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Modified: 2006-01-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-12

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: 557
Multiple search fields: 241
Singular search fields: 316

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-text316
full-text|full-text184
full-text|full-text|full-text39
full-text|full-text|full-text|+18
  • 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)553
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)549
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)549
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)549
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)548
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)548
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)548
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)548
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)548
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)548
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)548
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)548
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)547
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)547
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)545
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)545
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)545
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)545
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)545
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)544
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)543
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)542
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)530
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)482
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)482
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)464
  • 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 searches548
results were found152
no results found396
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches542
results were found235
no results found307
navigate3
full present6
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches548
results were found79
no results found469
navigate3
full present16
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches548
results were found90
no results found458
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches549
results were found294
no results found255
navigate1
full present67
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches548
results were found35
no results found513
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches482
results were found145
no results found334
navigate0
full present9
search failed3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches530
results were found254
no results found276
navigate2
full present49
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches553
results were found255
no results found298
navigate20
full present109
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches543
results were found97
no results found446
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches549
results were found184
no results found365
navigate14
full present31
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches482
results were found235
no results found247
navigate6
full present21
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches547
results were found343
no results found204
navigate78
full present50
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches464
results were found200
no results found254
navigate5
full present10
search failed10
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches547
results were found123
no results found424
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches548
results were found309
no results found239
navigate3
full present37
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches548
results were found279
no results found269
navigate19
full present42
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches548
results were found42
no results found506
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches549
results were found277
no results found272
navigate24
full present83
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches548
results were found203
no results found342
navigate12
full present10
search failed3
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches544
results were found242
no results found301
navigate7
full present29
search failed1
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches545
results were found116
no results found429
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches545
results were found108
no results found437
navigate6
full present15
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches545
results were found193
no results found352
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches545
results were found153
no results found392
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches545
results were found292
no results found253
navigate1
full present41
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
soil10
tasmania6
water5
profit5
topography5
carnarvon, flood4
postcode4
cover, integrated, vegetation4
nvis4
shire, tweed4
dcdb4
bades4
brisbane4
ANZWA14100000713
data, topography3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
tweed shire3
Survey Control Station*2
ward island2
South Australia2
murray darling basin1
height above sea level1
catchment management board1
land capability1
Landsat 20041
Ellipsoid Height1
digital elevetion model1
land use1
kangaroo flat1
local government areas1
catchment management authority1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
soil14
land14
vegetation12
topography11
shire10
australia10
river9
water9
tweed9
tasmania8
digital8
profit7
cover7
port7
data6
  • 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 repository885
26 repositories381
25 repositories85
24 repositories76
23 repositories3
19 repositories3
  • 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 26
Single-word search 828
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 38
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
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)9
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
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)3
  • 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.