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Modified: 2006-02-06

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2006-01

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: 734
Multiple search fields: 393
Singular search fields: 341

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
metadata-date|metadata-date294
full-text228
title56
full-text|full-text35
overlaps-bounding-box31
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box29
anzlic-search-words17
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box7
abstract6
full-text|within-bounding-box4
full-text|full-text|full-text4
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
abstract|anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text2
beginning-date|ending-date|title2
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box|title1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
overlaps-bounding-box|title|title1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
anzlic-identifier1
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
custodian1
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
within-bounding-box1
  • 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.

Individual search fields used

Search field Occurs
metadata-date588
full-text363
overlaps-bounding-box79
title61
anzlic-search-words31
abstract9
within-bounding-box8
ending-date6
beginning-date6
anzlic-identifier1
custodian1
  • This table lists each individual search field that was used. It is a summary of the table above.

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)191
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)190
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)186
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)181
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)179
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)149
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)145
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)143
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)138
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)137
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)135
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)131
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)128
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)127
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)125
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)125
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)123
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)122
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)120
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)118
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)108
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)90
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)89
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)89
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)80
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)74
  • 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 searches135
results were found29
no results found106
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches191
results were found114
no results found77
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches125
results were found26
no results found99
navigate2
full present9
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches118
results were found24
no results found94
navigate1
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches120
results were found61
no results found59
navigate0
full present10
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches125
results were found5
no results found120
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches190
results were found95
no results found95
navigate15
full present59
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches108
results were found53
no results found55
navigate3
full present12
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches181
results were found106
no results found75
navigate34
full present64
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches122
results were found32
no results found90
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches123
results were found28
no results found95
navigate6
full present11
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches145
results were found77
no results found68
navigate0
full present38
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches143
results were found81
no results found61
navigate36
full present35
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches138
results were found61
no results found77
navigate26
full present19
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches127
results were found45
no results found82
navigate1
full present12
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches131
results were found70
no results found61
navigate7
full present3450
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches179
results were found90
no results found88
navigate17
full present10596
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches74
results were found13
no results found61
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches128
results were found64
no results found64
navigate33
full present1688
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches186
results were found77
no results found109
navigate8
full present10
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches149
results were found70
no results found79
navigate29
full present1483
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches80
results were found20
no results found59
navigate1
full present15059
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches89
results were found30
no results found59
navigate0
full present1933
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches89
results were found20
no results found69
navigate0
full present1674
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches90
results were found17
no results found73
navigate0
full present143
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches137
results were found96
no results found41
navigate0
full present2559
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
20041201, 2004123131
20040601, 2004063030
20050101, 2005013121
20040701, 2004073121
20050301, 2005033121
20050501, 2005053121
20050201, 2005022818
20050401, 2005043018
20040401, 2004043018
20040501, 2004053116
20050701, 2005073116
20041101, 2004113013
20050601, 2005063012
"38s,142e 44s,150e"11
20040801, 2004083111
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Western Australian Petroleum Releases State Waters 20037
fr 07/1997 hplc7
marmion lagoon5
Droughty Hill Wind Readings Tasmanian Earth Resources 5
marmion lagoon nutrient4
native title3
geological data3
state forest3
DIGITAL other2
Department for Environment2
Australian National Tide Tables (Tidal Prediction)2
larsemann hills2
Native Title Queensland Claim Activity Map (QCAM)2
local government2
local government areas2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land13
australian13
western11
fr11
water11
state11
200310
lagoon10
marmion10
hplc9
petroleum9
native8
Vegetation8
releases8
07/19977
  • Includes words used in "Phrases".
  • Excludes words used in "ANZLIC Search Words".
  • Excludes common words from the stopword list.

Miscellaneous Statistics

ANZLIC search words (top 15)

ANZLIC search words Occurs
CLIMATE AND WEATHER6
LAND Use4
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall3
LAND Cadastre2
DEMOGRAPHY2
MARINE Reefs2
AGRICULTURE Crops2
TRANSPORTATION Land1
WATER Rivers1
BOUNDARIES Administrative1
FLORA Native1
graticule1
HAZARDS Severe local storms1
ECOLOGY1
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY1
  • Terms beginning with a word in all uppercase characters indicates that they used the pick-list option. Otherwise they must have used the text options which allow them to enter their own text to search against this field.

Number of repositories selected for simultaneous search

Number of repositories Occurs
1 repository39696
26 repositories46
25 repositories23
20 repositories19
24 repositories13
19 repositories8
2 repositories7
5 repositories3
23 repositories3
4 repositories2
21 repositories2
3 repositories1
10 repositories1
7 repositories1
17 repositories1
12 repositories1
9 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 137
Single-word search 278
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
Right truncation 3
overlaps-bounding-box 79
within-bounding-box 8
  • 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
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
  • 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.