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Modified: 2006-11-06

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-08

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: 1055
Multiple search fields: 550
Singular search fields: 505

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-text505
full-text|full-text342
full-text|full-text|full-text134
full-text|full-text|full-text|+74
  • 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
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1034
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1034
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1034
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1033
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1033
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1033
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1033
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1032
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1032
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1032
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1032
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1032
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1031
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1031
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1030
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1030
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1030
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1030
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1029
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1028
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1026
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1021
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1021
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1020
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1017
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)996
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)988
  • 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 searches1031
results were found297
no results found734
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1034
results were found498
no results found536
navigate14
full present34
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1032
results were found158
no results found874
navigate4
full present4
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1032
results were found33
no results found999
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1032
results were found181
no results found851
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1030
results were found562
no results found465
navigate119
full present149
search failed14
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1032
results were found50
no results found982
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1032
results were found367
no results found664
navigate7
full present17
search failed1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches988
results were found491
no results found497
navigate45
full present93
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1021
results were found484
no results found537
navigate38
full present290
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1021
results were found166
no results found852
navigate0
full present1
search failed3
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1034
results were found399
no results found634
navigate17
full present51
search failed1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1034
results were found504
no results found529
navigate4
full present37
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1033
results were found626
no results found407
navigate59
full present71
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches996
results were found486
no results found510
navigate2
full present25
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1033
results were found258
no results found775
navigate0
full present24
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1033
results were found591
no results found442
navigate145
full present185
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1029
results were found572
no results found453
navigate76
full present86
search failed5
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1017
results were found111
no results found906
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1030
results were found543
no results found487
navigate12
full present115
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1033
results were found455
no results found578
navigate19
full present41
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1026
results were found487
no results found539
navigate11
full present45
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches1020
results were found290
no results found730
navigate0
full present16
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1031
results were found410
no results found621
navigate3
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1030
results were found346
no results found684
navigate4
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1030
results were found325
no results found705
navigate1
full present19
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1028
results were found588
no results found440
navigate44
full present170
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
water32
native, vegetation23
marine15
seagrass14
natural, resources12
roads10
kalgoorlie8
temperature7
bom6
salinity6
vegetation6
dem6
soil6
postcode5
cadastre5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
spatial waterset3
nested catchments3
land cover change3
natural resources2
vegetation cover2
wild rivers2
places of interest2
western australia2
south australia2
toxic waste1
irrigated land suitability of the Lockyer Valley alluvial plains1
lowest tide1
Cape York1
one tree hill1
climate change1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
water64
vegetation50
native43
queensland28
land28
natural25
resources22
seagrass21
soil21
marine18
use17
of15
spatial15
zone13
tasmania13
  • 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 repository2151
27 repositories886
26 repositories125
25 repositories12
22 repositories7
17 repositories3
24 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 54
Single-word search 1846
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)3
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)14
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)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.