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Modified: 2008-03-03

Report for the 'Basic' gateway: 2008-02

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: 9059
Multiple search fields: 8410
Singular search fields: 649

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-text|full-text8172
full-text649
full-text|full-text|full-text151
full-text|full-text|full-text|+87
  • 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
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)9020
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)1197
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)1197
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)1195
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)1195
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)1193
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)1193
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)1193
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)1192
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)1192
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1189
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)1189
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)1189
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)1189
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)1154
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)1144
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)1144
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)1144
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)937
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)937
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)937
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)937
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)937
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)934
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)912
  • 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 searches1189
results were found341
no results found845
navigate1
full present52
search failed3
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches1144
results were found165
no results found979
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Publication Metadata (aho-3 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/publication)
total searches1144
results were found27
no results found1117
navigate0
full present3
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches1144
results were found178
no results found966
navigate20
full present10
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches1192
results were found75
no results found1117
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches1192
results were found357
no results found835
navigate1
full present12
search failed0
DEW Discover Information Geographically (DIG) (ea-1 kaos.erin.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches1193
results were found492
no results found701
navigate17
full present31
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches1197
results were found456
no results found741
navigate19
full present123
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches1189
results were found177
no results found1012
navigate0
full present8
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches1193
results were found394
no results found799
navigate48
full present52
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches1193
results were found502
no results found689
navigate7
full present53
search failed2
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches1189
results were found607
no results found582
navigate62
full present105
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches1189
results were found383
no results found806
navigate1
full present15
search failed0
PSMA Australia Limited (psma-2 psma-asdd.geometryit.com:210/PSMA)
total searches9020
results were found7975
no results found1045
navigate0
full present6
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIC) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches1197
results were found574
no results found623
navigate168
full present100
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches1195
results were found550
no results found624
navigate60
full present57
search failed21
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches912
results were found91
no results found821
navigate0
full present1
search failed0
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches1154
results were found512
no results found642
navigate76
full present204
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches1195
results were found426
no results found769
navigate74
full present48
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches934
results were found452
no results found482
navigate53
full present115
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches937
results were found192
no results found745
navigate1
full present17
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches937
results were found298
no results found639
navigate6
full present4
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches937
results were found226
no results found711
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches937
results were found184
no results found753
navigate0
full present2
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches937
results were found378
no results found559
navigate6
full present26
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
Address, Address7844
water31
vegetation10
roads8
wetlands7
geology6
indigenous6
Topography5
index, map5
evc5
landsat5
national, parks5
marine5
transport4
ANZQL00400000014
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
port phillip3
local government area2
east caboolture2
Long Baseline1
horse flew1
salt lake1
solomon islands1
Communications plan1
DCDB-STRATA _PLAN database1
Gold Coast1
peter wilson1
Northern Territory1
centennial park1
coastal wetlands1
national agricult1
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
Address15688
water42
STRATA29
ACT23
map23
of22
australia21
river20
vegetation19
marine19
land18
catchment14
parks14
database14
wetlands13
  • 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 repository9534
24 repositories537
25 repositories342
20 repositories207
22 repositories51
19 repositories48
23 repositories7
  • 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 28
Single-word search 17769
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 77
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
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)13
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)3
connection
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)2
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)8
  • 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.