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Modified: 2006-06-12

Report for the 'Buildzap' gateway: 2006-05

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: 115235
Multiple search fields: 0
Singular search fields: 115235

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-text19388
metadata-date19171
north19170
south19169
east19169
west19168
  • 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.

Repositories that were searched

Repository Name Occurs
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)4638
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)4638
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)4638
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)4638
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)4638
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)4638
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)4632
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)4632
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)4626
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)4626
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)4626
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)4620
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)4620
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)4604
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)4598
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)4583
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)4577
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)4554
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)4548
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)4441
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)4228
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)3813
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)3803
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)3788
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)3787
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)3701
  • 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 searches4577
results were found4576
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed1
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)
total searches4441
results were found4422
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed19
Australian Hydrographic Service - Product Metadata (aho-1 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/product)
total searches4626
results were found4626
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Australian Hydrographic Service - Source Metadata (aho-2 www.hydro.gov.au:5550/source)
total searches4626
results were found4626
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
BRS and Australian Natural Resources Data Library (ANRDL) (brs-4 indexgeo.net:5510/anrdl)
total searches4583
results were found4583
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Bureau of Meteorology (bom-1 extapps.bom.gov.au:6668/bom_meta)
total searches4620
results were found3850
no results found770
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (marlin-1 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/marlin)
total searches4554
results were found4551
no results found3
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
DEH Environmental Data Directory (Green Pages) (ea-1 environment.gov.au:6668/edd)
total searches4632
results were found4632
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Geoscience Australia (ga-1 www.ga.gov.au:6668/ga)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
IndexGeo Pty Ltd - Eco Companion catalogue (ig-1 indexgeo.com.au:6668/dataset)
total searches4598
results were found4598
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Murray-Darling Basin Commission (mdbc-1 db.mdbc.isa.net.au:5548/mdbcprod)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
National Oceans Office (marlin-2 z3950.marine.csiro.au:6668/neptune)
total searches4548
results were found4545
no results found3
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
NSW Natural Resources Data Directory (nsw-1 canri.nsw.gov.au:6668/nrdd)
total searches4620
results were found4620
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)
total searches4228
results were found4217
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed11
Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS) (brs-2 www.brs.gov.au:210/comm)
total searches4626
results were found4626
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Qld Spatial Data (QSIIS) (qsiis-1 qsiismet.oesr.qld.gov.au:6668/qsiis_prod)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Spatial Data (qld-2 www.nrm.qld.gov.au:5550/qsii2)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)
total searches4604
results were found4602
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed2
South Australian Spatial Information Directory (sa-2 www.asdd.sa.gov.au:6668/sa)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Tasmanian Spatial Data Directory (tas-1 www.thelist.tas.gov.au:5550/tas)
total searches4638
results were found4638
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
Victorian Spatial Data Directory (vic-1 www.ogdc.vic.gov.au:6668/vicsdd)
total searches4632
results were found4632
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed0
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)
total searches3701
results were found3646
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed55
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)
total searches3787
results were found3749
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed38
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)
total searches3803
results were found3763
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed40
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)
total searches3813
results were found3770
no results found2
navigate0
full present0
search failed41
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)
total searches3788
results were found3755
no results found0
navigate0
full present0
search failed33
  • 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
title19388
100019171
9019170
-9019169
18019169
-18019168
  • Includes all phrases, words, dates, and numbers.

Phrases (top 15)

Phrase Occurs
  • Excludes phrases used in "ANZLIC Search Words".

Words (top 15)

Word Occurs
title19388
  • 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 repository115235
  • 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 0
Single-word search 19388
  • Phrase search ... more than one word occuring together.

Other statistics

Search type Occurs
ANZLIC Unique Identifiers 0
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
Respository not available
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (aadc-1 aadc-db.aad.gov.au:5550/prod)19
timeout
WALIS Interragator-Spatial Data (walis-3 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/agency)33
WALIS Interragator-Bibliographic Data (walis-4 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/biblio)38
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)36
ACT Geographic Data Directory (act-1 indexgeo.net:5511/act)1
WALIS Interragator-Aerial Photography (walis-1 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/airphoto)55
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)35
connection
NT Spatial Data Directory (nt-1 www.ntlis.nt.gov.au:210/NTSDD)11
WALIS Interragator-Natural Resource Monitoring (walis-5 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/nrm)5
RAN Directorate of Oceanography and Meteorology (aodc-1 grey-2.metoc.gov.au:5550/pages_xml)2
WALIS Interragator-Environmental Impact Statements (walis-2 waliswww.walis.wa.gov.au:6668/eis)5
  • 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.