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Modified: 2006-11-07

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2006-10

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: 1193
Multiple search fields: 645
Singular search fields: 548

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-text548
full-text|full-text455
full-text|full-text|full-text129
full-text|full-text|full-text|+61
  • 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 (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1173
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1172
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1169
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1168
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1168
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1168
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1167
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1167
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1167
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1167
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1167
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1167
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1167
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1167
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1167
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1167
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1166
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1163
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1163
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1163
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1154
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)1154
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1153
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1153
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1152
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)620
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)550
  • 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 searches1163
results were found336
no results found826
navigate0
full present12
search failed1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches1167
results were found560
no results found606
navigate2
full present13
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1167
results were found166
no results found1000
navigate4
full present14
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1167
results were found20
no results found1146
navigate0
full present1
search failed1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1167
results were found163
no results found1003
navigate2
full present17
search failed1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches1166
results were found606
no results found559
navigate33
full present144
search failed2
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1167
results were found63
no results found1103
navigate0
full present3
search failed1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1167
results were found409
no results found754
navigate28
full present16
search failed4
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches550
results were found242
no results found308
navigate10
full present30
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1168
results were found517
no results found650
navigate29
full present212
search failed1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1163
results were found193
no results found969
navigate0
full present5
search failed1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1169
results were found412
no results found756
navigate47
full present49
search failed1
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1168
results were found541
no results found620
navigate16
full present53
search failed7
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1163
results were found735
no results found427
navigate166
full present338
search failed1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches620
results were found261
no results found358
navigate12
full present46
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1167
results were found251
no results found915
navigate2
full present42
search failed1
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1173
results were found667
no results found505
navigate151
full present143
search failed1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1168
results were found605
no results found548
navigate74
full present73
search failed16
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1167
results were found77
no results found1089
navigate0
full present3
search failed1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1167
results were found591
no results found575
navigate18
full present107
search failed1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1167
results were found435
no results found731
navigate13
full present40
search failed1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1172
results were found509
no results found662
navigate69
full present83
search failed84
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches1152
results were found267
no results found884
navigate1
full present47
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches1153
results were found427
no results found725
navigate8
full present66
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches1154
results were found353
no results found800
navigate1
full present29
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches1153
results were found282
no results found870
navigate1
full present43
search failed1
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches1154
results were found598
no results found555
navigate15
full present216
search failed1
  • 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
1:25000, Toowoomba, map, orthophoto25
new, zealand18
New, Zealand14
water12
dem10
digital, elevation, model9
"Toowoomba 1:25000 orthophoto map"8
land, use8
road6
land, victoria6
postcode6
curtin, university6
estuaries, wetlands6
agriculture6
soil6
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
Toowoomba 1:25000 orthophoto map9
lexton street2
Daly river2
New Zealand2
Latrobe River2
CSIRO Marine2
Atmospheric Research2
lake cooloongup2
south australia2
south fremantle1
SOIL ERODIBILITY1
land use in Australia mainland1
fish kills1
salinity NSW1
south beach1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
map39
orthophoto35
land34
vegetation31
water29
Toowoomba28
new24
NSW22
zealand20
river19
australia17
elevation17
queensland17
soil16
boundaries16
  • 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 repository2573
26 repositories966
25 repositories95
27 repositories88
21 repositories14
23 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 62
Single-word search 2052
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 2
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
timeout
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)4
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)14
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)83
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)3
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
protocol
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)1
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)1
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)1
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
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)1
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)1
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)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.