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Modified: 2008-05-01

Report for the 'Buildzap' gateway: 2008-04

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: 92329
Multiple search fields: 0
Singular search fields: 92329

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-text15494
south15368
north15367
west15367
east15367
metadata-date15366
  • 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
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4320
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)4320
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)4320
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)4319
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)4319
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)4316
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)4314
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)4314
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)4313
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)4313
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)4313
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)4313
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4308
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)4301
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)4296
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)4260
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)4205
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)4188
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)4183
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)4074
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)3365
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)3355
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)0
  • 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 searches4319
results were found4319
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches4313
results were found4313
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches4313
results were found4313
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches4313
results were found4313
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches3365
results were found3365
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches4314
results were found3595
no results found719
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches4183
results were found4144
no results found14
navigate0
full present0
search failed25
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches4074
results were found4025
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed49
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches4320
results were found4320
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches4313
results were found4313
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches4320
results were found4320
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches4188
results were found4164
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed24
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches4314
results were found4314
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches4320
results were found4320
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches3355
results were found3354
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches4319
results were found4319
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches4316
results were found4316
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches4308
results were found4306
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches4296
results were found4296
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches4301
results were found4301
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches4260
results were found4260
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches4205
results were found4182
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed23
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
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
title15494
-9015368
-18015367
9015367
18015367
100015366
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

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

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
title15494
  • 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 repository92329
  • 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 15494
  • 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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)24
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)20
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)48
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)10
timeout
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
connection
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)3
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)15
  • 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.