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Modified: 2005-04-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-03

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: 856
Multiple search fields: 394
Singular search fields: 462

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-text462
full-text|full-text248
full-text|full-text|full-text103
full-text|full-text|full-text|+43
  • 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
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)838
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)837
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)836
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)834
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)834
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)834
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)833
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)833
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)833
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)833
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)833
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)833
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)833
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)833
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)833
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)833
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)832
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)831
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)830
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)829
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)827
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)826
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)822
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)813
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)750
  • 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 searches833
results were found266
no results found567
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches750
results were found367
no results found378
navigate0
full present12
search failed11
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches827
results were found141
no results found686
navigate27
full present16
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches826
results were found164
no results found662
navigate1
full present12
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches834
results were found423
no results found411
navigate22
full present41
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches833
results were found54
no results found779
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches833
results were found348
no results found485
navigate10
full present13
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches830
results were found387
no results found443
navigate8
full present49
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches834
results were found388
no results found446
navigate38
full present155
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches833
results were found126
no results found707
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches834
results were found305
no results found528
navigate74
full present30
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches832
results were found504
no results found328
navigate31
full present125
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches831
results were found345
no results found446
navigate1
full present2
search failed40
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches833
results were found199
no results found634
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches833
results were found489
no results found344
navigate213
full present120
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches836
results were found471
no results found364
navigate224
full present161
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches822
results were found95
no results found727
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches837
results were found423
no results found414
navigate57
full present137
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches813
results were found320
no results found487
navigate78
full present49
search failed6
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches833
results were found386
no results found447
navigate0
full present43
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches829
results were found195
no results found634
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches833
results were found164
no results found669
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches833
results were found265
no results found568
navigate4
full present7
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches833
results were found229
no results found604
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches838
results were found421
no results found417
navigate43
full present175
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
tasmania12
soil11
marks, survey11
water9
brisbane9
population7
climate7
bankstown6
geology6
roads5
acid5
cadastre4
drainage4
vegetation4
distribution, fish4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
felled timber3
Local Authority2
bankstown map2
villawood detention centre2
nautical chart2
mines hill2
Australian standard geographical classification2
south australia2
shire council2
suspended sediment1
Airborne Laser Scanner1
digital atlas of australian soil1
Australian National Herbaria S1
Spacial Sciences Coalition1
mt lofty1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
soil30
land22
water19
marks16
survey16
nsw16
aerial15
vegetation14
queensland14
map14
tasmania13
fish13
australia12
brisbane12
geology12
  • 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 repository2060
25 repositories707
24 repositories108
23 repositories17
22 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 48
Single-word search 1400
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
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
Respository not available
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)10
Temporary system error
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
timeout
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)6
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)26
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
connection
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)13
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)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.