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Modified: 2004-09-03

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-07

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: 1485
Multiple search fields: 467
Singular search fields: 1018

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-text1018
full-text|full-text312
full-text|full-text|full-text100
full-text|full-text|full-text|+55
  • 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.
  • full-text|full-text|full-text|+ ... They searched using the options "all of the words" or "at least one of the words".

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)827
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)506
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)467
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)435
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)424
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)417
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)414
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)406
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)404
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)400
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)398
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)391
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)385
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)380
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)373
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)373
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)371
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)370
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)369
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)365
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)360
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)360
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)338
(brs-1 )59
(brs-3 )44
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)0
  • 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
(brs-1 )
total searches59
results were found23
no results found36
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
(brs-3 )
total searches44
results were found30
no results found14
navigate1
full present18
search failed0
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)
total searches338
results were found101
no results found237
navigate0
full present29
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches365
results were found160
no results found205
navigate0
full present13
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches371
results were found59
no results found312
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches370
results were found66
no results found304
navigate1
full present12
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches506
results were found285
no results found221
navigate58
full present136
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches391
results were found25
no results found366
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches406
results were found164
no results found242
navigate19
full present18
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches467
results were found227
no results found240
navigate54
full present145
search failed2
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches827
results were found538
no results found289
navigate63
full present140
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches373
results were found57
no results found316
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches400
results were found133
no results found266
navigate7
full present17
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches404
results were found244
no results found160
navigate149
full present99
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches414
results were found89
no results found325
navigate0
full present30
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches0
results were found0
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches435
results were found247
no results found186
navigate94
full present125
search failed2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches380
results were found51
no results found329
navigate3
full present39
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches417
results were found230
no results found187
navigate33
full present102
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches385
results were found133
no results found252
navigate28
full present46
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches424
results were found190
no results found234
navigate45
full present79
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches369
results were found72
no results found297
navigate1
full present18
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches360
results were found119
no results found241
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches360
results were found87
no results found273
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches373
results were found66
no results found307
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches398
results were found203
no results found191
navigate25
full present61
search failed4
  • 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
map303
water28
ocean26
cadastre11
marine11
land, use10
property10
global, map9
Australia, fauna7
geology7
Vegetation7
bathymetry7
land7
"Catchment Management Authority Areas"7
Albany6
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Catchment Management Authority Areas7
national parks3
western australia3
Namoi catchment areas2
landscape health2
lake eyre basin2
catchment areas2
Fitzgerald Bay2
Australian Maritime Boundary2
Macquarie Island2
water usage2
murray darling basin1
great artesian basin1
weddell seal1
oxygen demand1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
map317
water41
land37
catchment34
ocean26
areas19
national19
management16
parks16
of16
cadastre16
property16
use14
fauna14
vegetation14
  • 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 repository2770
23 repositories306
24 repositories36
6 repositories28
2 repositories26
7 repositories16
5 repositories14
4 repositories12
3 repositories6
9 repositories5
22 repositories3
10 repositories3
12 repositories2
21 repositories2
14 repositories2
8 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 80
Single-word search 2082
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 16
Right truncation 4
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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
connection
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)4
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)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.