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Modified: 2006-07-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-06

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: 969
Multiple search fields: 443
Singular search fields: 526

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-text526
full-text|full-text279
full-text|full-text|full-text108
full-text|full-text|full-text|+56
  • 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)943
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)943
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)943
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)941
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)941
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)940
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)940
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)940
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)939
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)939
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)939
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)939
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)939
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)938
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)937
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)933
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)933
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)933
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)931
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)853
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)826
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)820
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)817
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)816
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)814
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)678
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)0
  • 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 searches938
results were found219
no results found719
navigate7
full present4
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches943
results were found385
no results found558
navigate2
full present15
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches943
results were found112
no results found831
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches939
results were found129
no results found810
navigate2
full present16
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches940
results were found391
no results found549
navigate79
full present150
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches939
results were found62
no results found877
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches939
results were found298
no results found641
navigate2
full present7
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches939
results were found396
no results found543
navigate21
full present95
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches941
results were found385
no results found556
navigate130
full present255
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches939
results were found127
no results found812
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches941
results were found292
no results found649
navigate51
full present37
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches933
results were found415
no results found518
navigate11
full present54
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches933
results were found527
no results found405
navigate23
full present50
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches826
results were found340
no results found485
navigate1
full present28
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches933
results were found169
no results found764
navigate2
full present20
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches937
results were found490
no results found447
navigate94
full present118
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches931
results were found462
no results found468
navigate57
full present57
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches853
results were found48
no results found805
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches943
results were found459
no results found484
navigate81
full present145
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches940
results were found349
no results found590
navigate18
full present15
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches940
results were found405
no results found535
navigate23
full present64
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches678
results were found131
no results found546
navigate0
full present6
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches816
results were found240
no results found576
navigate11
full present11
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches817
results were found206
no results found608
navigate0
full present2
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches814
results were found142
no results found672
navigate6
full present15
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches820
results were found426
no results found392
navigate53
full present72
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
seagrass9
rainfall8
postcode6
drainage6
ibra6
electoral6
vegetation6
suburb6
lake6
land, use6
electoral, map5
australia5
rivers, tidal5
queensland5
Lynch, vegetation4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Divisional Maps2
Australian Geological Survey Organisation2
Stanley Creek Catchment2
Land Management2
gimpie queensland region2
Surf Life Saving Australia2
magnetic variation1
instream habitat1
gimpie allotment map1
Hemelin Pool1
integrated vegetation1
south wellesley1
department of corrective services1
water management areas1
brady st1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation22
river21
map18
seagrass17
of16
land16
electoral15
boundary13
water13
australia12
wetlands11
murray11
queensland11
soil10
catchment10
  • 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 repository1949
26 repositories519
25 repositories247
21 repositories120
24 repositories42
20 repositories11
3 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 40
Single-word search 1575
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 9
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
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1
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 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)3
connection
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
  • 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.