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Modified: 2008-06-11

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2008-05

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: 9596
Multiple search fields: 9118
Singular search fields: 478

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-text8886
full-text478
full-text|full-text|full-text171
full-text|full-text|full-text|+61
  • 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)9570
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)936
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)936
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)936
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)935
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)934
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)934
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)933
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)933
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)932
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)932
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)932
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)932
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)932
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)932
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)932
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)932
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)932
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)931
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)929
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)929
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)918
  • 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 searches929
results were found322
no results found607
navigate1
full present20
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches932
results were found146
no results found786
navigate26
full present10
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches932
results were found20
no results found912
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches932
results were found166
no results found766
navigate4
full present15
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches932
results were found500
no results found432
navigate79
full present172
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches932
results were found71
no results found861
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches932
results were found323
no results found609
navigate0
full present22
search failed0
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches933
results were found434
no results found499
navigate22
full present69
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches934
results were found410
no results found524
navigate39
full present119
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches929
results were found157
no results found772
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches936
results were found332
no results found602
navigate36
full present73
search failed2
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches932
results were found443
no results found489
navigate5
full present51
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches934
results were found558
no results found376
navigate59
full present119
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches931
results were found341
no results found590
navigate0
full present51
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches932
results were found210
no results found722
navigate2
full present17
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9570
results were found8736
no results found834
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches936
results were found529
no results found407
navigate96
full present152
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches936
results were found488
no results found445
navigate96
full present61
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches932
results were found65
no results found867
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches935
results were found442
no results found493
navigate86
full present132
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches933
results were found407
no results found526
navigate34
full present65
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches918
results were found414
no results found503
navigate16
full present59
search failed1
  • 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, Address8638
soil9
water8
irrigation6
flora6
heritage6
elevation6
namoi5
bathymetry5
climate5
canberra5
vegetation5
groundwater5
wetlands5
tenure4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
local government1
crown damage index1
new south wales1
lake eyre basin1
spring hill1
spoilage of shelflife of goldband snapper1
william creek1
cape york1
Bat Banding Scheme Database1
Crown Point1
Cressy Road1
land use1
Australian Antarctic Division1
Australian Bird1
stock routes1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17276
soil23
of21
land18
water16
australia15
queensland14
vegetation12
river11
road11
tasmania11
roads11
wetlands11
heritage11
Australia11
  • 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 repository10498
22 repositories909
21 repositories20
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 23
Single-word search 18998
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 8
Right truncation 3
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 Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
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)2
  • 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.