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Modified: 2005-07-14

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-06

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: 774
Multiple search fields: 382
Singular search fields: 392

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-text392
full-text|full-text227
full-text|full-text|full-text100
full-text|full-text|full-text|+55
  • 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)756
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)756
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)755
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)754
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)754
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)754
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)752
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)752
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)752
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)751
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)751
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)750
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)750
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)750
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)750
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)750
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)750
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)750
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)750
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)750
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)746
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)741
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)741
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)729
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)601
  • 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 searches754
results were found213
no results found541
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches729
results were found341
no results found388
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches754
results were found96
no results found658
navigate1
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches754
results were found106
no results found648
navigate6
full present6
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches756
results were found387
no results found369
navigate26
full present64
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches750
results were found57
no results found693
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches750
results were found173
no results found566
navigate1
full present2
search failed11
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches751
results were found360
no results found391
navigate44
full present67
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches756
results were found326
no results found430
navigate36
full present181
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches750
results were found99
no results found651
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches750
results were found307
no results found439
navigate0
full present23
search failed4
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches752
results were found451
no results found301
navigate19
full present64
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches741
results were found311
no results found380
navigate0
full present0
search failed50
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches750
results were found157
no results found593
navigate7
full present22
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches752
results were found393
no results found359
navigate69
full present82
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches741
results were found386
no results found352
navigate28
full present67
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches746
results were found59
no results found687
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches755
results were found361
no results found394
navigate54
full present130
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches601
results were found170
no results found370
navigate30
full present53
search failed61
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches750
results were found330
no results found420
navigate21
full present47
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches750
results were found172
no results found578
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches751
results were found124
no results found626
navigate6
full present16
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches750
results were found266
no results found484
navigate13
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches750
results were found198
no results found552
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches752
results were found372
no results found380
navigate7
full present36
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
tasmania15
land, use12
Information, National, System, Vegetation10
roads8
geology6
landuse5
land4
Australia, Digital, Elevation, Model4
flora, threatened4
soil4
geology, qld4
soils4
mundaring4
vegetation4
postcode3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia4
queensland transport2
Vegetation of the Australian Tropical Savannas2
arid zone2
groundwater flow systems2
indocators of catchment condition2
ortho photo1
postcode classification1
water table1
native vegetation1
agriculture landuse1
postcode class1
northern territory1
Byron Bay1
land cover1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land36
australia27
soil26
south24
tasmania19
water19
vegetation17
use17
geology17
Vegetation15
of14
road13
soils12
queensland11
National11
  • 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 repository1301
25 repositories571
24 repositories163
23 repositories16
5 repositories4
  • 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 44
Single-word search 1346
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
Right truncation 2
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
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)39
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)4
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)11
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)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)11
protocol
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)61
  • 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.