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Modified: 2006-11-06

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-09

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: 835
Multiple search fields: 372
Singular search fields: 463

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-text463
full-text|full-text238
full-text|full-text|full-text93
full-text|full-text|full-text|+41
  • 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)809
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)809
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)806
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)806
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)805
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)804
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)804
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)803
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)803
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)803
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)803
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)803
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)802
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)802
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)802
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)800
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)799
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)794
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)788
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)786
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)786
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)726
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)726
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)725
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)725
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)724
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)461
  • 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 searches803
results were found190
no results found613
navigate3
full present5
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches786
results were found353
no results found432
navigate2
full present6
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches802
results were found147
no results found655
navigate1
full present17
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches802
results were found18
no results found784
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches802
results were found155
no results found647
navigate2
full present7
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches809
results were found400
no results found409
navigate56
full present105
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches803
results were found54
no results found749
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches788
results were found253
no results found531
navigate2
full present13
search failed4
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches461
results were found174
no results found286
navigate11
full present20
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches805
results were found343
no results found462
navigate26
full present149
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches803
results were found107
no results found696
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches800
results were found258
no results found542
navigate22
full present50
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches786
results were found336
no results found447
navigate5
full present59
search failed3
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches804
results were found433
no results found371
navigate48
full present67
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches799
results were found289
no results found510
navigate6
full present30
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches803
results were found138
no results found665
navigate2
full present9
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches806
results were found407
no results found399
navigate233
full present97
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches806
results were found397
no results found401
navigate34
full present58
search failed8
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches803
results were found71
no results found732
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches809
results were found401
no results found408
navigate106
full present170
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches794
results were found260
no results found534
navigate48
full present25
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches804
results were found330
no results found474
navigate5
full present50
search failed13
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches724
results were found161
no results found563
navigate1
full present26
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches726
results were found264
no results found462
navigate5
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches725
results were found222
no results found503
navigate2
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches725
results were found143
no results found582
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches726
results were found361
no results found365
navigate18
full present74
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
"Torres Strait"8
rainfall7
qlwbsndsbe7
geology6
water6
landuse6
corner, our5
contours5
EPA5
brisbane5
road5
vegetation5
mackay4
BOM4
sydney4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Torres Strait8
native vegetation2
Protected Areas of Queensland2
Western Australia2
Land Monitor2
darling scarp2
post codes2
Sydney Basin2
halls creek1
Magnetic Island1
Darling range1
average annual rainfall1
Native Woody Vegetation Mapping of the NSW Wheat-belt1
ball bay1
land cover1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land21
australia21
water16
road15
rainfall14
vegetation13
contours13
Australia12
South12
Land11
western11
south11
cover11
groundwater10
soil10
  • 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 repository1735
26 repositories359
27 repositories354
22 repositories60
20 repositories17
25 repositories11
24 repositories1
21 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 45
Single-word search 1331
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)3
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)5
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)13
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.