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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Accommodation Cluster

650528 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Accommodation cluster defines information about households and recipients that are eligible to receive Centrelink rental payments (type, frequency, payee, weekly payment amount), and information about homeownership status, accommodation type and subtenant status.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Children Cluster

650587 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Children Cluster defines information about recipients of Centrelink benefits who have children for whom they are eligible to receive a Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payment, a Double Orphan Pension or a Multiple Birth Allowance.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Demographics Cluster

650590 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Demographics Cluster defines demographic information relating to both recipients of Centrelink benefits and their partners. The information includes: age, country of birth, citizenship, gender, Indigenous status, refugee status, preferred and spoken language and marital status.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Disability Cluster

650608 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Disability cluster defines information relating to Centrelink recipients in relation to medical conditions, permanency of medical conditions and impairment ratings for the purposes of Disability Support Pension (DSP).
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Income and Assets Cluster

650616 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Income and Assets Cluster defines information relating to the income received by a Centrelink recipient from continuous and one-off income sources.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Income support information Cluster

650619 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Income Support Information Cluster defines information in relation to the identification of Centrelink recipients and their partners; the type and status of Centrelink benefits; and income management initiatives recipients may be subject to.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Location Cluster

650634 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Location Cluster defines information relating to the country of birth, country of residence, and geographic location (postcode, Statistical area level 1 and state/territory of usual residence) of a recipient of Centrelink benefits.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Priority investment approach research DSS

650525 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Priority Investment Approach (PIA) research data set specification (DSS) defines longitudinal social security information related to Centrelink recipients and their partners. The information defined includes information related to entitlements to benefits, payment information and demographic details (for example, sex, Indigenous status, refugee status and date of birth).​ A Centrelink recipient is a person to whom an Australian Government Centrelink benefit is provided. A person is considere...
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

Reporting period Cluster

650623 | Data Set Specification | Australian Government Department of Social Services
The Reporting period cluster defines information about quarterly reporting start and end dates for recipients of Centrelink benefits.
Standard: Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired)

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