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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2009-09

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: 10129
Multiple search fields: 9667
Singular search fields: 462

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-text9505
full-text462
full-text|full-text|full-text115
full-text|full-text|full-text|+47
  • 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)10109
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)873
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)873
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)872
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)872
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)871
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)871
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)871
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)871
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)870
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)870
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)870
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)870
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)870
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)870
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)870
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)870
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)870
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)870
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)863
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)856
  • 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 searches872
results were found307
no results found565
navigate11
full present20
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches870
results were found71
no results found799
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches870
results were found6
no results found864
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches870
results were found30
no results found840
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches871
results were found425
no results found446
navigate32
full present142
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches870
results were found50
no results found820
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches870
results were found270
no results found599
navigate3
full present13
search failed1
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches870
results were found392
no results found478
navigate28
full present107
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches873
results were found375
no results found498
navigate17
full present148
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches870
results were found101
no results found769
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (mdbc-1 203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches873
results were found271
no results found602
navigate16
full present92
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches863
results were found491
no results found372
navigate63
full present156
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches870
results were found286
no results found584
navigate2
full present17
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches871
results were found145
no results found726
navigate2
full present35
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches10109
results were found9301
no results found808
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches870
results were found443
no results found427
navigate63
full present169
search failed0
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches872
results were found424
no results found448
navigate36
full present75
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches856
results were found50
no results found806
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches871
results were found322
no results found549
navigate23
full present91
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches871
results were found355
no results found516
navigate19
full present110
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches870
results were found386
no results found484
navigate25
full present71
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, Address9239
1:25000, Toowoomba14
1:25000, toowoomba8
DEM8
sydney7
botany7
"Toowoomba 1:25000"6
cover, land6
rivers6
native, title6
000, 000, 1:1, geology, surface5
rainfall5
regolith5
geology5
postcode4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Toowoomba 1:250006
toowoomba 1:250003
toowoomba 1:25000 orthophoto map2
Botany Bay2
native title2
foliage projected cover2
western australia2
Bush Fire Services Stations2
drainage basins of western australia1
WESTERN AUSTRALIA1
fire station1
fire hazard1
Spatial Cadastral Database1
Australian Standard Geographical Classification1
public safety area1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address18478
toowoomba23
Toowoomba21
flood19
land18
australia18
geology17
botany14
fire14
DEM12
river12
sydney11
1:2500011
native11
soil11
  • 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 repository10865
21 repositories844
20 repositories25
19 repositories1
  • 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 49
Single-word search 19898
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 8
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
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.