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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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Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)

457289 | Data Element
A designated region describing location and contact details that represents a medium-sized area built from a number of Statistical areas level 1 (SA1s), as represented by a code. The aim is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically.
Superseded: Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability

Adoption consent code N

468236 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing the consent by birth parents to an adoption.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}

463806 | Value Domain | Australian Youth Justice Administrators (AYJA)
The Postcode datafile code set representing Australian postcodes as defined by Australia Post.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability
Superseded: Early Childhood, Health, Homelessness, Indigenous, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health

Australian state/territory code N

304682 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The code set representing Australian states and territories.
Superseded: Health, Children and Families, Indigenous
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness
Qualified: Youth Justice

Australian state/territory identifier

269056 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An identifier of the Australian state or territory.
Superseded: Health, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, WA Health, Disability, Aged Care
Retired: Commonwealth Department of Health
Qualified: Youth Justice

Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2011

437772 | Classification Scheme
The Australian Bureau of Statistics framework for statistical geography. The main purpose of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) is the dissemination of geographically classified statistics. It provides a common framework of statistical geography which enables the publication of statistics that are comparable and spatially integrated.
Superseded: Health, Early Childhood, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Disability
Retired: Commonwealth Department of Health

Care and protection order (CPO) file cluster

492993 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Care and protection order file cluster contains information about care and protection orders issued to the clients in the Child protection (CP) client data set specification. This includes care and protection orders that were issued and/or applicable, including those that ended, during the reference period. Children should be counted in the state or territory where the order is operative, regardless of where the child is residing. The following care and protection orders/arrangements are inc...
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Carer household authorisation file cluster

493492 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Carer household authorisation file cluster contains information about all carer households who were authorised to provide funded home–based out-of-home-care placements at any point during the reference period. This includes carer households authorised to provide: Foster care (including provisionally approved carers) Relative/kinship care (including provisionally approved carers) Respite Long-term guardianship.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Child protection (CP) client file cluster

492589 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Child protection (CP) client file cluster is used to collect demographic information on children and young people involved in any component of the child protection system (i.e. notifications, investigations, substantiations, orders and/or out-of-home care placements) during the reference period.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Child protection NMDS 2012-13

492561 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009–2020 (COAG 2009) on 30 April 2009, demonstrating all governments’ commitment to achieving a substantial and sustained reduction in child abuse and neglect in Australia. The development of a unit record data collection is seen as a major project under the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children. Although each jurisdiction has its own legislation, policies and practi...
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Child—new client indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

521821 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether a child was a new child protection client of the reporting jurisdiction, as represented by a code.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Child—other type of abuse or neglect, code N[N]

455510 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Other type of abuse or neglect, other than the primary type, that has caused, or is likely to cause, injury or harm to a child, as represented by a code.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Country code (SACC 2011) NNNN

459969 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC 2011) code set representing a country.
Superseded: Health, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability

Disability

327304 | Glossary Item
Disability is the umbrella term for any or all of: an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities, or a restriction in participation. Disability is a multi-dimensional and complex concept and is conceived as a dynamic interaction between health conditions and environmental and personal factors (WHO 2001:6).
Superseded: Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability

Financial payment for out-of-home care code N[N]

456637 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing whether a child protection authority made or offered a financial contribution towards an out-of-home care placement.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Geographic indicator

327306 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A classification scheme that divides an area into mutually exclusive sub-areas based on geographic location. Some geographic indicators are:Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC, ABS cat. no. 1216.0, effective up until 1 July 2011)Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS, ABS cat. nos. 1270.0.55.001 to 1270.0.55.005, effective from 1 July 2011)administrative regionselectoratesAccessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA)Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Area Classificati...
Superseded: Health, Indigenous, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Early Childhood, Disability, Tasmanian Health, Aged Care
Retired: Commonwealth Department of Health
Qualified: Youth Justice

Indigenous status code N

270885 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing Indigenous status.
Superseded: Health, Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Disability, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Indigenous
Qualified: Youth Justice

Language code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}

460118 | Value Domain
The Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL 2011) code set representing languages.
Superseded: Health, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability

Living arrangement type for child under care code N[N]

474167 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing the type of living arrangement for a child under the care of a department responsible for child protection.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Notifications, investigations, and substantiations (NIS) file cluster

492995 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Notifications, investigations and substantiations (NIS) file cluster contains information about notifications, investigations and substantiations recorded for the clients in the Client file during the reference period. This includes notifications received during the reference period and investigations that were open during the reference period, regardless of the date of notification.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Out-of-home care

459120 | Glossary Item | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Out-of-home care (OOHC) is one of a range of programs provided to children and young people under 18 years of age who are in need of care and protection. This program provides alternative overnight accommodation for children and young people who are unable to live with their parents. These arrangements include foster care, placements with relatives or kin and residential care. In most cases, children in out-of-home care are also on a care and protection order of some kind.
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Person—Australian state/territory identifier

269512 | Data Element Concept | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian state or territory where a person can be located.
Superseded: Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness
Qualified: Youth Justice

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

286919 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian state or territory where a person can be located, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness

Person—country of origin, code (SACC 2011) NNNN

471367 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The country of habitual residence of a person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Person—Indigenous status, code N

291036 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code. This is in accord with the first two of three components of the Commonwealth definition.
Superseded: Health, Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice
Standard: Community Services (retired), WA Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}

460125 | Data Element
The language reported by a person as the main language other than English spoken by that person in his/her home (or most recent private residential setting occupied by the person) to communicate with other residents of the home or setting and regular visitors, as represented by a code.
Superseded: Health, Homelessness, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability

Relationship to adoptive parent(s) code N

468354 | Value Domain | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A code set representing who a person was adopted by.
Standard: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Sibling file cluster

525049 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Sibling file cluster contains information about the sibling relationships of children in funded out-of-home care placements on the night of 30 June 2013 (regardless of whether they are on an order). For inclusion in the Sibling file, the subject child must be in a funded out-of-home care placement on the night of 30 June, and have at least one known sibling in a funded out-of-home care placement on the night of 30 June (regardless of whether they are in the same placement).
Recorded: Community Services (retired)
Superseded: Children and Families

Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2011

459967 | Classification Scheme
The Australian Bureau of Statistics classification for countries.
Superseded: Health, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Disability

Statistical area

457283 | Property | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A designated region with a pre-determined population range primarily for statistical usage. Based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) structure of six hierarchical statistical area levels comprised in ascending order. Each level directly aggregates to the level above. This principle continues up through the remaining levels of the hierarchy.
Superseded: Health, Early Childhood, Children and Families
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9)

455810 | Value Domain
A code set representing a medium-sized area built from whole Statistical areas level 1 (SA1s). The aim of Statistical areas level 2 (SA2s) is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically.
Superseded: Health, Tasmanian Health, Children and Families, Early Childhood
Standard: Community Services (retired), Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, WA Health, Disability

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