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Modified: 2006-05-01

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2006-04

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: 491
Multiple search fields: 292
Singular search fields: 199

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-date214
full-text168
full-text|full-text20
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box18
overlaps-bounding-box13
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box13
title9
anzlic-search-words5
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text4
abstract|abstract|title4
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box3
full-text|full-text|full-text2
full-text|within-bounding-box2
abstract|abstract|abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract1
abstract|anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box1
within-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
custodian1
full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-identifier1
anzlic-identifier|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
overlaps-bounding-box|title1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
title|title1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-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-date430
full-text276
overlaps-bounding-box42
within-bounding-box18
title16
abstract13
anzlic-search-words13
beginning-date7
anzlic-identifier6
ending-date6
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
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)158
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)143
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)127
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)124
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)123
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)123
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)114
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)111
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)108
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)108
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)106
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)99
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)97
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)96
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)95
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)94
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)94
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)93
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)93
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)91
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)91
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)88
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)87
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)87
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)78
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)77
  • 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 searches106
results were found20
no results found86
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches127
results were found61
no results found55
navigate0
full present14
search failed11
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches94
results were found13
no results found81
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches93
results were found12
no results found81
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches114
results were found54
no results found60
navigate10
full present10
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches91
results were found4
no results found87
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches99
results were found30
no results found66
navigate0
full present3
search failed3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches108
results were found51
no results found57
navigate6
full present27
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches123
results were found61
no results found62
navigate6
full present37
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches94
results were found17
no results found77
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches93
results were found22
no results found71
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches97
results were found40
no results found57
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches158
results were found92
no results found66
navigate79
full present44
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches78
results were found34
no results found44
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches91
results were found24
no results found67
navigate1
full present26
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches96
results were found52
no results found44
navigate31
full present21
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches124
results were found63
no results found58
navigate15
full present12
search failed3
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches95
results were found11
no results found84
navigate0
full present13
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches111
results were found53
no results found58
navigate5
full present27
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches143
results were found64
no results found79
navigate15
full present18
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches108
results were found47
no results found61
navigate19
full present27
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches77
results were found17
no results found59
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches87
results were found20
no results found66
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches87
results were found15
no results found71
navigate0
full present2
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches88
results were found15
no results found72
navigate0
full present3
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches123
results were found63
no results found59
navigate1
full present22
search failed1
  • 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
20050401, 2005043018
20050501, 2005053117
20041001, 2004103116
20050301, 2005033115
20050201, 2005022814
20041201, 2004123114
20040601, 2004063013
20040701, 2004073113
-36, -40, 144, 150, Agriculture, Vegetation13
20040501, 2004053112
20041101, 2004113012
20050601, 2005063011
20050101, 2005013111
20050701, 2005073111
IBRA11
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land use5
tweed shire4
local government areas4
new england4
HUMAN ENVIRONMENT2
State and Reginonal Development2
Cultural Heritage2
sydney harbor bridge2
south australia2
zip files1
local environmental plan1
topographic maps1
post code1
east mount lofty1
Tide tables1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Vegetation14
Agriculture13
vegetation12
IBRA10
data9
tenterfield8
cultural8
water7
tweed7
australia7
local5
use5
irrigation5
land5
launceston5
  • 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
PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGERY Satellite3
Freehold Subdivision1
MARINE Coasts1
ECOLOGY Landscape1
IBRA1
FISHERIES Marine1
ECOLOGY Habitat1
AGRICULTURE Irrigation1
MINERALS1
CLIMATE AND WEATHER1
DEMOGRAPHY1
  • 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 repository887
26 repositories50
25 repositories30
2 repositories18
24 repositories6
3 repositories5
21 repositories3
19 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 67
Single-word search 236
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
Right truncation 10
overlaps-bounding-box 42
within-bounding-box 18
  • 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)11
timeout
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 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.