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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-06

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: 10590
Multiple search fields: 10166
Singular search fields: 424

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-text10002
full-text424
full-text|full-text|full-text125
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)10561
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1619
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1619
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1618
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1617
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1617
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1616
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1616
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1616
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1616
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1616
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1616
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1616
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1614
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1614
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1613
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1612
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1612
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1608
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1601
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1409
  • 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 searches1612
results were found1004
no results found608
navigate0
full present21
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1616
results were found92
no results found1524
navigate1
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1616
results were found12
no results found1604
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1614
results were found34
no results found1580
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1618
results were found1103
no results found515
navigate97
full present195
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1616
results were found47
no results found1569
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1617
results were found974
no results found643
navigate4
full present17
search failed0
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches1613
results were found1064
no results found549
navigate28
full present99
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1619
results were found328
no results found1291
navigate22
full present87
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1612
results were found122
no results found1490
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1616
results were found275
no results found1341
navigate68
full present131
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1619
results were found1148
no results found470
navigate141
full present158
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1617
results were found276
no results found1341
navigate18
full present56
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1616
results were found181
no results found1435
navigate0
full present19
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches10561
results were found9050
no results found1511
navigate0
full present19
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1616
results were found420
no results found1196
navigate13
full present144
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1614
results were found407
no results found1206
navigate13
full present71
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1409
results were found41
no results found1368
navigate1
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1601
results were found1055
no results found546
navigate16
full present108
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1616
results were found316
no results found1300
navigate27
full present65
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1608
results were found1065
no results found543
navigate23
full present91
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, Address8953
Air, pollution704
road11
soil9
geomorphology8
water8
vegetation7
groundwater6
roads6
land, use6
rainfall5
dem5
wetlands5
australia4
queensland4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Tasmanian Water Management Regions1
Lake Eyre1
rutland plains1
Australian Water Resources 20051
Lake Eyre Basin1
new south wales1
native title1
Lachlan Catchment1
Water Cycle management Strategy1
north queensland1
Water Management Regions1
asgh jk jjj kksfrr yhnb n1
hill river1
source rock1
well completion report1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address17906
pollution705
Air704
asdfh32974187g3hjbvj01pwerhamxcv87a3423124
water28
soil21
road18
australia15
coast15
vegetation14
land12
sunshine11
queensland11
south11
boundaries10
  • 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 repository10747
21 repositories1374
20 repositories236
15 repositories4
19 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 29
Single-word search 20848
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
Right truncation 3
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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)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.