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Modified: 2006-05-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-04

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: 829
Multiple search fields: 361
Singular search fields: 468

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-text468
full-text|full-text229
full-text|full-text|full-text89
full-text|full-text|full-text|+43
  • 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
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)818
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)815
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)813
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)813
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)813
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)813
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)813
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)813
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)813
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)812
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)812
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)812
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)812
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)811
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)810
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)799
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)795
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)794
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)794
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)793
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)793
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)789
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)789
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)780
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)770
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)656
  • 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 found168
no results found626
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches770
results were found305
no results found449
navigate1
full present3
search failed16
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches813
results were found118
no results found695
navigate35
full present16
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches813
results were found132
no results found681
navigate3
full present9
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches794
results were found319
no results found475
navigate5
full present48
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches813
results were found47
no results found766
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches813
results were found232
no results found581
navigate1
full present7
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches813
results were found309
no results found504
navigate12
full present60
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches813
results were found371
no results found442
navigate32
full present385
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches793
results were found96
no results found697
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches812
results were found238
no results found574
navigate32
full present60
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches818
results were found374
no results found444
navigate32
full present133
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches813
results were found421
no results found392
navigate57
full present60
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches780
results were found275
no results found501
navigate1
full present41
search failed4
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches812
results were found148
no results found664
navigate1
full present41
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches811
results were found364
no results found447
navigate48
full present77
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches799
results were found359
no results found434
navigate30
full present69
search failed6
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches810
results were found64
no results found746
navigate0
full present19
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches812
results were found364
no results found448
navigate13
full present120
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches815
results were found287
no results found528
navigate43
full present64
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches812
results were found304
no results found508
navigate18
full present52
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches656
results were found122
no results found534
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches789
results were found209
no results found580
navigate5
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches789
results were found198
no results found591
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches795
results were found134
no results found661
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches793
results were found338
no results found455
navigate21
full present68
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
ANZCW07030087688
cyclone7
heritage, victoria7
AMSIS7
ramsar6
ANZCW07030088906
NNTT6
postcode5
water5
contour5
contours5
melbourne4
DCDB4
dem4
marine4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
digital elevation model2
brisbane sg56152
blue mountains2
geodetic surveying1
natural resources management1
coastal dune1
tife gauge1
native format1
Australian Meat Holdings1
road map1
water bodies1
Limits of Oceans1
street atlas1
cultural site1
south australian soil types1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
dipnr17
water14
tasmania14
of13
salinity13
victoria12
marine12
heritage11
cyclone9
river9
Water9
vegetation9
native9
australian9
shipping8
  • 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 repository1776
26 repositories608
25 repositories110
24 repositories49
23 repositories20
21 repositories19
20 repositories4
19 repositories2
18 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 31
Single-word search 1330
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 70
Right truncation 0
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
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)16
timeout
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)6
  • 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.