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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-08

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: 10433
Multiple search fields: 10023
Singular search fields: 410

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-text9846
full-text410
full-text|full-text|full-text124
full-text|full-text|full-text|+53
  • 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)10401
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1066
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)1064
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1062
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1061
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1061
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)1061
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1060
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1060
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1060
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1059
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1059
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1059
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1059
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1059
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1059
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1059
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1059
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1058
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1036
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1034
  • 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 searches1060
results were found578
no results found482
navigate20
full present17
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1059
results were found80
no results found979
navigate1
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1059
results were found12
no results found1047
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1059
results were found30
no results found1029
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1059
results were found695
no results found364
navigate0
full present129
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1059
results were found44
no results found1015
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1034
results were found547
no results found486
navigate3
full present28
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches1064
results were found680
no results found384
navigate140
full present102
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1062
results were found371
no results found691
navigate17
full present70
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1059
results were found104
no results found955
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1061
results were found264
no results found797
navigate29
full present101
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1060
results were found719
no results found341
navigate54
full present108
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1036
results were found284
no results found750
navigate0
full present31
search failed3
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1060
results were found155
no results found905
navigate1
full present41
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches10401
results were found9435
no results found966
navigate0
full present25
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1058
results were found386
no results found672
navigate50
full present121
search failed0
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1059
results were found389
no results found670
navigate3
full present37
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1061
results were found51
no results found1010
navigate2
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1061
results were found617
no results found444
navigate92
full present80
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1066
results were found385
no results found681
navigate92
full present155
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1059
results were found637
no results found421
navigate57
full present95
search failed1
  • 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, Address9345
Air, pollution257
fishing20
water13
usage, water11
vegetation7
land, use6
DEM, Northern, Territory6
topography5
Fishing5
land, tenure4
Hydro4
geology4
route, ship4
forest4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use2
cattlin river2
extensive land-use zone2
South Australia2
Geological Features2
extensive landuse zone1
analysis program1
toowoomba 1:25000 orthophoto map1
land release1
production statistics1
road network1
Native vegetation1
land use zone1
critical infrastructure protection modelling1
robertson river1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address18690
Air257
pollution257
vegetation34
water34
land22
fishing21
australia17
DEM16
river14
map12
use12
usage12
victoria11
south11
  • 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 repository11099
21 repositories1002
20 repositories57
  • 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 31
Single-word search 20674
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
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
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1
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.