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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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Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) DSS

432097 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The purpose of the Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) data set specification (AYADSS) is to define data standards for the national collection of data for adolescents and young adults (commonly defined as a person between 15 and 29 years of age) with cancer so that data collected is consistent and reliable. It provides definitions and detailed instructions for coding cancer clinical information for adolescent and young adults with cancer and contains generic data elements for adolescent...
Superseded: Health

Cancer (clinical) DSS

394731 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The purpose of the Cancer (clinical) data set specification (C(C)DSS) is to define data standards for the national collection of clinical cancer data so that data collected is consistent and reliable. Collection of this data set specification is not mandated but it is recommended as best practice if clinical cancer data are to be collected. It will facilitate more consistent data collection while enabling individual treatment centres or health service areas to develop data extraction and collect...
Superseded: Health

Cancer (clinical) DSS

560813 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The purpose of the Cancer (clinical) data set specification (C(C)DSS) is to define data standards for the national collection of clinical cancer data so that data collected is consistent and reliable. Collection of this data set specification is not mandated but it is recommended as best practice if clinical cancer data are to be collected. It will facilitate more consistent data collection while enabling individual treatment centres or health service areas to develop data extraction and collect...
Superseded: Health

Cancer staging—cancer staging scheme source, code N[N]

393364 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The reference which describes in detail the methods of staging and the definitions for the classification system used in determining the extent of cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment type code N[N]

399626 | Value Domain | Cancer Australia
A code set representing the type of treatment for cancer.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—chemotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY

393552 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The completion date of chemotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—chemotherapy cycles administered, number of cycles N[NN]

393814 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The total number of cycles of chemotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—chemotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY

393514 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The start date of chemotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—hormone therapy completion date, DDMMYYYY

393568 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The completion date of the hormone therapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—hormone therapy start date, DDMMYYYY

393527 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The start date of hormone therapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—immunotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY

393591 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The completion date of immunotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—immunotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY

393541 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The start date of immunotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—other cancer treatment, text [X(150)]

403836 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The cancer-directed treatment administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, other than surgery, radiotherapy or systemic therapy, as represented by text.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—outcome of treatment, code N.N

402047 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The response of the tumour at the completion of the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiation dose administered

433496 | Data Element Concept | Cancer Australia
The largest prescribed dose of radiation administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiation dose administered, total Gray N[NN.NN]

408039 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The largest prescribed dose of radiation administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, measured in Gray (Gy).
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiotherapy completion date, DDMMYYYY

394464 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The completion date of the radiotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiotherapy fractions administered, total fractions N[N]

393512 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The total number of radiotherapy sessions (fractions) administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY

393497 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The start date of the radiotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiotherapy target site, code N[N]

393422 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The target site of radiotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—radiotherapy treatment type, code N[N]

399526 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The type of radiotherapy administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgery target site

393413 | Data Element Concept | Cancer Australia
The target site of cancer-directed surgery performed during the initial course of treatment for cancer.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgery target site, topography code (ICD-O-3) ANN.N

393415 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The target site of cancer-directed surgery performed during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by an ICD-O-3 code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgical procedure date, DDMMYYYY

393424 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The date on which a cancer-directed surgical procedure was performed during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer, procedure code (ACHI 7th edn) NNNNN-NN

393426 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The cancer-directed surgical procedure performed during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer, procedure code (ACHI 8th edn) NNNNN-NN

562816 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The cancer-directed surgical procedure performed during the course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—surgical procedure for cancer, procedure code (ACHI 8th edn) NNNNN-NN

514047 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The cancer-directed surgical procedure performed during the course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—systemic therapy agent or protocol, text X[X(149)]

393623 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The systemic therapy agent or protocol administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by text.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—systemic therapy procedure date, DDMMYYYY

394581 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The date on which a systemic therapy procedure was administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Superseded: Health

Cancer treatment—systemic therapy procedure, code N[N]

394697 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The systemic therapy procedure administered during the initial course of treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Chemotherapy for cancer cluster

418323 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
Chemotherapy is cancer treatment that achieves its antitumour effect through the use of antineoplastic drugs that inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells by interfering with DNA synthesis and mitosis. The chemotherapy cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when the patient is administered chemotherapy as part of the initial course of treatment for cancer. The chemotherapy cluster collects information on the chemotherapy agent or protocol, the number ...
Superseded: Health

Gynaecological cancer (clinical) DSS

421105 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The purpose of the Gynaecological cancer (clinical) data set specification (DSS) is to define data standards for the national collection of gynaecological cancer data so that data collected is consistent and reliable. The data set specification is not mandated for collection but is recommended as best practice if gynaecological cancer data is to be collected. It enables individual treatment centres or health service areas to develop collection methods and policies appropriate for their service. ...
Superseded: Health

Hormone therapy for cancer cluster

418349 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
Hormone therapy is cancer treatment that achieves its antitumour effect through changes in hormonal balance. It includes the administration of hormones, agents acting via hormonal mechanisms, antihormones and steroids. The hormone therapy cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when the patient is administered hormone therapy as part of the initial course of treatment for cancer. The hormone therapy cluster collects information on the hormone therapy a...
Superseded: Health

Immunotherapy for cancer cluster

418352 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
Immunotherapy, also known as biological therapy, biotherapy or biological response modifier therapy, is cancer treatment that achieves its antitumour effect by altering the immune system or changing the host's response to the tumour cells. The immunotherapy cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when the patient is administered immunotherapy as part of the initial course of treatment for cancer. The immunotherapy cluster collects information on the im...
Superseded: Health

Lung cancer (clinical) DSS

430950 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The purpose of the Lung cancer (clinical) data set specification (LCCDSS) is to define data standards for the national collection of lung cancer clinical data so that data collected is consistent and reliable. Collection of this data set specification is not mandated but it is recommended as best practice if clinical cancer data are to be collected. It will facilitate more consistent data collection while enabling individual treatment centres or health service areas to develop data extraction an...
Superseded: Health

Outcome of treatment code N.N

402051 | Value Domain | Cancer Australia
A code set representing the response of the tumour at the completion of treatment.
Superseded: Health

Person with cancer—extent of primary cancer, TNM stage (UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours, 7th ed) code X[XX]

403726 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The anatomical extent of disease in a person with cancer based on the previously coded T, N and M stage categories, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Person with cancer—second-line treatment intention, code N

430242 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The intended outcome of second-line treatment administered to a person with cancer, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health

Person—Individual Healthcare Identifier, N(16)

432495 | Data Element | Cancer Australia
The numerical identifier that uniquely identifies each individual in the Australian healthcare system.
Superseded: Health

Radiotherapy for cancer cluster

418354 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
The radiotherapy cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when the patient receives radiotherapy as part of the initial course of treatment for cancer. The radiotherapy cluster collects information on the radiotherapy type, dose, fractions, target site and the start and finish dates for each course of treatment. Information on the type, dose, fractions and target site of radiotherapy is required to evaluate patterns of care, the effectiveness of differe...
Superseded: Health

Radiotherapy target site code N[N]

399722 | Value Domain | Cancer Australia
A code set representing the target site for radiotherapy treatment.
Superseded: Health

Radiotherapy treatment type code N[N]

402063 | Value Domain | Cancer Australia
A code set representing the type of radiotherapy treatment given.
Superseded: Health

Surgery for cancer cluster

561539 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
Cancer-directed surgery is surgery that destroys or modifies cancer tissue anywhere in the body and includes biopsies that remove the entire tumour and/or leave only microscopic margins. It may be palliative, (to control symptoms, alleviate pain, or make the patient more comfortable), or curative. The surgery treatment cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when cancer-directed surgery is performed as part of the course of treatment for cancer. The su...
Superseded: Health

Surgery for cancer cluster

418356 | Data Set Specification | Cancer Australia
Cancer-directed surgery is surgery that destroys or modifies cancer tissue anywhere in the body and includes biopsies that remove the entire tumour and/or leave only microscopic margins. It may be palliative, (to control symptoms, alleviate pain, or make the patient more comfortable), or curative. The surgery treatment cluster consists of those data elements recommended for collection as best practice when cancer-directed surgery is performed as part of the initial course of treatment for cancer...
Superseded: Health

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