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Modified: 2005-08-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-07

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 field combinations used

Total number of searches conducted: 869
Multiple search fields: 438
Singular search fields: 431

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-text431
full-text|full-text239
full-text|full-text|full-text|+102
full-text|full-text|full-text97
  • 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
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)863
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)861
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)861
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)860
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)860
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)860
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)860
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)860
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)859
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)859
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)859
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)858
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)856
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)856
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)855
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)854
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)853
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)851
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)847
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)837
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)837
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)837
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)837
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)822
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)814
  • 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 searches859
results were found250
no results found609
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches854
results were found367
no results found487
navigate0
full present14
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches859
results were found75
no results found784
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches859
results were found97
no results found762
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches860
results were found466
no results found394
navigate13
full present88
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches860
results were found50
no results found810
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches822
results were found67
no results found746
navigate0
full present0
search failed9
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches855
results were found410
no results found445
navigate4
full present57
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches861
results were found362
no results found499
navigate11
full present185
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches858
results were found137
no results found721
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches814
results were found375
no results found437
navigate2
full present35
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches853
results were found523
no results found330
navigate17
full present89
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches860
results were found347
no results found416
navigate1
full present2
search failed97
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches856
results were found185
no results found671
navigate4
full present38
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches863
results were found517
no results found346
navigate87
full present154
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches856
results were found487
no results found365
navigate47
full present126
search failed4
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches860
results were found42
no results found818
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches861
results were found435
no results found426
navigate67
full present158
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches860
results were found166
no results found532
navigate29
full present38
search failed162
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches847
results were found406
no results found441
navigate7
full present47
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches851
results were found194
no results found657
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches837
results were found154
no results found681
navigate0
full present4
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches837
results were found300
no results found537
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches837
results were found231
no results found606
navigate2
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches837
results were found433
no results found402
navigate13
full present44
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
vegetation16
goulburn, soils11
soil9
river9
tasmania8
bathymetry7
land, salinity6
water6
heritage, national, register, state5
database, plant, population, rare, threatened5
catchment5
sydney5
rivers4
drainage4
maps, strait, torres4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Cape York2
digital elevation model2
acid sulfate soils2
historical aerial photography2
heritage agreements2
south australia2
harts range1
prohibited area1
NHT final report1
Northern Floodplains1
government towns1
farm gate1
floristic mapping1
Weirs in Queensland1
atmospheric stability maps1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
south38
australia38
land36
soil28
queensland25
vegetation25
water22
salinity20
soils19
of19
use18
catchment15
river14
maps14
heritage13
  • 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 repository1415
25 repositories753
23 repositories44
24 repositories38
21 repositories14
20 repositories8
22 repositories2
2 repositories1
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 41
Single-word search 1618
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
Right truncation 2
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
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)55
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)2
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)42
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)9
protocol
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)162
  • 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.