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Modified: 2005-12-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-11

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: 1007
Multiple search fields: 529
Singular search fields: 478

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-text478
full-text|full-text303
full-text|full-text|full-text138
full-text|full-text|full-text|+88
  • 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
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)984
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)984
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)984
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)982
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)982
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)980
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)980
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)980
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)980
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)980
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)980
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)977
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)977
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)974
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)974
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)964
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)963
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)959
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)955
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)955
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)955
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)824
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)816
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)815
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)809
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)809
  • 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 searches980
results were found267
no results found713
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches959
results were found419
no results found540
navigate1
full present4
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches974
results were found130
no results found844
navigate39
full present23
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches974
results were found143
no results found831
navigate22
full present15
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches984
results were found479
no results found505
navigate50
full present166
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches980
results were found51
no results found929
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches977
results were found276
no results found687
navigate14
full present34
search failed14
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches982
results were found442
no results found540
navigate30
full present91
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches984
results were found397
no results found587
navigate19
full present159
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches980
results were found109
no results found871
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches955
results were found271
no results found684
navigate32
full present50
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches977
results were found429
no results found546
navigate10
full present39
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches964
results were found562
no results found402
navigate452
full present319
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches955
results were found345
no results found530
navigate5
full present7
search failed80
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches980
results were found171
no results found809
navigate1
full present21
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches982
results were found496
no results found486
navigate26
full present79
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches980
results were found482
no results found487
navigate10
full present79
search failed11
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches980
results were found80
no results found900
navigate0
full present15
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches984
results were found465
no results found519
navigate45
full present132
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches955
results were found322
no results found633
navigate74
full present92
search failed2
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches963
results were found372
no results found591
navigate6
full present87
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches824
results were found160
no results found662
navigate0
full present1
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches815
results were found138
no results found675
navigate3
full present19
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches816
results were found256
no results found558
navigate0
full present15
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches809
results were found199
no results found608
navigate0
full present8
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches809
results were found380
no results found427
navigate1
full present43
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
arafura, timor11
tasmania7
forest7
bathymetry7
balonne7
cadastre6
quality, water6
profit6
elevation6
West*, river*, sydney6
DEM6
water5
balonne, vegetation5
land5
salinity4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
adelaide hills4
estuary NSW4
estuarine macrophytes4
Mount Hawthorn2
high resolution2
land use2
mangrove NSW2
national parks2
land use queensland1
Leeuwin current1
Land Services1
curtin university1
new south wales soil types1
derived postal areas1
nsw soil types1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
sydney43
mangrove37
NSW36
land35
West*34
vegetation30
tasmania27
water20
soil18
timor17
National17
estuary17
balonne16
nsw15
arafura15
  • 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 repository2385
26 repositories661
21 repositories156
25 repositories132
24 repositories20
23 repositories11
  • 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 58
Single-word search 1842
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 9
Right truncation 59
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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)2
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)43
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
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
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)37
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)10
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)14
  • 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.