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Modified: 2007-04-04

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-03

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: 875
Multiple search fields: 411
Singular search fields: 464

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-text232
full-text|full-text|full-text123
full-text|full-text|full-text|+56
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  • 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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)860
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)858
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)858
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)857
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)857
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)857
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)856
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)856
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)856
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)856
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)856
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)856
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)856
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)856
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)856
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)855
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)851
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)851
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)850
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)849
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)841
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)823
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)823
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)823
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)823
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)820
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)820
  • 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 searches850
results were found240
no results found610
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches856
results were found106
no results found750
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches855
results were found18
no results found837
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches857
results were found126
no results found731
navigate4
full present5
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches856
results were found415
no results found441
navigate180
full present135
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches856
results were found47
no results found809
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches851
results were found284
no results found567
navigate44
full present14
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches857
results were found366
no results found491
navigate16
full present52
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches858
results were found387
no results found471
navigate10
full present155
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches849
results were found110
no results found739
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches856
results were found313
no results found542
navigate76
full present106
search failed1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches851
results were found372
no results found479
navigate4
full present43
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches858
results were found493
no results found365
navigate83
full present75
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches856
results were found351
no results found505
navigate3
full present15
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches856
results were found180
no results found676
navigate0
full present20
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches820
results were found87
no results found733
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches841
results were found430
no results found411
navigate101
full present72
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches860
results were found453
no results found407
navigate76
full present74
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches856
results were found73
no results found783
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches856
results were found402
no results found454
navigate12
full present95
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches857
results were found344
no results found513
navigate55
full present45
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches856
results were found384
no results found472
navigate3
full present85
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches820
results were found169
no results found651
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches823
results were found278
no results found545
navigate4
full present9
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches823
results were found222
no results found601
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches823
results were found191
no results found632
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches823
results were found398
no results found425
navigate12
full present51
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
wetlands9
water9
australia6
land, use6
basin, darling, murray6
soil5
lidar5
mapinfo5
srtm5
postcode4
roads4
dem4
acid, soils, sulfate4
bathymetry4
tourism4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
fitzroy river2
Major Water Resources Infrastructure2
australian electoral commission2
shoalwater bay2
lift code2
high water2
wind direction1
surface water management areas1
Gippsland Land Use1
bremer onshore wells1
state controlled road network1
public lands 20031
tenure 20031
land systems1
australian postcodes1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
australia32
land25
water24
south17
use14
soil13
elevation13
native13
queensland12
vegetation12
basin11
road11
western11
river10
murray10
  • 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 repository1805
27 repositories776
22 repositories33
25 repositories27
26 repositories14
24 repositories6
  • 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 41
Single-word search 1477
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 8
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
connection
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.