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Modified: 2005-01-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-12

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: 505
Multiple search fields: 238
Singular search fields: 267

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-text267
full-text|full-text148
full-text|full-text|full-text53
full-text|full-text|full-text|+37
  • 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
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)487
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)487
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)485
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)484
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)483
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)482
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)482
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)482
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)482
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)482
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)481
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)481
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)481
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)480
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)479
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)479
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)479
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)479
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)478
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)476
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)473
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)471
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)453
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)262
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)59
  • 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 searches481
results were found123
no results found358
navigate5
full present9
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches482
results were found227
no results found255
navigate1
full present13
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches483
results were found79
no results found404
navigate2
full present14
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches482
results were found89
no results found393
navigate5
full present6
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches487
results were found216
no results found271
navigate34
full present30
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches482
results were found38
no results found444
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches473
results were found252
no results found220
navigate1
full present16
search failed1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches482
results were found204
no results found278
navigate9
full present35
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches485
results were found218
no results found267
navigate34
full present96
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches481
results were found81
no results found400
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches471
results were found240
no results found230
navigate17
full present22
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches481
results were found243
no results found238
navigate26
full present32
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches59
results were found0
no results found55
navigate0
full present0
search failed4
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches480
results were found109
no results found371
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches487
results were found253
no results found234
navigate93
full present132
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches484
results were found211
no results found270
navigate36
full present59
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches262
results were found31
no results found231
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches482
results were found233
no results found249
navigate40
full present93
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches453
results were found169
no results found284
navigate7
full present35
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches478
results were found198
no results found280
navigate4
full present35
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches476
results were found85
no results found391
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches479
results were found155
no results found324
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches479
results were found113
no results found366
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches479
results were found95
no results found384
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches479
results were found209
no results found270
navigate0
full present37
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
Tide7
soil6
nitrogen, phosphorus6
geodetic6
StreetPro6
mapinfo6
minerals, petroleum, rocks5
north, petroleum, shelf, west5
cooper, creek, geology4
tasmania4
queensland3
basin, cooper, petroleum3
topographic3
Vegetation, WHA3
geology, north, shelf, west3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
postcode boundaries2
Forests of Australia2
north west shelf2
northern prawn fisheries monitoring project2
liverpool plains2
farm dams1
soil layer1
mount direction1
postal areas1
postcode mapping1
biosphere reserve1
channel wetland vegetation1
Regional Ecosystem1
geographic bounding1
regions travel survey1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
geology21
petroleum19
cooper17
west16
basin15
shelf15
north15
water13
soil12
minerals8
rocks7
tasmania7
Tide7
land7
boundaries7
  • 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 repository1034
24 repositories236
23 repositories165
25 repositories36
22 repositories34
21 repositories7
19 repositories3
13 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 24
Single-word search 850
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
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
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)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.