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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Address communication suppression cluster

611161 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Address communication suppression cluster defines the data elements used to collect information relating to the suppression of an address, which is defined as a collection of information used for describing the location of an entity, and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted. The address may be either a physical address, such as home address, or an electronic address, such as an email address. Any physical or electronic address can be suppressed for a range of administrative,...
Standard: Health

Address components cluster

611149 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Address components cluster defines the data elements needed to collect the components of an address, which is defined as a collection of information used for describing the location of an entity, and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted, for individuals or organisations.
Standard: Health

Address geocode cluster

611155 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Address geocode cluster defines the data elements used to collect the geocode components of an address, which is defined as a collection of information used for describing the location of an entity, and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted. Address geocoding identifies the precise geographical location of an address using a global positioning system (GPS), which is a system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine the latitude and longitude of a rece...
Standard: Health

Address status cluster

611143 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Address status cluster includes data elements that define whether an address is current. An address is defined as a collection of information used for describing the location of an entity, and/or details describing how the entity can be contacted.
Standard: Health

Address—electronic communication details verifier, text X[X(99)]

522672 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The person or organisation responsible for verifying the validity of an electronic communication address, as represented by text.
Standard: Health

Address—electronic communication medium, code N[N]

522584 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The type of mechanism used for electronic communication with an entity, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Indigenous

Address—electronic communication verification flag, code A

522627 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A flag used to indicate that the validity of an electronic communication address has been confirmed, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health

Address—information suppression end date, DDMMYYYY

522413 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The effective end date from which an address was, or is, to be released from suppression, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health

Address—information suppression indicator, yes/no code N

522400 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of whether an address is subject to suppression, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health

Address—information suppression start date, DDMMYYYY

522407 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The effective start date from which an address was, or is, to be suppressed, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health

Carer representation arrangements indicator

529392 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of formal carer representation at the highest level of governance to include the participation of carers.
Standard: Health

Consumer committee representation arrangements

288847 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of the extent of formal committee mechanisms in place to promote the participation of mental health consumers.
Standard: Health

Consumer representation arrangements indicator

529086 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of formal consumer representation at the highest level of governance to include the participation of consumers.
Standard: Health

Data exchange agreement

619295 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An arrangement where two or more entities agree to exchange one or more sets of data and related attributes in such a manner that the information content or meaning assigned to the data is not altered during the transmission.
Standard: Health

Establishment—recurrent non-salary expenditure, total Australian currency N[N(13)]

616003 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The recurrent expenditure incurred by an establishment, excluding salaries and wages, measured in Australian dollars.
Standard: Health

Full-time equivalent staffing data element cluster

616025 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
These data elements are used in conjunction with each other to describe full-time equivalent staff in establishments.
Standard: Health

Person—gender, text X[X(99)]

741853 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
How a person describes their gender, as represented by text.
Standard: Health

Person—sex

741634 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The sex of a person.
Standard: Health, Youth Justice, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care, Indigenous
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—sex, text X[X(99)]

741731 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The sex of a person, as represented by text.
Standard: Health

Public health

352234 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Organised response by society to protect and promote health, and to prevent illness, injury and disability. The starting point for identifying public health issues, problems and priorities, and for designing and implementing interventions is the population as a whole, or population subgroups (NPHP 1998).
Standard: Health

Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYX

686241 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A key that enables two or more records belonging to the same individual to be brought together. It is represented by a code consisting of the second, third and fifth characters of a person’s family name, the second and third letters of the person’s given name, the day, month and year when the person was born and the sex of the person, concatenated in that order.
Standard: Health, Homelessness

Sex

750030 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Sex is understood in relation to sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. Sex is often used interchangeably with gender, however they are distinct concepts and it is important to differentiate between them.
Standard: Health, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care, Indigenous
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Sex

741630 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The sex of an individual.
Standard: Health, Youth Justice, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care, Indigenous
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Statistical linkage key 581 cluster

750410 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Statistical data linkage refers to the bringing together of data from different sources to gain a greater understanding of a situation or individual from the combined (or linked) dataset. This facilitates a better understanding of the patterns of service use by groups of clients for research, statistical or policy analysis, planning and evaluation purposes. Its form is: XXXXXDDMMYYYYX The sequence in which the linkage key is completed is as follows: Family name (the first 3 Xs) Given name (th...
Standard: Health

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