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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-05

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: 12539
Multiple search fields: 12022
Singular search fields: 517

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-text11709
full-text517
full-text|full-text|full-text246
full-text|full-text|full-text|+67
  • 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)12441
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)3047
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)3040
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)3039
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)3039
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)3039
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)3038
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)3038
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3038
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)3038
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)3038
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)3038
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)3036
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)3035
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)3030
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)3030
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)3030
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)3028
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3013
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)2991
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)2434
  • 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 searches3039
results were found1060
no results found1979
navigate0
full present18
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches3030
results were found88
no results found2942
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches3030
results were found8
no results found3022
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches3030
results were found25
no results found3005
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches3039
results were found1226
no results found1813
navigate34
full present170
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches3038
results were found53
no results found2985
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches2991
results were found1039
no results found1947
navigate0
full present11
search failed5
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches3035
results were found1177
no results found1858
navigate17
full present90
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches3040
results were found394
no results found2646
navigate133
full present162
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches3038
results were found99
no results found2939
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches3039
results were found325
no results found2714
navigate13
full present70
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches3028
results were found1267
no results found1761
navigate48
full present79
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches3013
results were found312
no results found2701
navigate0
full present35
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches3038
results were found175
no results found2863
navigate0
full present23
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches12441
results were found9559
no results found2880
navigate0
full present23
search failed2
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches2434
results were found431
no results found2003
navigate76
full present178
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches3038
results were found511
no results found2527
navigate18
full present127
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches3038
results were found46
no results found2992
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches3038
results were found1141
no results found1897
navigate5
full present81
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches3036
results were found357
no results found2679
navigate26
full present44
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches3047
results were found1166
no results found1879
navigate59
full present158
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, Address9471
Air, pollution742
coastline14
dem9
road9
soil9
land, use8
victoria7
bathymetry7
DEM7
salinity7
postcode6
water6
coast, sunshine6
map5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
wet tropics4
ground water2
yiniding creek2
oldgrowth forest1
farm dams1
torres strait1
national reserve system1
adelaide metropolitan1
gauging stations1
adelaide metro1
north rocks1
infrastructure corridor1
land systems1
Risks to share water1
christmas island1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address18942
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a34231234
pollution742
Air742
land39
map24
queensland23
soil22
water21
victoria20
road18
coastline17
vegetation16
dem15
use13
  • 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 repository11221
21 repositories2312
20 repositories661
19 repositories57
18 repositories8
  • 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 27
Single-word search 23706
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
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)4
connection
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)2
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.