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Modified: 2007-05-01

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2007-04

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: 1225
Multiple search fields: 595
Singular search fields: 630

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-text628
full-text|full-text364
full-text|full-text|full-text147
full-text|full-text|full-text|+84
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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)1200
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1190
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1189
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)1186
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1186
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)1186
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1185
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)1184
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1184
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1184
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1184
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1184
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1184
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1184
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1184
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1184
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1184
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)1184
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1184
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1174
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1166
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)1133
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)701
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)701
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)701
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)701
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)700
  • 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 searches1184
results were found366
no results found818
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1184
results were found187
no results found997
navigate2
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1184
results were found16
no results found1168
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1184
results were found216
no results found968
navigate1
full present8
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 adl.brs.gov.au:210/anrdl)
total searches1186
results were found666
no results found520
navigate180
full present151
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1184
results were found71
no results found1113
navigate0
full present4
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1174
results were found357
no results found816
navigate18
full present18
search failed1
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1184
results were found518
no results found665
navigate0
full present52
search failed1
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1200
results were found505
no results found695
navigate36
full present188
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1184
results were found132
no results found1052
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1186
results were found441
no results found745
navigate59
full present48
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1184
results were found549
no results found634
navigate29
full present57
search failed1
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1189
results were found738
no results found451
navigate22
full present87
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1184
results were found530
no results found654
navigate0
full present9
search failed0
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches1184
results were found229
no results found955
navigate0
full present20
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches1184
results were found173
no results found1011
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1190
results were found738
no results found452
navigate214
full present321
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1166
results were found696
no results found449
navigate193
full present168
search failed22
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches1133
results were found64
no results found1069
navigate2
full present5
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1184
results were found611
no results found573
navigate6
full present108
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1185
results were found494
no results found691
navigate16
full present53
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches1186
results were found522
no results found663
navigate6
full present68
search failed2
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches701
results were found148
no results found553
navigate2
full present6
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches701
results were found237
no results found464
navigate20
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches701
results were found222
no results found479
navigate18
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches701
results were found143
no results found558
navigate1
full present3
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches700
results were found346
no results found354
navigate19
full present45
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
road37
roads30
development15
rainfall9
cadastre8
queensland8
bathymetry8
population8
irrigation7
coast, sunshine6
drainage6
contours6
wetlands6
maroochydore6
elevation5
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
south australia3
sunshine coast3
global map of australia2
fire prone2
land use2
coastal waterways1
office cost1
Ferguson Valley1
Caloundra Mapping Service1
norman park1
archaeological applications1
climate change1
Queensland Road1
Queensland Railways1
climate Zones1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
queensland64
road45
vegetation32
roads32
population30
development28
south26
australia23
fire23
land22
coast21
soil21
salinity18
water18
Queensland16
  • 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 repository2327
27 repositories627
22 repositories470
26 repositories74
21 repositories13
  • 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 51
Single-word search 2136
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 3
Right truncation 2
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)19
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1
connection
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)3
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)2
  • 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.