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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Assistive products for persons with disability (AS/NZS ISO 9999:2011) code NN [NN NN]

508626 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A codeset representing a logical and integrated taxonomy and terminology for assistive technology products.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Client—amount of assistance, total hours NNN

323093 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare., CSTDA NMDS Network.
The number of hours of assistance received by a client of an agency or organisation.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Client—reason support plan does not exist, code N

509838 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The reason a client does not have a current support plan, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Client—support plan goal achievement level, code N

509767 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The extent to which a specific goal in a client's support plan has been achieved, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Client—support plan indicator

512979 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of whether or not a current support plan has been developed for the client.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Cultural and language diversity cluster

491352 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Standards for Statistics on Cultural and Language Diversity have been developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to provide a means of standardising the way the ABS and other agencies collect and disseminate information relating to the origins of individuals and cultural diversity in Australia. The minimum core set for the purposes of collecting information relevant to cultural diversity in respect of people who have migrated to Australia, and their descendants are; Country of birth...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Electronic contact details data dictionary

433419 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The electronic contact details data dictionary is used to collect electronic contact details for a person or organisation, including telephone contact details. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry concern at the numerou...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer benefits cluster

509178 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This cluster may be applied to informal carers associated with clients of specialist disability services.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer—financial assistance type

509163 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The type of financial assistance provided to an informal carer.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer—financial assistance type, carer benefit code N

509172 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The type of carer benefit provided to an informal carer, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer—receipt of carer allowance or payment indicator

509134 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of whether an informal carer receives a carer allowance or carer payment.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Informal carer—receipt of carer allowance or payment indicator, code N

509168 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of whether an informal carer receives a carer allowance or carer payment, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Level of government

348916 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A descriptor of the level of government.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Organisation details data dictionary

431158 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The organisation details data dictionary is used to collect details for an organisation, including the name of the organisation. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry concern at the numerous data interchange formats used...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Person details data dictionary

430772 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The person details data dictionary contains the data elements to identify the name and demographic characteristics of a person defined as a human being, whether man, woman or child. It is based on the Standards prepared by Standards Australia Subcommittee IT-027-01, Personal and Corporate Data-Representation and Management, for Committee IT-027, Data Management and Interchange to supersede AS 4590-1999. The revised AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information standard is a result of industry ...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Receipt of carer allowance or payment indicator

509129 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
An indicator of whether a person receives carer allowance or carer payment.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Record—linkage key, code 581 XXXXXDDMMYYYYN

349895 | 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: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Disability
Superseded: Homelessness, Health

Service episode—service cessation reason, disability code N[N]

509846 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The reason that a client ceases to receive services from a specialist disability services provider, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Service provider organisation—number of clients, total people N[NNNN]

321271 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare., CSTDA NMDS Network.
The total number of clients receiving services or care from an agency or organisation.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Indigenous, Disability

Service type outlet—number of clients, total people N[NNNN]

497579 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The total number of clients receiving services or care from a service type outlet.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) cluster 2011

477111 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The person level geographical location data elements in this cluster refer to the person's usual residence. This is defined below. When collecting the geographical location of a person's usual place of residence, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recommends that 'usual' be defined as: 'the place where the person has or intends to live for 6 months or more, or the place that the person regards as their main residence, or where the person has no other residence, the place they currently ...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability
Superseded: Early Childhood

Sources of income code NNNN

408149 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
A code set representing a person's sources of income.
Standard: Housing assistance, Homelessness, Community Services (retired), Disability

Statistical linkage key 581 cluster

349510 | 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: XXXXXDDMMYYYYN The sequence in which the linkage key is completed is as follows: Family name (the first 3 Xs) Given name (the 4...
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Disability
Superseded: Homelessness, Health

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