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Modified: 2006-03-02

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-02

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: 1073
Multiple search fields: 516
Singular search fields: 557

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-text557
full-text|full-text315
full-text|full-text|full-text139
full-text|full-text|full-text|+62
  • 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)1042
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1039
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1039
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1038
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1038
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1035
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1035
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1034
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1034
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1034
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1034
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1034
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1030
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1030
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1023
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1020
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1017
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1012
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1011
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1009
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1009
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1009
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1002
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)755
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)689
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)619
  • 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 searches1012
results were found261
no results found751
navigate0
full present15
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1034
results were found444
no results found590
navigate0
full present18
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1030
results were found99
no results found931
navigate1
full present10
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1030
results were found122
no results found908
navigate0
full present11
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1009
results were found492
no results found516
navigate78
full present170
search failed3
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1034
results were found46
no results found988
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1034
results were found263
no results found771
navigate24
full present27
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches689
results were found290
no results found399
navigate21
full present84
search failed2
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1039
results were found417
no results found622
navigate12
full present144
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1002
results were found116
no results found885
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1039
results were found409
no results found630
navigate82
full present153
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1035
results were found439
no results found596
navigate7
full present59
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1038
results were found600
no results found438
navigate59
full present171
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1023
results were found391
no results found629
navigate19
full present26
search failed3
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1038
results were found199
no results found839
navigate1
full present30
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1035
results were found544
no results found491
navigate29
full present142
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1020
results were found520
no results found498
navigate36
full present116
search failed2
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches619
results were found36
no results found583
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1042
results were found529
no results found513
navigate79
full present260
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1034
results were found381
no results found653
navigate11
full present43
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1034
results were found483
no results found551
navigate10
full present110
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches755
results were found144
no results found610
navigate4
full present14
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1009
results were found334
no results found663
navigate0
full present7
search failed12
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1011
results were found277
no results found734
navigate19
full present49
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1017
results were found217
no results found799
navigate1
full present10
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1009
results were found490
no results found519
navigate36
full present100
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
vegetation13
agriculture12
ramsar9
basin, commission, murray-darling8
groundwater8
national, parks7
brisbane6
boundaries, brisbane, suburb6
landuse6
epa5
wetlands5
bathymetry5
salinity5
tasmania5
elevation5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia5
river basin2
important wetlands2
dominant soils2
river basins1
collaborative australian protected areas database1
Wilderness inventory1
electric rope shovel1
CODES land_use.xls1
cleveland point1
bushfire risk1
UHF Radio Repeaters1
land use1
King island1
great barrier reef1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
vegetation40
land39
australia36
south30
soils21
soil20
basin20
national19
use19
boundaries17
water17
agriculture16
river15
DEM13
fire13
  • 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 repository2343
25 repositories430
26 repositories318
24 repositories140
23 repositories96
21 repositories26
20 repositories16
22 repositories8
2 repositories4
  • 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 39
Single-word search 1811
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 38
Right truncation 1
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
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)2
timeout
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)3
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)3
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
connection
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)12
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)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.