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Modified: 2007-04-04

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2007-03

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: 616
Multiple search fields: 322
Singular search fields: 294

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-text257
metadata-date|metadata-date172
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box40
full-text|full-text31
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box26
overlaps-bounding-box16
full-text|within-bounding-box10
title9
full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box8
full-text|full-text|full-text8
anzlic-search-words5
anzlic-search-words|full-text5
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|full-text|metadata-date3
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box3
within-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words2
abstract2
full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
overlaps-bounding-box|title2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
custodian1
anzlic-identifier1
anzlic-search-words|ending-date|metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
title|title1
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|full-text|full-text|full-text1
full-text|full-text|full-text|within-bounding-box1
anzlic-identifier|anzlic-search-words1
full-text|title1
  • 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
full-text487
metadata-date348
overlaps-bounding-box93
anzlic-search-words27
within-bounding-box23
title14
ending-date5
beginning-date2
abstract2
anzlic-identifier2
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
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)277
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)213
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)206
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)204
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)193
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)186
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)178
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)178
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)178
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)176
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)176
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)175
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)173
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)171
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)168
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)167
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)166
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)166
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)166
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)166
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)165
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)163
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)162
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)149
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)147
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)146
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)146
  • 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 searches186
results were found40
no results found146
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches163
results were found26
no results found137
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches166
results were found3
no results found163
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches167
results were found34
no results found133
navigate5
full present6
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches176
results were found66
no results found60
navigate41
full present16
search failed50
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches165
results were found4
no results found161
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches178
results were found73
no results found105
navigate21
full present54
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches171
results were found81
no results found90
navigate23
full present57
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches213
results were found85
no results found128
navigate96
full present63
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches166
results were found37
no results found129
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches176
results were found61
no results found115
navigate29
full present11
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches178
results were found91
no results found87
navigate20
full present47
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches193
results were found105
no results found88
navigate51
full present34
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches166
results were found62
no results found103
navigate10
full present12
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches173
results were found49
no results found124
navigate5
full present14
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches162
results were found22
no results found140
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches175
results were found102
no results found73
navigate41
full present79
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches206
results were found113
no results found93
navigate219
full present90
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches166
results were found27
no results found139
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches277
results were found168
no results found109
navigate137
full present58
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches204
results were found80
no results found124
navigate5
full present13
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches168
results were found61
no results found107
navigate3
full present24
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches147
results were found23
no results found124
navigate2
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches146
results were found34
no results found112
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches146
results were found24
no results found122
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches149
results were found19
no results found130
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches178
results were found83
no results found95
navigate4
full present17
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
20050401, 2005043024
20050501, 2005053120
wetland20
20041201, 2004123113
"-9.00,138.00 -29.50,153.50", water, wetland13
20050701, 2005073112
20040601, 2004063012
20040701, 2004073111
water11
20050301, 2005033111
20050601, 2005063010
Wetland10
vegetation9
20041101, 200411309
20040501, 200405318
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
gulf st vincent4
urban 3
seagrass beds 2
disability 2
hervey bay2
sydney boundary2
soil properties2
important wetlands2
national parks2
sydney 2
sydney street1
farm type1
murray darling1
NESTED CATCHMENTS AND SUB-CATCHMENTS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT 1
Register of the National Estate1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
wetland53
water30
vegetation13
Wetland10
fauna10
flora9
river7
region7
road6
national6
state6
survey6
boundary6
sydney6
railway5
  • 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
LAND Topography5
MARINE Geology and geophysics3
DEM3
ENERGY Coal2
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Rainfall2
9 second1
TRANSPORTATION Air1
WASTE1
GEOSCIENCES1
BOUNDARIES Administrative1
WATER Rivers1
LAND1
FLORA Native1
AGRICULTURE1
3 second1
  • 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 repository1784
27 repositories138
22 repositories16
26 repositories5
3 repositories3
4 repositories2
24 repositories2
2 repositories2
6 repositories2
13 repositories1
7 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 75
Single-word search 421
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
Right truncation 1
overlaps-bounding-box 93
within-bounding-box 23
  • 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
connection
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)50
  • 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.