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Modified: 2006-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-11

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: 730
Multiple search fields: 316
Singular search fields: 414

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-text414
full-text|full-text224
full-text|full-text|full-text70
full-text|full-text|full-text|+22
  • 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)710
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)710
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)710
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)710
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)709
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)709
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)709
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)709
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)709
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)709
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)709
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)708
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)708
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)708
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)708
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)708
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)708
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)708
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)705
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)705
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)704
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)701
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)701
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)470
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)335
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)270
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)209
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)46
  • 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 searches701
results were found221
no results found480
navigate5
full present27
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches270
results were found129
no results found141
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches708
results were found123
no results found585
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches708
results were found19
no results found689
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches708
results were found153
no results found555
navigate1
full present5
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches704
results were found377
no results found326
navigate12
full present77
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches708
results were found40
no results found668
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches710
results were found250
no results found460
navigate12
full present24
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches705
results were found312
no results found393
navigate7
full present37
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches710
results were found335
no results found375
navigate20
full present158
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches701
results were found124
no results found577
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches709
results were found273
no results found436
navigate83
full present84
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches709
results were found347
no results found362
navigate3
full present48
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches709
results were found454
no results found255
navigate153
full present93
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches335
results were found148
no results found187
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches710
results were found148
no results found562
navigate3
full present15
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches46
results were found9
no results found37
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches709
results were found392
no results found317
navigate13
full present68
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches709
results were found384
no results found325
navigate66
full present56
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches470
results were found28
no results found442
navigate5
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches709
results were found356
no results found353
navigate12
full present69
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches209
results were found73
no results found136
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches710
results were found342
no results found368
navigate14
full present55
search failed6
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches708
results were found166
no results found542
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches708
results were found233
no results found475
navigate5
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches709
results were found207
no results found502
navigate1
full present38
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches708
results were found158
no results found550
navigate2
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches705
results were found343
no results found362
navigate11
full present36
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
water8
fauna7
river7
dem6
population6
cadastre6
boundary5
roads5
flood5
coast5
brisbane4
psma4
geology4
postcode4
vegetation4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use2
broad vegetation groups1
local government areas1
queensland border1
broad vegetation groups queensland1
aged care workforce1
woodlands estate1
gauge location1
gauge murray1
yarra glen1
Orielton Lagoon1
NSW population1
National forest1
graticular blocks1
act roads1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
NSW25
land25
soil20
river18
vegetation13
roads11
dem11
australia11
murray10
kangaroo10
road9
water9
areas9
population9
geology8
  • 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 repository1395
24 repositories279
26 repositories209
25 repositories203
23 repositories10
21 repositories6
22 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 18
Single-word search 1128
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 8
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
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)6
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)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.