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Modified: 2004-11-02

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-09

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: 1031
Multiple search fields: 460
Singular search fields: 571

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-text571
full-text|full-text263
full-text|full-text|full-text113
full-text|full-text|full-text|+84
  • 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)886
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)878
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)874
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)873
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)872
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)870
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)870
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)865
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)863
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)858
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)855
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)853
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)851
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)851
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)850
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)850
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)849
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)844
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)844
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)843
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)842
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)842
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)799
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)610
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)0
  • 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 searches863
results were found244
no results found619
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches844
results were found354
no results found490
navigate1
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches853
results were found175
no results found678
navigate3
full present21
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches858
results were found193
no results found665
navigate4
full present10
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches873
results were found443
no results found430
navigate47
full present105
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches851
results were found48
no results found803
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches843
results were found323
no results found517
navigate3
full present12
search failed3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches872
results were found433
no results found438
navigate24
full present80
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches886
results were found369
no results found517
navigate18
full present147
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches850
results were found149
no results found701
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches849
results were found314
no results found534
navigate15
full present25
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches799
results were found448
no results found350
navigate105
full present101
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches865
results were found210
no results found655
navigate1
full present23
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches878
results were found507
no results found371
navigate160
full present146
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches870
results were found456
no results found412
navigate32
full present72
search failed2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches610
results were found82
no results found527
navigate0
full present5
search failed1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches870
results were found451
no results found419
navigate73
full present132
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches874
results were found353
no results found520
navigate13
full present37
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches855
results were found396
no results found458
navigate27
full present76
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches851
results were found252
no results found599
navigate14
full present28
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches842
results were found334
no results found508
navigate1
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches844
results were found316
no results found528
navigate1
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches842
results were found249
no results found593
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches850
results were found484
no results found366
navigate18
full present158
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
water36
native, vegetation13
seagrass13
marine11
theme, water9
soil8
roads7
vegetation7
melbourne7
natural, resources6
topographic6
geology6
salinity5
soils5
postcode5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
World Heritage4
western australia3
WA spataial data sets3
native vegetation theme2
under 42
hunters hill2
street names2
major rock types2
rare plant2
south east queensland geological units2
data on disk1
soil landscape1
Water theme1
Historic town1
great dividing range1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water94
theme49
vegetation43
spatial35
WA31
datasets30
native26
queensland25
australia24
marine22
data22
soil19
geology19
south18
natural18
  • 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 repository1946
24 repositories581
23 repositories183
22 repositories70
4 repositories12
19 repositories11
2 repositories5
5 repositories4
8 repositories3
21 repositories3
12 repositories2
11 repositories2
6 repositories2
9 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 80
Single-word search 1785
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 1
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
timeout
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3
  • 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.