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Modified: 2005-10-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-09

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: 1288
Multiple search fields: 666
Singular search fields: 622

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-text622
full-text|full-text377
full-text|full-text|full-text171
full-text|full-text|full-text|+118
  • 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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1266
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1261
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1260
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1259
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1257
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1257
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1257
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1257
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1256
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1256
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1256
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1256
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1256
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1256
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1256
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1256
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1255
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1255
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1252
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1252
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1250
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1247
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1223
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1223
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1221
  • 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 searches1256
results were found337
no results found918
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1221
results were found613
no results found608
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1223
results were found201
no results found1022
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1223
results were found224
no results found999
navigate2
full present8
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1256
results were found667
no results found585
navigate17
full present81
search failed7
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1256
results were found65
no results found1191
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1257
results were found481
no results found770
navigate1
full present19
search failed6
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1257
results were found643
no results found614
navigate10
full present69
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1260
results were found607
no results found653
navigate59
full present336
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1252
results were found210
no results found1041
navigate0
full present8
search failed1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1256
results were found665
no results found589
navigate30
full present56
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1257
results were found746
no results found511
navigate60
full present61
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1250
results were found576
no results found571
navigate4
full present0
search failed103
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1256
results were found324
no results found932
navigate0
full present47
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1256
results were found709
no results found547
navigate53
full present100
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1257
results were found674
no results found580
navigate33
full present71
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1252
results were found136
no results found1116
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1261
results were found713
no results found548
navigate102
full present280
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1266
results were found373
no results found696
navigate54
full present70
search failed197
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1247
results were found602
no results found644
navigate34
full present99
search failed1
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1255
results were found401
no results found852
navigate1
full present16
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches1256
results were found358
no results found896
navigate4
full present29
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1255
results were found501
no results found752
navigate1
full present15
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1256
results were found491
no results found763
navigate1
full present69
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1259
results were found747
no results found510
navigate90
full present216
search failed2
  • 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
water33
native, vegetation32
seagrass28
marine25
natural, resources24
bush, forever20
2000, bush, forever11
groundwater9
contours9
vegetation8
soil8
postcode7
natural, resource7
bioregion7
soils7
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
native vegetation3
COAST LINE3
native title2
tully heads2
new zealand1
geospatial databases1
south australian spatial datasets1
trig station1
groundwater karratha1
water body1
rivett act water1
land systems1
Port Sorell estuary1
soil order1
tagging sharks1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water99
vegetation84
native57
spatial56
seagrass51
marine50
natural44
south42
australia37
datasets36
forever35
bush33
resources28
land26
Australian25
  • 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 repository2260
25 repositories1162
24 repositories61
23 repositories28
22 repositories5
  • 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 42
Single-word search 2351
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 6
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
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)2
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)2
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)7
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)63
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)2
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)2
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)40
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)6
protocol
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)197
  • 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.