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Modified: 2004-09-03

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-08

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: 1127
Multiple search fields: 443
Singular search fields: 684

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
full-text684
full-text|full-text254
full-text|full-text|full-text132
full-text|full-text|full-text|+57
  • 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.
  • full-text|full-text|full-text|+ ... They searched using the options "all of the words" or "at least one of the words".

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)552
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)514
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)505
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)487
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)486
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)472
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)467
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)463
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)445
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)440
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)438
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)433
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)429
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)423
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)423
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)421
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)417
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)416
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)410
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)398
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)398
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)394
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)385
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)300
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)12
  • 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 searches440
results were found141
no results found299
navigate0
full present15
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches394
results were found205
no results found189
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches398
results were found92
no results found305
navigate14
full present41
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches398
results were found97
no results found300
navigate11
full present16
search failed1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches514
results were found306
no results found208
navigate53
full present86
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches433
results were found22
no results found411
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches417
results were found185
no results found232
navigate4
full present9
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches487
results were found252
no results found234
navigate28
full present80
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches552
results were found295
no results found257
navigate71
full present133
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches410
results were found83
no results found327
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches416
results were found150
no results found266
navigate7
full present11
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches445
results were found264
no results found181
navigate80
full present120
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches12
results were found0
no results found5
navigate0
full present0
search failed7
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches472
results were found147
no results found325
navigate2
full present59
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches300
results were found190
no results found110
navigate75
full present60
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches467
results were found275
no results found191
navigate85
full present112
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches385
results were found49
no results found336
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches486
results were found291
no results found195
navigate32
full present98
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches429
results were found174
no results found255
navigate19
full present18
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches463
results were found228
no results found228
navigate28
full present92
search failed7
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches438
results were found137
no results found301
navigate2
full present24
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches423
results were found186
no results found237
navigate6
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches423
results were found143
no results found280
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches421
results were found125
no results found296
navigate3
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches505
results were found314
no results found187
navigate152
full present116
search failed4
  • 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
map38
water27
title18
vegetation15
DEM9
cadastre8
bathymetry8
albany7
electricity, grid, transmission7
soils7
geology7
of6
timor6
wetlands6
fishery, shark, timor6
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
sea level3
land administration2
water temperature2
darling scarp2
land tenure in australia rangelands2
aerial photography2
land tenure in rangelands2
houses for sale2
South Australia2
post code2
Data ownership1
protected areas1
forests of australia1
Water-borne Soil Erosion Project1
Free Data Download1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
map51
water38
land35
vegetation29
soil24
title19
of17
australia17
DEM13
erosion13
geology13
use13
timor12
perth11
river11
  • Includes words used in "Phrases".
  • Excludes words used in "ANZLIC Search Words".
  • Excludes common words from the stopword list.

Miscellaneous Statistics

Number of repositories selected for simultaneous search

Number of repositories Occurs
1 repository2406
24 repositories194
23 repositories158
4 repositories44
22 repositories31
3 repositories19
5 repositories18
2 repositories14
25 repositories11
21 repositories5
6 repositories5
15 repositories4
9 repositories3
7 repositories3
8 repositories2
10 repositories1
12 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 73
Single-word search 1728
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 8
Right truncation 2
overlaps-bounding-box 0
within-bounding-box 0
  • 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
Respository not available
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)6
timeout
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1
Record syntax not supported
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3
connection
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)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.