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Modified: 2004-11-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2004-10

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: 817
Multiple search fields: 367
Singular search fields: 450

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-text450
full-text|full-text220
full-text|full-text|full-text89
full-text|full-text|full-text|+58
  • 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
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)805
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)802
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)800
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)800
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)800
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)800
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)800
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)799
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)797
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)796
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)796
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)794
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)794
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)793
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)789
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)789
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)789
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)789
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)789
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)787
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)785
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)785
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)783
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)780
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
  • 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 searches794
results were found229
no results found565
navigate0
full present16
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches800
results were found346
no results found454
navigate13
full present40
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches800
results were found118
no results found681
navigate1
full present13
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches797
results were found136
no results found656
navigate0
full present6
search failed5
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches796
results were found327
no results found469
navigate13
full present53
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches793
results were found50
no results found743
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches780
results were found289
no results found485
navigate2
full present34
search failed6
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches800
results were found338
no results found461
navigate2
full present85
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches800
results were found297
no results found503
navigate6
full present134
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches794
results were found106
no results found688
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches783
results were found266
no results found507
navigate10
full present21
search failed10
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches796
results were found451
no results found343
navigate71
full present110
search failed2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1
results were found0
no results found1
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches800
results were found158
no results found642
navigate0
full present22
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches799
results were found404
no results found395
navigate74
full present98
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches802
results were found376
no results found422
navigate27
full present53
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.aodc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches787
results were found62
no results found725
navigate0
full present18
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches785
results were found387
no results found398
navigate26
full present134
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches785
results were found299
no results found486
navigate31
full present46
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches805
results were found349
no results found456
navigate13
full present102
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches789
results were found154
no results found633
navigate1
full present37
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches789
results were found250
no results found538
navigate1
full present9
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches789
results were found196
no results found592
navigate8
full present6
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches789
results were found141
no results found648
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches789
results were found381
no results found406
navigate0
full present46
search failed2
  • 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
fish14
bathymetry9
health7
groundwater5
tasmania5
postcode4
native, vegetation4
wollongong4
Coastal, Control, District, Management4
aboriginal4
SRTM4
roads4
cover, land4
8064-313
wetlands3
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
queensland coast2
river volume2
forecast boundaries1
catch data1
metadata identifier1
environmental f lows1
Swan Coastal Plain1
threatened ecological community1
dingo fence1
National native title1
normal rainfall1
caledonia morven1
data sets1
wet tropics bioregion1
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation21
island20
surface18
queensland18
data17
land17
sea17
fish15
water14
boundaries14
river13
australia12
soil11
bathymetry11
impacts11
  • 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 repository1411
24 repositories703
23 repositories64
22 repositories16
19 repositories11
20 repositories6
  • 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 31
Single-word search 1347
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 6
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)10
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)2
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)2
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)6
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)3
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1
  • 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.