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Modified: 2007-12-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-11

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: 9766
Multiple search fields: 9158
Singular search fields: 608

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-text|full-text8939
full-text608
full-text|full-text|full-text155
full-text|full-text|full-text|+64
  • 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
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)9745
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1142
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1141
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1141
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1140
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1140
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1139
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1139
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1139
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1139
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1139
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1139
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1139
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1139
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1138
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1138
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1136
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1136
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1136
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1136
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1136
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1133
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1131
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1122
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)740
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)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 searches1133
results were found301
no results found824
navigate80
full present82
search failed16
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1139
results were found181
no results found958
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1139
results were found25
no results found1114
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1136
results were found216
no results found920
navigate1
full present11
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1139
results were found58
no results found1081
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1139
results were found359
no results found780
navigate4
full present11
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1138
results were found497
no results found640
navigate14
full present58
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1140
results were found450
no results found690
navigate34
full present114
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1131
results were found193
no results found934
navigate0
full present9
search failed5
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1139
results were found421
no results found715
navigate111
full present58
search failed3
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1139
results were found476
no results found663
navigate11
full present43
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1141
results were found623
no results found517
navigate35
full present109
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1139
results were found388
no results found751
navigate0
full present25
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9745
results were found8756
no results found989
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1141
results were found550
no results found591
navigate54
full present86
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1138
results were found574
no results found560
navigate52
full present26
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1122
results were found118
no results found1004
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1139
results were found504
no results found635
navigate62
full present114
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1140
results were found403
no results found737
navigate9
full present36
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches740
results were found340
no results found399
navigate3
full present56
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches1136
results were found256
no results found880
navigate1
full present11
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1136
results were found377
no results found759
navigate2
full present15
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1136
results were found348
no results found788
navigate5
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1136
results were found241
no results found895
navigate4
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1142
results were found542
no results found600
navigate71
full present88
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
Address, Address8606
water56
land15
murray, salinity10
murray8
native7
tree7
postcode6
DEM6
australia, western, wetlands6
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423, water6
land, livestock, number6
contours5
groundwater5
a*, asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a34235
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Western Australia5
forest groups4
forest group3
Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting2
James Austin2
james nash house2
land use2
National Estate2
local government2
Leigh Ann Lane1
western australia wetlands1
cotton grass1
climate change1
unimproved land value1
native vegetation1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17212
water88
land37
wetlands37
australia29
salinity29
murray28
western22
catchment19
soil18
groundwater15
nsw15
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a342315
south14
queensland14
  • 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 repository10168
25 repositories699
24 repositories430
23 repositories7
20 repositories3
  • 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 69
Single-word search 19130
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 10
Right truncation 12
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)4
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)16
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)5
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
connection
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)3
  • 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.