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Modified: 2008-01-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-12

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: 9850
Multiple search fields: 9440
Singular search fields: 410

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-text9172
full-text410
full-text|full-text|full-text153
full-text|full-text|full-text|+115
  • 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)9843
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)933
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)931
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)929
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)929
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)929
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)929
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)929
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)929
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)929
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)929
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)929
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)929
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)929
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)929
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)928
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)928
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)928
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)924
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)921
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)909
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)909
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)909
(ea-1 )729
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)449
  • 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
(ea-1 )
total searches729
results were found225
no results found490
navigate0
full present26
search failed14
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches929
results were found181
no results found748
navigate0
full present57
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches909
results were found101
no results found808
navigate35
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches909
results were found18
no results found891
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches929
results were found120
no results found809
navigate16
full present5
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches928
results were found32
no results found896
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches909
results were found215
no results found694
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches931
results were found283
no results found648
navigate65
full present91
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches928
results were found94
no results found834
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches929
results were found246
no results found643
navigate6
full present18
search failed40
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches929
results were found280
no results found649
navigate6
full present40
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches928
results were found380
no results found548
navigate37
full present64
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches929
results were found216
no results found713
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9843
results were found9006
no results found837
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches929
results were found352
no results found577
navigate6
full present40
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches924
results were found373
no results found545
navigate29
full present52
search failed6
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches929
results were found73
no results found856
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches921
results were found306
no results found615
navigate51
full present69
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches929
results were found269
no results found660
navigate8
full present36
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches449
results were found184
no results found265
navigate7
full present38
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches929
results were found145
no results found784
navigate7
full present13
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches929
results were found204
no results found725
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches929
results were found196
no results found733
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches929
results were found154
no results found775
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches933
results were found300
no results found633
navigate95
full present155
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, Address8914
water32
stormwater12
land11
community, engagement8
weeds5
"community engagement"5
fishery5
murray, salinity5
australian, classification, geographical, standard4
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423, salinity4
roads4
salt4
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423, salt4
cadastral3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
community engagement5
land care2
community engagement strategy2
local government area2
coastal land2
decision support processes2
atherton tableland2
landscape connectivity2
best management practices1
salt toxicity1
standing water1
murray salinity1
alps to atherton1
controlled air space1
water land1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17829
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423105
water52
salinity40
vegetation36
land35
community30
engagement26
mapping23
management19
wetlands18
environmental16
interception15
australia15
organisations14
  • 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 repository10029
24 repositories663
25 repositories239
21 repositories20
23 repositories7
  • 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 55
Single-word search 19649
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
Right truncation 18
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
Respository not available
(ea-1 )14
timeout
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)40
  • 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.