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Modified: 2004-12-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-11

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: 650
Multiple search fields: 280
Singular search fields: 370

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-text370
full-text|full-text168
full-text|full-text|full-text77
full-text|full-text|full-text|+35
  • 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)643
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)643
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)643
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)643
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)642
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)642
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)641
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)641
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)641
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)640
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)640
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)640
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)638
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)638
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)638
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)637
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)635
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)634
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)632
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)607
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)607
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)607
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)607
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)603
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 searches638
results were found192
no results found446
navigate16
full present14
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches641
results were found292
no results found349
navigate4
full present6
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches632
results were found90
no results found542
navigate7
full present13
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches634
results were found105
no results found529
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches641
results were found321
no results found320
navigate29
full present51
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches640
results were found44
no results found596
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches638
results were found279
no results found359
navigate18
full present16
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches643
results were found303
no results found339
navigate16
full present89
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches643
results were found273
no results found370
navigate37
full present113
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches640
results were found102
no results found538
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches638
results were found219
no results found418
navigate7
full present13
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches643
results were found379
no results found264
navigate62
full present90
search failed0
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 searches641
results were found146
no results found495
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches643
results were found336
no results found306
navigate29
full present76
search failed1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches640
results were found313
no results found327
navigate30
full present65
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches637
results were found66
no results found570
navigate0
full present7
search failed1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches642
results were found322
no results found320
navigate19
full present145
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches635
results were found223
no results found412
navigate2
full present16
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches642
results were found295
no results found346
navigate13
full present70
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches603
results were found130
no results found473
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches607
results were found205
no results found402
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches607
results were found164
no results found443
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches607
results were found131
no results found476
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches607
results were found300
no results found307
navigate32
full present70
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
dem7
wetlands6
soil6
climate6
postcode5
land5
vegetation4
canberra4
water4
land, use4
earthquakes4
bathymetry4
soils4
ibra4
plans, sharing, water3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia5
land use2
cape york2
eyre peninsula1
mclaren vale1
national parks1
shark spine1
Tasmanian Node Coastal Atlas1
fire scars1
tidal stream1
wave data1
post code1
marine parks1
land use data set1
Forestry Tasmania1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land22
vegetation19
water18
australia13
soil13
dem10
queensland8
use8
postcode8
map8
reef7
canberra7
climate7
south7
tasmania6
  • 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 repository1219
24 repositories572
19 repositories27
23 repositories26
22 repositories8
17 repositories4
18 repositories3
21 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 28
Single-word search 1040
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 11
Right truncation 0
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
connection
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)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.