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Modified: 2010-07-22

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2010-06

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 fields used

Total number of searches conducted: 9606
Multiple search fields: 9324
Singular search fields: 282

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 fields Occurs
full-text|full-text9157
full-text282
full-text|full-text|full-text137
full-text|full-text|full-text|+30
  • 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-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)9588
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)577
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)573
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)572
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)572
ACT Geographic Data Directory (indexgeo.net:5511/act)572
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)572
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)571
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)571
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)570
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)569
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)569
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)568
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)568
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)568
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)568
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)567
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)566
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)565
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)543
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)541
  • 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 (indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches572
results were found220
no results found352
navigate7
full present16
total hits11298
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches572
results were found65
no results found507
navigate1
full present2
total hits25264
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches572
results were found10
no results found562
navigate0
full present0
total hits19
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches571
results were found25
no results found546
navigate0
full present0
total hits53145
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches573
results were found307
no results found266
navigate18
full present98
total hits56692
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches566
results were found37
no results found529
navigate0
full present10
total hits37
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches541
results were found172
no results found366
navigate1
full present6
total hits49201
search failed3
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches567
results were found264
no results found303
navigate20
full present61
total hits29197
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches570
results were found222
no results found348
navigate28
full present69
total hits17959
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches568
results were found74
no results found494
navigate0
full present1
total hits270
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches568
results were found210
no results found358
navigate10
full present50
total hits9094
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches568
results were found314
no results found253
navigate82
full present163
total hits172443
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches565
results were found206
no results found359
navigate1
full present18
total hits5362
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches568
results were found86
no results found482
navigate0
full present13
total hits651
search failed3
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9588
results were found9096
no results found492
navigate0
full present9
total hits54341
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches569
results were found299
no results found270
navigate66
full present123
total hits41069
search failed0
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches571
results were found272
no results found299
navigate49
full present37
total hits165468
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches543
results were found44
no results found499
navigate0
full present0
total hits47019
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches569
results were found232
no results found337
navigate29
full present57
total hits14353
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches577
results were found255
no results found322
navigate46
full present63
total hits20576
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches572
results were found286
no results found286
navigate12
full present126
total hits37194
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.
  • total hits ... The accumulation of all matches to all searches at this node. This statistic is skewed towards the larger repositories - more metadata records, means more possible hits.
  • 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, Address9020
road10
tasmania9
OVALBnmDLXlsRevv, ZXAoGjdxnGmZCqSP, mzFmUtFWqEpKoWIzfR7
geology6
KvAgQPeLWrvmUtkFlEb, LBqXRpMqcsZRiZDkW, ouJiGZQrYHI5
coast, sunshine5
roads5
native, title4
grid4
water4
soil4
Road4
rainfall4
IgaQSRHgriFveEkxl, UIAYVhaUjZYYHMA, amEezCqybUkJLWBuzA4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use3
forestry tasmania2
land use classification2
land information system1
claim areas1
Land System1
tidal stream data1
thomson-upper yarra tunnel1
claim area1
Local Government Boundaries Dataset1
disability support pension1
strategic infrastructure planning1
Land System Boundaries1
new south wales1
Cadia Valley Operations1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
  • 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 repository10326
21 repositories503
20 repositories65
10 repositories3
3 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 23
Single-word search 19106
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 4
Right truncation 2
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) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)3
timeout
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.