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Modified: 2005-06-10

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-05

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: 1018
Multiple search fields: 511
Singular search fields: 507

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-text507
full-text|full-text309
full-text|full-text|full-text132
full-text|full-text|full-text|+70
  • 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)1004
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1004
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1003
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1001
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1001
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1001
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1001
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1001
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1001
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1000
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1000
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)999
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)995
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)995
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)993
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)992
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)968
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)961
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)942
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)942
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)942
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)941
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)936
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)714
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)685
  • 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 searches1001
results were found221
no results found780
navigate22
full present11
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches993
results were found369
no results found623
navigate1
full present52
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1001
results were found94
no results found907
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1001
results were found115
no results found886
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1003
results were found439
no results found564
navigate37
full present57
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1001
results were found42
no results found959
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches992
results were found295
no results found676
navigate1
full present9
search failed21
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1000
results were found418
no results found580
navigate12
full present99
search failed2
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1004
results were found361
no results found643
navigate21
full present147
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1001
results were found134
no results found867
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches961
results were found350
no results found605
navigate3
full present23
search failed6
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches995
results were found559
no results found436
navigate81
full present203
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches968
results were found330
no results found579
navigate0
full present19
search failed59
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1001
results were found166
no results found835
navigate0
full present31
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1004
results were found503
no results found501
navigate84
full present152
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1000
results were found484
no results found512
navigate118
full present98
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches714
results were found42
no results found672
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches999
results were found424
no results found575
navigate21
full present144
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches995
results were found294
no results found701
navigate31
full present48
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches685
results were found278
no results found407
navigate4
full present42
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches942
results were found153
no results found789
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches942
results were found156
no results found785
navigate0
full present33
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches941
results were found290
no results found651
navigate19
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches942
results were found208
no results found734
navigate1
full present17
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches936
results were found402
no results found533
navigate11
full present66
search failed1
  • 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
soil10
roads9
geology7
water6
brisbane6
planning6
landuse6
postcode6
adelaide5
landsat5
cover, land5
wetlands5
coastline4
hydrography4
topographic4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
vegetation cover3
version 6.13
electoral boundaries2
aerial photographs2
lake macquarie2
storm water catchment boudaries2
fire management1
murray darling1
fuel load1
South West Rocks1
Vegetation Survey1
topographic map1
State Heritage Register1
directory of important wetlands1
True North1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation35
soil30
council24
land21
NSW20
shire17
queensland17
soils16
australia15
cover13
water13
nsw12
geology11
wetlands11
roads11
  • 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 repository1779
25 repositories547
23 repositories214
24 repositories149
22 repositories32
20 repositories23
19 repositories20
18 repositories16
  • 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 52
Single-word search 1760
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 7
Right truncation 6
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)42
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)5
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)17
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)2
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)21
  • 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.