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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2008-11

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: 9794
Multiple search fields: 9214
Singular search fields: 580

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-text8965
full-text571
full-text|full-text|full-text172
full-text|full-text|full-text|+77
null9
  • 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)9775
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1130
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1127
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1126
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1124
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1124
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1124
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1123
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1123
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1123
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1123
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1123
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1123
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1123
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1123
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1123
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1122
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1118
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1117
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1116
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1114
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1085
  • 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 searches1123
results were found364
no results found759
navigate1
full present28
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1123
results were found118
no results found1005
navigate9
full present6
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1123
results were found22
no results found1101
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1123
results were found124
no results found999
navigate2
full present3
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1127
results were found525
no results found602
navigate75
full present213
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1117
results were found49
no results found1068
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1123
results were found328
no results found793
navigate5
full present14
search failed2
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches1124
results were found435
no results found689
navigate36
full present87
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1126
results were found401
no results found725
navigate13
full present122
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1123
results were found134
no results found989
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1122
results were found341
no results found781
navigate49
full present37
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1123
results were found396
no results found725
navigate2
full present42
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1130
results were found586
no results found544
navigate231
full present349
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1118
results were found347
no results found771
navigate7
full present38
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1123
results were found190
no results found933
navigate1
full present33
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9775
results were found8761
no results found1014
navigate0
full present28
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1085
results were found453
no results found632
navigate16
full present138
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1124
results were found485
no results found633
navigate5
full present70
search failed6
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1123
results were found68
no results found1055
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1114
results were found441
no results found673
navigate75
full present122
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1116
results were found376
no results found740
navigate17
full present87
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1124
results were found447
no results found677
navigate38
full present89
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, Address8652
null20
groundwater10
roads9
water9
salinity7
vegetation7
bathymetry6
bad_bad_value6
rabbits5
road5
hydrogeology5
OR5
biodiversity5
2008, brs4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Murray Darling Basin2
uunhhyhtb vvffrfrfr2
murray darling2
invasive species2
land use2
key threatening process1
glossy black-cockatoo1
species richness1
illawarra ecarpment1
aerial photos1
blue tern1
daly river1
soils maps1
illawarra escarpment1
water salinity1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17304
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a342337
vegetation25
NSW24
water21
nsw21
groundwater17
darling16
AND16
australia15
murray15
map15
urban14
salinity14
geology13
  • 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 repository10774
22 repositories1055
21 repositories68
  • 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 38
Single-word search 19314
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
Right truncation 13
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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)2
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)6
  • 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.