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Modified: 2007-03-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-02

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: 736
Multiple search fields: 310
Singular search fields: 426

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-text426
full-text|full-text207
full-text|full-text|full-text67
full-text|full-text|full-text|+36
  • 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
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)726
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)725
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)724
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)723
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)723
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)723
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)723
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)722
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)722
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)722
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)722
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)722
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)722
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)722
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)722
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)722
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)722
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)722
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)722
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)722
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)721
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)718
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)717
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)716
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)708
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)708
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)365
  • 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 searches708
results were found208
no results found500
navigate0
full present5
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches722
results were found107
no results found615
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches722
results were found18
no results found704
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches722
results were found122
no results found600
navigate37
full present15
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches723
results were found386
no results found337
navigate67
full present95
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches722
results were found43
no results found679
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches717
results were found248
no results found467
navigate0
full present14
search failed2
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches722
results were found347
no results found375
navigate41
full present103
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches723
results were found312
no results found410
navigate19
full present135
search failed1
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches708
results were found97
no results found611
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches724
results were found271
no results found452
navigate19
full present53
search failed2
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches718
results were found345
no results found372
navigate6
full present42
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches716
results were found431
no results found285
navigate21
full present56
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches722
results were found300
no results found422
navigate0
full present13
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches722
results were found138
no results found584
navigate1
full present21
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches722
results were found73
no results found649
navigate0
full present7
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches725
results were found408
no results found317
navigate234
full present85
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches721
results were found392
no results found328
navigate19
full present34
search failed1
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches365
results were found34
no results found331
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches722
results were found368
no results found354
navigate11
full present73
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches722
results were found305
no results found417
navigate25
full present57
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches723
results were found351
no results found372
navigate50
full present139
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches722
results were found142
no results found580
navigate1
full present14
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches722
results were found256
no results found466
navigate1
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches723
results were found204
no results found519
navigate2
full present9
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches722
results were found165
no results found557
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches726
results were found372
no results found354
navigate71
full present90
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
rainfall7
geology7
contours7
road6
postcode6
soil5
airport5
contour5
land, use5
ibra4
sydney4
Australian, Bight, Great, Marine, Park, The4
boundaries4
bathymetry4
quality, water4
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia3
post code2
south creek2
surface water1
macquarie island1
features of interest1
points of interest1
botanical regions1
geosciences geology1
Mount Bryan1
wet tropics1
MAP OF BRAZIL1
mount field1
bathymetry grid1
sound speed1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
land20
water16
south16
australia13
queensland12
contours12
geology11
wetlands10
boundaries9
bathymetry9
nsw8
of8
vegetation8
soil8
postcode8
  • 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 repository1719
27 repositories350
26 repositories346
25 repositories22
24 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 22
Single-word search 1153
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 7
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
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)1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)2
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)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.