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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2008-08

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: 9899
Multiple search fields: 9435
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-text|full-text9153
full-text464
full-text|full-text|full-text211
full-text|full-text|full-text|+71
  • 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)9877
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1067
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1067
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1066
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1065
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1064
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1064
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1063
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1063
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1063
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1063
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1062
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1061
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1059
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1058
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1057
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1056
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1053
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1053
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)998
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)984
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)969
  • 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 searches1063
results were found328
no results found734
navigate5
full present25
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1061
results were found128
no results found932
navigate17
full present7
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1063
results were found16
no results found1046
navigate0
full present2
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1053
results were found143
no results found909
navigate1
full present6
search failed1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1063
results were found448
no results found614
navigate14
full present134
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1064
results were found44
no results found1019
navigate0
full present2
search failed1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1057
results were found334
no results found722
navigate1
full present20
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches1056
results were found394
no results found661
navigate21
full present64
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1066
results were found355
no results found710
navigate3
full present70
search failed1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1063
results were found151
no results found911
navigate0
full present4
search failed1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches984
results were found296
no results found686
navigate60
full present73
search failed2
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1058
results were found395
no results found662
navigate5
full present57
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1067
results were found482
no results found584
navigate34
full present66
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1053
results were found296
no results found756
navigate2
full present16
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1064
results were found169
no results found894
navigate6
full present22
search failed1
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9877
results were found8917
no results found959
navigate0
full present5
search failed1
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1067
results were found466
no results found600
navigate15
full present68
search failed1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1065
results were found434
no results found630
navigate16
full present47
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches969
results were found84
no results found884
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1059
results were found404
no results found654
navigate86
full present148
search failed1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches998
results were found338
no results found659
navigate20
full present44
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1062
results were found402
no results found658
navigate16
full present102
search failed2
  • 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, Address8824
water28
usage, water19
soil7
land6
australia, south6
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423, water6
native, title5
health5
salinity5
groundwater5
cadastre5
bathymetry4
"land cover"4
vegetation4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land cover4
water usage3
south australia3
western australia2
Bush Fire Services Stations2
queensland health districts1
land council1
administrative boundaries1
native vegetation1
Planning Zones1
water usuage1
Digital Elevation1
Smith Creek1
heather mcginness1
aesthetic values1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17648
water80
land31
usage23
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a342322
australia21
vegetation19
queensland17
south16
soil15
victoria12
native11
marine11
river11
tasmania11
  • 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 repository10139
22 repositories769
21 repositories262
20 repositories32
19 repositories2
  • 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 53
Single-word search 19642
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 15
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
connection
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1
protocol
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)1
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)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.