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Modified: 2007-02-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-01

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: 685
Multiple search fields: 313
Singular search fields: 372

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-text371
full-text|full-text199
full-text|full-text|full-text73
full-text|full-text|full-text|+41
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  • 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
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)665
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)662
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)660
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)660
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)658
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)658
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)658
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)658
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)658
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)658
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)657
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)657
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)657
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)657
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)657
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)657
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)657
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)657
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)657
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)657
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)657
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)656
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)651
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)651
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)642
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)641
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)638
  • 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 searches651
results were found195
no results found456
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches660
results were found124
no results found536
navigate35
full present17
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches658
results were found24
no results found634
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches660
results were found123
no results found537
navigate16
full present123
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches658
results were found376
no results found282
navigate75
full present117
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches651
results were found60
no results found591
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches641
results were found236
no results found404
navigate0
full present9
search failed1
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches657
results were found322
no results found335
navigate1
full present47
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches665
results were found315
no results found350
navigate32
full present199
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches657
results were found107
no results found550
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches662
results were found254
no results found408
navigate34
full present78
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches642
results were found328
no results found313
navigate3
full present40
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches658
results were found409
no results found249
navigate115
full present83
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches657
results were found283
no results found374
navigate1
full present10
search failed1
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches657
results were found142
no results found515
navigate0
full present25
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches657
results were found65
no results found592
navigate0
full present12
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches638
results were found364
no results found274
navigate79
full present80
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches657
results were found351
no results found301
navigate33
full present58
search failed5
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches657
results were found66
no results found591
navigate111
full present6
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches657
results were found366
no results found291
navigate77
full present176
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches657
results were found290
no results found367
navigate18
full present29
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches658
results were found329
no results found329
navigate7
full present58
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches656
results were found144
no results found512
navigate1
full present5
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches658
results were found203
no results found455
navigate4
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches657
results were found169
no results found488
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches657
results were found153
no results found504
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches658
results were found338
no results found320
navigate20
full present60
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
bathymetry17
postcode11
flood7
rainfall7
vegetation5
topographic5
ar5
dem, elevation5
national, of, significance, weeds5
electoral4
island, lizard4
dem4
wetland4
native, title4
adelaide4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
northern territory2
great artesian basin2
Climate Change2
old growth forest1
east australia1
soil landscapes1
flood plans1
cadastral data1
tamar basin1
drainage division1
fish stocks1
Lot 20851
south esk basin1
Mean Seasonal Rainfall1
Land Use1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
bathymetry19
river17
elevation15
south15
data14
dem14
land14
murray14
australia13
of13
postcode12
vegetation12
rainfall11
water11
nsw11
  • 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 repository1942
27 repositories601
26 repositories39
25 repositories17
8 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 1128
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 1
Right truncation 3
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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
  • 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.