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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-01

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: 9807
Multiple search fields: 9492
Singular search fields: 315

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-text9283
full-text315
full-text|full-text|full-text170
full-text|full-text|full-text|+39
  • 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)9791
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)745
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)744
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)744
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)744
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)743
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)743
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)743
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)743
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)742
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)742
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)742
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)741
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)739
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)738
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)737
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)725
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)705
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)671
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)671
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)665
(marlin-2 )407
  • 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
(marlin-2 )
total searches407
results were found159
no results found246
navigate21
full present33
search failed2
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches725
results were found245
no results found480
navigate1
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches671
results were found66
no results found605
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches665
results were found8
no results found657
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches671
results were found73
no results found598
navigate7
full present3
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches744
results were found344
no results found400
navigate24
full present156
search failed2
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches742
results were found33
no results found709
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches737
results were found249
no results found486
navigate19
full present24
search failed2
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches743
results were found325
no results found418
navigate31
full present71
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches744
results were found250
no results found494
navigate15
full present86
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches705
results were found60
no results found645
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches741
results were found207
no results found534
navigate15
full present18
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches742
results were found345
no results found396
navigate6
full present235
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches738
results were found201
no results found537
navigate0
full present27
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches743
results were found112
no results found631
navigate1
full present19
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9791
results were found9123
no results found668
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches745
results were found291
no results found454
navigate35
full present137
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches743
results were found304
no results found434
navigate84
full present108
search failed5
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches739
results were found40
no results found699
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches744
results were found296
no results found448
navigate6
full present73
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches742
results were found218
no results found524
navigate17
full present54
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches743
results were found317
no results found426
navigate13
full present60
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, Address9052
Air, pollution37
population8
water7
soil5
cadastre4
transport4
climate4
geology4
biodiversity4
land, use4
DEM, DTM4
victoria3
brisbane3
towns3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Land use of Australia2
Western Australia2
Australian Pest Animal Management Program1
Murray-Darling Basin Waterbodies Supply Interim Data1
stakeholder analysis1
Cape York1
Bureau of statistics 20061
Australian Bureau of statistics 20061
land use1
northern territory1
public drinking1
catchment management authority1
agro-ecological regions1
anabranch system1
Yorke Peninsula1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address18104
Air37
pollution37
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a342322
land21
water17
soil15
australia13
population10
management10
victoria10
clearing9
vegetation9
melbourne8
roads8
  • 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 repository10497
22 repositories347
21 repositories288
18 repositories50
20 repositories35
19 repositories22
  • 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 19547
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
Right truncation 2
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
(marlin-2 )1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)2
connection
(marlin-2 )1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)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.