Search

METEOR’s search works in a similar way to other search engines. You can use keywords or terms to pull up related content. The below tips are specific to METEOR and will help you to find what you need.

Try searching using either a keyword, specific term or METEOR ID number.

METEOR ID search

If you’re a returning user and know an item’s METEOR ID, you can enter it in the search box. Clicking the search icon will take you straight to the item’s page.

Autocomplete

METEOR will automatically display suggestions for search terms as you’re typing. This predictive text will show you METEOR entries that exist for the topic you’re searching on. You don’t have to use any of these suggestions, but they may make your searching process faster and easier.

Pressing ‘tab’ will select the top suggestion. Otherwise, selecting from the list of suggestions will put the suggested search term into the search box. You can then click the search icon to find related content. Clicking anywhere on the search results will take you to the item’s page.

Spelling correction

METEOR will show search results with spelling correction. Misspelled terms can still be selected for search where relevant.

Dropdown options

The drop-down menus directly below the search text box allow you to limit the search results to any of the 18 content types in METEOR (see Learn about metadata to view the list), by item creation dates, and item revision dates.

Content types

Content types allow you to limit your search to various metadata building blocks and other topic or help content found in METEOR. See Learn about metadata to view a list of metadata item types that you can search in METEOR. Searching on Topic pages will give results from METEOR’s ‘non-metadata’ pages which explain metadata, how it is managed, how to use METEOR, and how to develop metadata.

Searching on Help will give results from all the pop-up information boxes that are linked to each metadata item. The Help search looks through all text from the METEOR Business Rules, which is accessed through the small ‘i’ icon used throughout the site.

Created date and Revision date

The Created and Revision date dropdown options limit your search to when an item was created or last revised. METEOR will search any time by default, or you can select or specify a custom period.

Custom search syntax

METEOR uses Lucene search syntax. This functionality can be useful to fine-tune your search results even more. Some of the commands include:

  1. Restrict search to the titles of items by using Name: Searchterm. Note that it has to be written exactly as Name, with the capital N. Using name will not work. It doesn’t matter if there’s a space around the colon or not.
  2. Force a second term to be included by using AND.
  3. Widen your search to include another option using the term OR.

For example, if you’re looking for something with the word ‘baby’ in the title you would use Name: baby. METEOR will also give you results for the plural of the search term, so if you search on ‘baby’ you will also get results for ‘babies’. If looking for something with two terms (‘baby’ and ‘admission’) you would use Name: baby AND admission.

Sort by

You can also display your search results with a range of options in the Sort by drop-down menu on the right. You can sort on Relevance, Most/Least Recently Created, Most/Least Recently Updated, and Alphabetically (A–Z and Z–A).

Clear

The Clear button resets the Search page.

Filtering search results

You can fine-tune your search results using the filters that appear in the left-hand menu after searching any term. These filters are dynamic and will only display options specific to your search term, for example, only registration authorities relating to your search term will be displayed. You can use multiple filters at once.

Some of the filters change depending on your role within METEOR. If you are using METEOR without an account, you can search on metadata item type, public registration statuses, METEOR ID, and registration authority. You are also able to compare two items.

If you are using METEOR without an account, you will not be able to save bookmarks for items you’re interested in. There are also some non-public registration statuses that you won’t be able to see.

If you wish to save bookmarks, you can sign up for a free METEOR account easily, just follow the Sign up now prompts after clicking on the Sign In button. If you have an account, you will also be able to subscribe to notifications about changes to specific items in METEOR.

If you are logged in to METEOR as a metadata developer, or any other official role, there are some additional search options. You will be able to restrict your search to the full range of registration status options, including non-public statuses. You will also be able to save bookmarks and subscribe to notifications about changes to items.

Each search result has a small ‘hamburger’ icon on the right . This gives you download links for the metadata item as a PDF or a Word document.


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Accuracy indicator

294414 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The level of detail to which recorded information is correct.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Address line

292741 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A composite of one or more standard address components that describes a low level of geographical/physical description of a location.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Aged Care

Age

269152 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The length of life or existence.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Indigenous, Children and Families
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Area of usual residence

269104 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The geographical region in which a person or group of people usually reside.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian postcode

269316 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area, aligned with locality, suburb or place.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Australian state/territory identifier

722657 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An identifier of the Australian state or territory.
Standard: Health, Indigenous, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Early Childhood

Date of birth

269318 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date on which an individual was born.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Early childhood education program attendance hours

763010 | Property | Department of Education
A count of the hours an early childhood education program is attended.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program attendance indicator

762855 | Property | Department of Education
An indicator of attendance at an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program delivered by a qualified teacher indicator

763146 | Property | Department of Education
An indicator of whether an early childhood education program was delivered by a qualified early childhood teacher.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program enrolment hours

763016 | Property | Department of Education
A count of the hours in which a child is enrolled in an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program enrolment indicator

762873 | Property | Department of Education
An indicator of whether a person is enrolled to attend an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program fees charged per week

762946 | Property | Department of Education
The actual fees charged for an early childhood education program, per week.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program received from a qualified teacher indicator

763023 | Property | Department of Education
An indicator of face-to-face delivery of an early childhood education program by a qualified early childhood teacher.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program repeater indicator

763029 | Property | Department of Education
An indicator of whether a child was enrolled in their second or third year of an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Early childhood education program weekly tuition fee schedule amount

608313 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
The standard fee schedule amount for instruction at an early childhood education program, per week.
Standard: Early Childhood

Education field of highest relevant qualification

390975 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
The field of education of highest relevant educational attainment.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Indigenous

Eligibility for subsidy indicator

395874 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether somebody or something is entitled to receive financial assistance towards the cost of some purchase or endeavour.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Estimated resident population of Australia

388661 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The official measure of the population of Australia.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Fee schedule amount

326576 | Property
The monies paid by a service user in return for service access.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Fee schedule for activity type

354671 | Property
The standard fee schedule type for a given activity type.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Fees charged

401471 | Property
An amount payable for a service.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Funding type

315175 | Property
A descriptor of the source of funds.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Geographic location

269234 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A description of physical location.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Disability, Tasmanian Health
Retired: Housing assistance

Government funding type

473089 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The type of government funding received.
Standard: Early Childhood

Hours of an early childhood education program received from qualified teacher(s)

763035 | Property | Department of Education
A count of the hours of an early childhood education program that is received from qualified early childhood teacher(s).
Standard: Early Childhood

Hours worked in early childhood education program delivery (per week)

763152 | Property | Department of Education
The number of hours worked in the delivery of an early childhood education program, per week.
Standard: Early Childhood

Indigenous status

269161 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of identification as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Letters of family name

349486 | Property
A specific combination of letters selected from a family name (surname).
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Letters of given name

314125 | Property
A specific combination of letters selected from a person's first name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Level of highest qualification in employment field

390955 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The highest level attained for a qualification in an employment related field.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Indigenous

Linkage key

349889 | Property
A key that enables the bringing together of two or more things.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability

Management type

444809 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The type of legal or social entity responsible for managing the delivery of an early childhood education and care service.
Standard: Early Childhood

Maximum early childhood education program hours available

763042 | Property | Department of Education
The maximum number of hours of early childhood education program available at this service.
Standard: Early Childhood

Maximum early childhood education program hours available per week

602329 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
The maximum number of hours of early childhood education program available at this service, per week.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of children attending an early childhood education program

604301 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of children attending an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of early childhood education program enrolments

608337 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of recorded enrolments in an early childhood education program.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of early childhood education program hours enrolled

557610 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of the hours a child is enrolled in a structured, play-based learning program (delivered by a qualified teacher and aimed at children in the year or two before they commence full-time schooling), at the service.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of early childhood education program service operation weeks

608355 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of the number of weeks that early childhood education program services are provided.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of Indigenous children attending an early childhood education program

608422 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of Indigenous children attending an early childhood education program, for at least one hour during the reference period.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of Indigenous children enrolled in an early childhood education program

608430 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A count of Indigenous children enrolled in an early childhood education program, for at least one hour during the reference period.
Standard: Early Childhood

Number of service operation weeks

269311 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A count of the number of weeks during a specified period that a service provider is open to provide services.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Indigenous, Disability

Organisation identifier

269367 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A sequence of characters which identify an organisation.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Organisation name

288901 | Property | Standards Australia
The appellation by which an establishment, agency or organisation is known or called.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Disability, Youth Justice
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Paid employment indicator

314807 | Property
The status of a worker in terms of being paid or unpaid.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

Person identifier

269369 | Property | National minimum data set working parties
A sequence of characters which identify a person.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Preschool program delivery indicator

441635 | Property
An indicator of whether a structured, play-based, educational program (primarily aimed at children in the year before they commence full-time schooling), was delivered face to face.
Standard: Early Childhood

Role of early childhood education and care worker

441579 | Property | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
A descriptor of the main role undertaken by a worker employed in early childhood education and care services.
Standard: Early Childhood

Service activity type

406069 | Property
The nature of a service activity type.
Standard: Housing assistance, Homelessness, Early Childhood, Community Services (retired), Indigenous, Disability

Service delivery setting

269375 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The setting in which assistance or services are provided.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability

Sex

635230 | Property | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
Sex refers to an individual's biological characteristics. An individual's sex is usually described as being either male or female. An individual may have both male and female characteristics, or neither male nor female characteristics, or other sexual characteristics.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health, Youth Justice
Standard: Indigenous, Homelessness, Early Childhood

Statistical area

659876 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A designated region with a pre-determined population range primarily for statistical usage.
Standard: Health, Children and Families, Early Childhood, Aged Care
Recorded: Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board

Suburb/town/locality name

269335 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The full name of the general locality containing the specific address.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Type of work activity

397306 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A descriptor of the class of work performed
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood

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