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Modified: 2006-04-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-03

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: 1045
Multiple search fields: 560
Singular search fields: 485

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-text485
full-text|full-text353
full-text|full-text|full-text150
full-text|full-text|full-text|+57
  • 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
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1025
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1024
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1022
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1021
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1020
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1020
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1020
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1020
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1020
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1020
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1020
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1019
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1018
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1015
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1011
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)989
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)965
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)948
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)945
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)920
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)920
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)917
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)915
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)819
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)682
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)681
  • 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 searches1018
results were found246
no results found772
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1020
results were found422
no results found598
navigate2
full present7
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1020
results were found131
no results found889
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1020
results were found136
no results found884
navigate14
full present4
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1025
results were found463
no results found562
navigate14
full present76
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1020
results were found78
no results found942
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches681
results were found181
no results found500
navigate4
full present27
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches948
results were found374
no results found574
navigate31
full present89
search failed2
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1024
results were found388
no results found636
navigate42
full present224
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1020
results were found141
no results found879
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1020
results were found292
no results found728
navigate34
full present48
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches682
results were found282
no results found400
navigate7
full present36
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches989
results were found520
no results found469
navigate133
full present137
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches965
results were found350
no results found608
navigate24
full present39
search failed11
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1020
results were found179
no results found841
navigate2
full present19
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1021
results were found500
no results found521
navigate39
full present150
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1011
results were found467
no results found542
navigate28
full present68
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches945
results were found69
no results found876
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1022
results were found487
no results found535
navigate79
full present164
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1019
results were found355
no results found663
navigate4
full present46
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1015
results were found431
no results found584
navigate3
full present76
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches819
results were found126
no results found679
navigate4
full present26
search failed14
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches920
results were found284
no results found623
navigate15
full present10
search failed13
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches917
results were found225
no results found679
navigate0
full present1
search failed13
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches915
results were found152
no results found752
navigate3
full present1
search failed11
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches920
results were found413
no results found495
navigate56
full present69
search failed12
  • 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
DCDB8
postcode6
onkaparinga6
Australia, South6
geology6
canberra6
conductivity, hydraulic, soil5
soil5
coastline5
salinity5
boundaries, electoral4
planning, town4
oceanography4
native, title4
ramsar4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia4
South Australia4
Gippsland land use4
Gippsland Land Use3
land use3
rivers through forrest2
measured quality2
dissolved oxygen2
groundflow systems2
National Action Plan1
Costal Waters1
dryland salinity1
south east queensland1
dip sites1
acid sulphate soils1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
soil24
land22
boundaries18
australia17
of17
south17
salinity14
river14
use14
water13
vegetation13
queensland12
soils11
Australia10
fire10
  • 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 repository1924
26 repositories450
23 repositories163
25 repositories151
24 repositories144
21 repositories75
18 repositories14
22 repositories11
19 repositories11
13 repositories1
  • 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 67
Single-word search 1801
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 4
Right truncation 0
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
Respository not available
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)2
timeout
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)12
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)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)13
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)11
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)10
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)13
connection
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)4
  • 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.