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Modified: 2010-02-11

Report for the 'Buildzap' gateway: 2009-12

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: 69510
Multiple search fields: 0
Singular search fields: 69510

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-text11609
north11582
metadata-date11582
west11580
south11579
east11578
  • 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
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)3378
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)3378
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)3378
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)3378
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)3378
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)3378
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)3378
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)3378
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)3378
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)3372
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)3371
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)3369
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)3363
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)3360
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3360
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)3360
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3354
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)3353
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3343
ACT Geographic Data Directory (indexgeo.net:5511/act)3247
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)2256
  • 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 searches3247
results were found3231
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits1366713
search failed16
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits3861054
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches3378
results were found2815
no results found563
navigate0
full present0
total hits4504
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits16839330
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches3360
results were found3360
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits4067040
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (hoapp.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches3378
results were found2815
no results found563
navigate0
full present0
total hits2815
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches3343
results were found3244
no results found92
navigate0
full present0
total hits7818563
search failed7
DEWHA Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (zhora.ris.environment.gov.au:6668/dig)
total searches3372
results were found3372
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits3191928
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (asdd.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits2482830
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches3363
results were found3359
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits36949
search failed4
Murray-Darling Basin Authority (203.13.43.212:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits746538
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches3369
results were found3369
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits17454789
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches3360
results were found3360
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits1769550
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (adl.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches3360
results were found3360
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits133280
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits20268
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches2256
results were found2256
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits2996720
search failed0
Queensland Environment and Resource Management (www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches3354
results were found3354
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits11373240
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits6402999
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches3378
results were found3378
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits2344864
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches3371
results were found3371
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits1559662
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches3353
results were found3351
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
total hits4058061
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.
  • 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
title11609
100011582
9011582
-18011580
-9011579
18011578
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

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

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
title11609
  • 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 repository69510
  • 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 11609
  • 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
timeout
ACT Geographic Data Directory (indexgeo.net:5511/act)16
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)4
connection
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)7
  • 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.