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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-03

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: 11304
Multiple search fields: 10436
Singular search fields: 868

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-text10167
full-text868
full-text|full-text|full-text193
full-text|full-text|full-text|+76
  • 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)11268
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)2153
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)2152
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)2149
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)2147
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)2147
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)2146
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)2146
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)2143
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)2142
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)2141
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)2141
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)2141
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2139
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)2130
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)2126
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)2123
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)2119
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)2113
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)2103
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)2100
  • 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 searches2152
results were found1268
no results found884
navigate3
full present46
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches2141
results were found193
no results found1948
navigate2
full present7
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches2141
results were found13
no results found2128
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches2141
results were found22
no results found2119
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches2123
results were found1476
no results found647
navigate26
full present194
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches2146
results were found49
no results found2097
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches2142
results were found1316
no results found825
navigate8
full present47
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches2100
results were found1422
no results found678
navigate16
full present136
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches2153
results were found704
no results found1449
navigate91
full present149
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches2146
results were found308
no results found1838
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches2147
results were found629
no results found1518
navigate4
full present58
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches2103
results were found1513
no results found590
navigate14
full present305
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches2119
results were found610
no results found1509
navigate0
full present42
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches2126
results were found464
no results found1662
navigate3
full present32
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches11268
results were found9329
no results found1939
navigate0
full present19
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches2147
results were found800
no results found1347
navigate158
full present311
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches2139
results were found794
no results found1342
navigate42
full present85
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches2113
results were found153
no results found1960
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches2130
results were found1404
no results found726
navigate43
full present136
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches2143
results were found669
no results found1474
navigate7
full present106
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches2149
results were found1428
no results found721
navigate36
full present66
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, Address9122
Air, pollution705
salinity100
water100
soil96
"practice change"93
road18
roads13
vegetation7
utilities5
Flow, Flow5
wetlands5
Perth5
land, use5
heritage5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
practice change93
Climate Change3
Avon Valley3
Western Australia2
Sunshine Coast2
Garmin GPSMAP 76 CSX1
Environmental zones1
pharma adresses in india1
run of river1
climatic zones1
vegetation extent1
port limit1
Growth Strategy1
aquifer boundaries1
Land Division1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address18244
pollution705
Air705
water118
soil113
salinity101
change96
practice93
land30
vegetation27
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a342327
australia23
road21
queensland20
planning16
  • 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 repository11367
21 repositories1939
20 repositories180
18 repositories21
19 repositories6
  • 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 125
Single-word search 21986
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 0
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
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
  • 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.