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Modified: 2010-07-22

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2010-06

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 fields used

Total number of searches conducted: 740
Multiple search fields: 429
Singular search fields: 311

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 fields Occurs
metadata-date|metadata-date296
full-text274
full-text|full-text31
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box20
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box20
anzlic-search-words10
overlaps-bounding-box9
anzlic-search-words|full-text8
full-text|full-text|full-text8
within-bounding-box8
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|east|ending-date|full-text|full-text|north|south|west6
east|full-text|north|south|west6
anzlic-search-words|east|full-text|north|south|west5
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|east|ending-date|full-text|north|south|west4
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|ending-date4
title4
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box4
abstract3
custodian2
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box2
beginning-date|east|ending-date|north|south|west2
abstract|full-text2
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|metadata-date2
beginning-date|east|ending-date|full-text|north|south|west2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|east|ending-date|north|south|west1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|east|ending-date|full-text|full-text|full-text|north|south|west1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text1
abstract|anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
title|title1
abstract|abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
metadata-date1
  • 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.

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)255
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)250
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)243
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)233
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)223
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)214
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)213
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)200
ACT Geographic Data Directory (indexgeo.net:5511/act)192
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)190
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)188
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)178
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)175
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)174
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)174
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)173
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)172
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)172
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)171
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)171
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)169
  • 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 (indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches192
results were found68
no results found124
navigate2
full present30
total hits991
search failed4
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches175
results were found12
no results found163
navigate4
full present41
total hits756
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches172
results were found0
no results found172
navigate0
full present0
total hits0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches174
results were found8
no results found166
navigate1
full present1
total hits2466
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches190
results were found99
no results found68
navigate39
full present39
total hits14012
search failed23
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches171
results were found0
no results found171
navigate0
full present0
total hits0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches214
results were found76
no results found138
navigate59
full present422
total hits7500
search failed71
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches223
results were found90
no results found133
navigate26
full present139
total hits5849
search failed8
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches243
results were found101
no results found142
navigate35
full present90
total hits6259
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches169
results were found16
no results found153
navigate0
full present15
total hits54
search failed3
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches255
results were found134
no results found121
navigate19
full present6211
total hits18305
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches213
results were found129
no results found84
navigate176
full present850
total hits26785
search failed17
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches171
results were found57
no results found114
navigate0
full present6
total hits836
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches174
results were found8
no results found143
navigate0
full present86
total hits95
search failed36
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches172
results were found19
no results found153
navigate0
full present6
total hits54
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches188
results were found102
no results found86
navigate17
full present71
total hits4502
search failed0
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches233
results were found127
no results found106
navigate837
full present6016
total hits43363
search failed28
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches173
results were found9
no results found164
navigate536
full present3314
total hits9554
search failed2
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches178
results were found74
no results found104
navigate0
full present35
total hits1135
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches250
results were found111
no results found139
navigate17
full present239
total hits2293
search failed41
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches200
results were found99
no results found101
navigate44
full present390
total hits2928
search failed32
  • 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.
  • total hits ... The accumulation of all matches to all searches at this node. This statistic is skewed towards the larger repositories - more metadata records, means more possible hits.
  • 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
the74
20060801, 2006083121
20060701, 2006073119
20060501, 2006053118
20051101, 2005113017
20050401, 2005043015
20060901, 2006093014
20041201, 2004123114
20060101, 2006013113
"-9.00,138.00 -29.50,153.50", water, wetland12
20050701, 2005073112
20041001, 2004103110
"artesian basin "10
20050301, 2005033110
20040701, 2004073110
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
artesian basin 10
land use5
NATIONAL PARK 4
state digital road network4
soil composition 3
bores 3
soil types 3
soil 3
charlton oil2
rail network2
icon sites2
SOIL 2
NATIONAL PARKS 2
LAND USE2
soils 2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
  • 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
AGRICULTURE Crops10
BOUNDARIES5
BOUNDARIES Administrative4
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Aerial2
VEGETATION Structural2
ATMOSPHERE Greenhouse2
FAUNA Invertebrates2
WATER Salinity1
GEOSCIENCES Geology1
ATMOSPHERE Air quality1
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT1
LAND Topography1
FAUNA1
ENERGY1
MARINE1
LAND Valuation1
HAZARDS Pests1
WATER Rivers1
DEMOGRAPHY1
ECOLOGY Habitat1
HERITAGE Natural1
VEGETATION1
ENERGY Coal1
ENERGY Electricity1
WASTE Toxic1
LAND Cadastre1
POLLUTION1
  • 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 repository20371
21 repositories164
5 repositories7
3 repositories3
2 repositories3
6 repositories2
20 repositories2
8 repositories1
4 repositories1
16 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 110
Single-word search 369
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
Right truncation 1
overlaps-bounding-box 57
within-bounding-box 8
  • 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
protocol
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)41
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)28
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)32
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)71
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)3
ACT Geographic Data Directory (indexgeo.net:5511/act)4
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)17
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)2
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)13
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)8
connection
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)23
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)23
  • 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.