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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-02

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: 9574
Multiple search fields: 9173
Singular search fields: 401

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-text9008
full-text401
full-text|full-text|full-text119
full-text|full-text|full-text|+46
  • 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)9550
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1380
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1380
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1379
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1378
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1378
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1378
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1377
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1377
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1377
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1377
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1377
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1377
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1377
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1373
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1373
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1372
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1353
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1332
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1125
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1125
  • 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 searches1380
results were found890
no results found490
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1377
results were found74
no results found1303
navigate14
full present15
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1377
results were found13
no results found1364
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1377
results were found46
no results found1331
navigate9
full present3
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1125
results were found809
no results found316
navigate1
full present127
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1377
results were found57
no results found1320
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1377
results were found906
no results found471
navigate0
full present17
search failed0
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches1378
results were found995
no results found383
navigate13
full present98
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1377
results were found330
no results found1047
navigate23
full present91
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1377
results were found113
no results found1264
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1372
results were found251
no results found1121
navigate1
full present25
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1332
results were found1011
no results found320
navigate53
full present226
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1353
results were found260
no results found1092
navigate0
full present22
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1125
results were found136
no results found989
navigate0
full present20
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9550
results were found8263
no results found1287
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1380
results were found364
no results found1016
navigate15
full present132
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1378
results were found370
no results found1002
navigate10
full present36
search failed6
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1373
results were found46
no results found1327
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1378
results were found954
no results found424
navigate12
full present108
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1379
results were found310
no results found1069
navigate87
full present89
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1373
results were found948
no results found423
navigate13
full present92
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, Address8180
Air, pollution621
perth14
postcode7
native, vegetation6
population6
vegetation5
melbourne5
road5
water5
victoria5
rainfall4
erosion4
elevation4
tasmania4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Mapping of Pre-clearing Vegetation Communities2
direct normal irrandiation1
weed atlas1
hundred of alexandrina1
Estuarine Macrophyte1
Queensland Murray Darling Basin1
Regional Ecosystems of Queensland1
administrative boundaries1
the role of shipping in the introducti1
latitude 211
Australian Airfields1
hallet cove1
Murray Bridge1
western australia1
south australia1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address16360
Air623
pollution622
elevation18
vegetation18
water16
perth14
south12
queensland11
land10
road10
tasmania9
australia9
geology9
topographic8
  • 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 repository9584
21 repositories1085
19 repositories199
18 repositories51
20 repositories40
17 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 20
Single-word search 18959
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 5
Right truncation 1
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
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)6
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)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.