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Modified: 2005-11-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2005-10

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: 1126
Multiple search fields: 571
Singular search fields: 555

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-text555
full-text|full-text345
full-text|full-text|full-text132
full-text|full-text|full-text|+94
  • 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
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1112
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1108
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1107
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1106
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1106
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1106
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1105
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)1105
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1105
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1105
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1105
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1105
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1105
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1105
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1105
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1104
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1102
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1097
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1085
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1083
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1082
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1080
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1026
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)959
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)959
  • 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 searches1105
results were found275
no results found830
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1105
results were found475
no results found630
navigate3
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches959
results were found81
no results found876
navigate1
full present12
search failed2
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches959
results were found92
no results found865
navigate1
full present13
search failed2
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1106
results were found531
no results found575
navigate29
full present69
search failed1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1105
results were found62
no results found1043
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1083
results were found307
no results found754
navigate9
full present16
search failed22
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1105
results were found462
no results found643
navigate15
full present90
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1104
results were found445
no results found659
navigate55
full present226
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1105
results were found161
no results found944
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1085
results were found477
no results found598
navigate1
full present28
search failed10
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1106
results were found606
no results found500
navigate103
full present125
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1097
results were found442
no results found576
navigate41
full present1
search failed79
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1105
results were found226
no results found879
navigate2
full present33
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1108
results were found569
no results found537
navigate96
full present116
search failed2
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1082
results were found478
no results found594
navigate46
full present63
search failed10
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1026
results were found59
no results found967
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1112
results were found525
no results found587
navigate177
full present237
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1102
results were found408
no results found693
navigate39
full present113
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1107
results were found424
no results found683
navigate20
full present82
search failed0
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1105
results were found200
no results found902
navigate0
full present2
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches1080
results were found190
no results found887
navigate0
full present17
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1105
results were found356
no results found746
navigate0
full present7
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1105
results were found259
no results found843
navigate2
full present2
search failed3
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1106
results were found511
no results found592
navigate7
full present46
search failed3
  • 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
ANSWA140000012517
new, zealand12
soil10
raster7
vegetation7
postcode7
road7
2004, boundaries, commonwealth, electoral6
water6
population6
land, services6
drainage6
code, post5
roads5
hydrology5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
land capability3
land use3
south australia3
raster maps2
Department for Environment2
South Australia2
GDA94 world files for ArcView1
cornelian bay1
Land Services1
Coastal Building Lines1
adminitration void1
Tiff images were created from printed Topographic series TASMAPS by scanning at 200dpi in 256 colours. The files are geotiffs georeferenced to AGD66 , Zone 551
Information Services1
national park1
information services1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land36
boundaries24
soil23
tasmania20
queensland19
of19
new18
digital17
ANSWA140000012517
Australia17
south17
use16
australia16
elevation15
services15
  • 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 repository1985
25 repositories821
24 repositories137
23 repositories118
21 repositories19
22 repositories10
  • 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 43
Single-word search 1978
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 34
Right truncation 6
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
Respository not available
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
timeout
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)3
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)2
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)3
WALIS Interragator - Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)3
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)9
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)9
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)46
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)3
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 www.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)3
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)2
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)33
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)5
CSIRO Marine Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)13
  • 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.