coast2
queensland vegetation2
australia outline 2
Climate Change2
agricultural land cover change2
souhteastb queensland1
woody vegetation1
melbourne cbd1
surface water1
eastern vegetation1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
the62
water27
wetland21
earthquake19
vegetation15
bathymetry10
queensland8
gas8
IBRA7
Queensland7
oil7
pipelines7
change6
australia6
callide5
  • 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
SOIL Erosion9
LAND Topography3
GEOSCIENCES Geology2
ATMOSPHERE Air quality1
BOUNDARIES1
FORESTS Plantation1
  • 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 repository33422
21 repositories113
20 repositories10
4 repositories4
2 repositories2
5 repositories1
6 repositories1
7 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 61
Single-word search 304
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
Right truncation 4
overlaps-bounding-box 43
within-bounding-box 10
  • 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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)3
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)10
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)14
  • 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.