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Modified: 2005-03-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-02

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: 751
Multiple search fields: 309
Singular search fields: 442

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-text442
full-text|full-text212
full-text|full-text|full-text70
full-text|full-text|full-text|+27
  • 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
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)736
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)736
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)735
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)733
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)731
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)731
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)730
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)729
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)729
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)729
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)729
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)729
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)729
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)729
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)727
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)727
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)726
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)726
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)726
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)725
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)723
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)723
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)715
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)711
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)701
  • 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 searches736
results were found217
no results found519
navigate10
full present16
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches726
results were found342
no results found384
navigate5
full present10
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches736
results were found108
no results found628
navigate1
full present13
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches735
results were found130
no results found605
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches733
results were found362
no results found371
navigate20
full present44
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches729
results were found53
no results found676
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches723
results were found189
no results found533
navigate57
full present12
search failed1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches730
results were found345
no results found385
navigate13
full present76
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches731
results were found272
no results found459
navigate8
full present88
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches729
results were found90
no results found639
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches729
results were found158
no results found563
navigate9
full present6
search failed8
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches729
results were found406
no results found323
navigate28
full present56
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches715
results were found300
no results found391
navigate0
full present2
search failed24
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches723
results were found156
no results found567
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches731
results were found399
no results found332
navigate51
full present113
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches711
results were found391
no results found315
navigate46
full present49
search failed5
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches701
results were found60
no results found641
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches729
results were found371
no results found358
navigate27
full present160
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches727
results were found285
no results found442
navigate1
full present28
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches729
results were found316
no results found413
navigate25
full present96
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches727
results were found164
no results found562
navigate1
full present13
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches729
results were found252
no results found477
navigate11
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches726
results were found202
no results found524
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches726
results were found156
no results found570
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches725
results were found361
no results found364
navigate19
full present47
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
vegetation15
wetlands6
land, use6
Agriculture6
queensland5
landuse5
survey5
native, vegetation5
contours5
ramsar5
sonar4
15, gridded, second4
perth4
roads4
geology4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
southeast queensland2
soil order2
ibra region2
burnett river2
land use2
Adelaide Hills1
Burnett River1
brisbane forest park1
Fitzroy River1
Queensland coastal waterways geomorphic habitat mapping1
Fleurieu Peninsula1
landuse model1
invasive plant1
housing stock1
port kennedy1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation26
land21
queensland19
marine15
soil13
australia13
use12
river12
native11
south11
wetlands10
seawater9
map9
urban8
temperature8
  • 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 repository1234
25 repositories647
24 repositories73
5 repositories6
22 repositories5
21 repositories2
20 repositories2
  • 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 45
Single-word search 1151
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
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)8
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)14
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)10
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)5
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)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.