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Modified: 2009-12-07

Report for the 'Buildzap' gateway: 2005-08

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: 109488
Multiple search fields: 0
Singular search fields: 109488

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-text18267
south18247
west18246
east18245
metadata-date18244
north18239
  • 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.

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)4458
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)4458
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)4458
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)4458
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)4458
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4458
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)4458
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)4458
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)4457
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)4457
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)4457
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)4457
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)4456
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)4456
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)4452
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)4451
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)4426
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4413
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)4393
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)4249
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)4248
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)4242
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)4239
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)4239
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)3732
  • 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 searches4457
results were found4457
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches4426
results were found4424
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed2
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches4452
results were found4452
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches4456
results were found4456
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches4456
results were found4456
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches4458
results were found3715
no results found743
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches4458
results were found4457
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches4458
results were found3769
no results found689
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches4458
results were found4377
no results found81
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches4458
results were found4458
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches4457
results were found4455
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches4458
results were found4458
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches4458
results were found743
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed3715
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches4451
results were found4451
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches4457
results were found4457
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches4413
results were found4413
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches3732
results were found3732
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches4457
results were found4457
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches4458
results were found4458
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches4393
results were found4374
no results found18
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches4239
results were found4235
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed4
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches4242
results were found4238
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed4
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches4239
results were found4236
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches4248
results were found4246
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches4249
results were found4247
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
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
title18267
-9018247
-18018246
18018245
100018244
9018239
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
title18267
  • 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 repository109488
  • 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 0
Single-word search 18267
  • 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
Respository not available
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
timeout
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)3
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)4
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)4
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)2
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
Unsupported Use attribute
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3715
  • 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.