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Modified: 2007-07-25

Report for the 'Advanced' gateway: 2007-06

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: 1004
Multiple search fields: 450
Singular search fields: 554

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-date270
full-text262
title170
anzlic-search-words64
full-text|full-text30
anzlic-search-words|full-text24
full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box23
abstract19
full-text|overlaps-bounding-box18
anzlic-identifier16
overlaps-bounding-box11
custodian11
anzlic-search-words|overlaps-bounding-box10
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words8
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box7
title|title7
anzlic-search-words|anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|overlaps-bounding-box5
abstract|title4
full-text|full-text|full-text4
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box4
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text3
full-text|title3
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box3
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|within-bounding-box3
abstract|full-text2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|within-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|beginning-date|ending-date|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|full-text|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box2
anzlic-search-words|metadata-date|title|within-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
abstract|anzlic-identifier|title1
metadata-date|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|full-text|within-bounding-box1
metadata-date1
anzlic-search-words|custodian|full-text|full-text|metadata-date1
ending-date|ending-date|full-text|within-bounding-box1
abstract|overlaps-bounding-box1
anzlic-search-words|within-bounding-box1
abstract|full-text|full-text|overlaps-bounding-box1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text1
beginning-date|ending-date|full-text|within-bounding-box1
overlaps-bounding-box|title1
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-date544
full-text474
title194
anzlic-search-words149
overlaps-bounding-box93
abstract28
ending-date28
beginning-date26
anzlic-identifier17
custodian12
within-bounding-box10
  • 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)313
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)285
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)239
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)214
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)205
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)199
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)199
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)192
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)190
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)179
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)178
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)178
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)173
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)171
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)171
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)170
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)167
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)165
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)162
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)160
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)155
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)155
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)155
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)146
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)145
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)145
(vic-1 )144
  • 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
(vic-1 )
total searches144
results were found36
no results found108
navigate0
full present14
search failed0
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches170
results were found35
no results found135
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches178
results were found41
no results found137
navigate2
full present1147
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches171
results were found2
no results found169
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches173
results were found35
no results found138
navigate4
full present4990
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches179
results were found43
no results found85
navigate1
full present12
search failed51
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches160
results were found10
no results found150
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches192
results were found89
no results found103
navigate13
full present28
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches178
results were found81
no results found97
navigate5
full present34
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches239
results were found97
no results found142
navigate26
full present829
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches171
results were found52
no results found119
navigate1
full present1
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches165
results were found54
no results found111
navigate24
full present27
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches199
results were found110
no results found89
navigate14
full present39
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches205
results were found100
no results found105
navigate70
full present14
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches145
results were found38
no results found106
navigate1
full present11
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches167
results were found41
no results found126
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches162
results were found31
no results found131
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches199
results were found92
no results found107
navigate20
full present37
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches285
results were found166
no results found118
navigate137
full present76
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches155
results were found20
no results found135
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches313
results were found142
no results found171
navigate161
full present121
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches214
results were found103
no results found111
navigate11
full present47
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches155
results were found33
no results found122
navigate2
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches145
results were found47
no results found98
navigate3
full present8
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches146
results were found33
no results found113
navigate3
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches155
results were found24
no results found131
navigate3
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches190
results were found97
no results found93
navigate4
full present28
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
survey47
20050501, 2005053137
20040501, 2004053133
20050401, 2005043027
20041201, 2004123125
20040601, 2004063022
20050601, 2005063021
20050701, 2005073121
20041101, 2004113017
20050201, 2005022817
vegetation16
20040701, 2004073114
"-9.00,138.00 -29.50,153.50", water, wetland13
water12
"LAND Topography", bathymetry11
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Clarence River8
south australia6
land use5
soil 4
trace metals3
land systems3
water quality3
combined soils2
Swan river2
Seagrass Moreton Bay2
event monitoring2
marine pest2
avon valley2
Torres Strait2
heritage trust2
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
survey49
water37
vegetation27
bathymetry24
wetland21
soil17
seagrass15
river14
australia13
soils13
land12
wetlands12
queensland10
deh9
road9
  • 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 Topography17
FLORA15
AGRICULTURE10
LAND9
VEGETATION Floristic8
ENERGY7
SOIL6
marine5
HEALTH4
AGRICULTURE Crops4
MARINE4
BOUNDARIES4
energy3
BOUNDARIES Administrative3
AGRICULTURE Livestock3
  • 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 repository8789
27 repositories123
2 repositories21
16 repositories16
26 repositories9
3 repositories9
4 repositories7
5 repositories6
25 repositories3
7 repositories3
17 repositories3
23 repositories2
9 repositories1
15 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 155
Single-word search 561
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 18
Right truncation 13
overlaps-bounding-box 93
within-bounding-box 10
  • 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
connection
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
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)51
  • 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.