National data dictionary archive
Data dictionaries list metadata standards at a particular point in time. It is no longer common practice to extract data dictionaries from METEOR at regular intervals, however a number of archival data dictionaries for each sector are available below for reference.
To find current metadata standards for each sector, please use METEOR's search filters to find metadata with a status of 'Standard'.
National Health Data Dictionary
- NHDD Version 16.2 reflects changes to data standards between July 2013 and June 2014
- NHDD Version 16.1 reflects changes to data standards between May 2012 and June 2013
- Version 15.3, March 2012
- Version 15.2, September 2011
- Version 15.1, March 2011
- Version 15, August 2010
- Version 14.2, summary of updates
- Version 14.1, summary of updates
- Version 14, June 2008
- Version 13.3 February 2008 [no link]
- Version 13.2, July 2007
- Version 13.1, January 2007 [no link]
- Version 13, July 2006
- Version 12 Supplement, October 2004
- Version 12, February 2004
- Version 11, October 2002
- Version 10, May 2001
- Version 9.0, May 2000
- Version 8.0, May 1999
- Version 7.0, October 1998
National Community Services Data Dictionary
- Version 8, September 2014
- National Community Services summary of updates since version 7
- Version 7, August 2012
- Version 6.2, March 2012 [no link]
- Version 6.1, March 2011
- Version 6, August 2010
- Version 5, July 2008
- Version 4.3, January 2008
- Version 4.2, July 2007
- Version 4.1, January 2007
- Version 4, November 2006
- Version 3, March 2004
- Version 2, November 2000
- Version 1.0, July 1998
National Housing Assistance Data Dictionary
Knowledgebase
Knowledgebase was the precursor to METEOR. It was created by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in 1996 as a web-based repository of Australian health, community services and housing assistance data standards. The structure of Knowledgebase was based on an adaptation of the 1993 version of the international standard for Specification and Standardization of Data Elements (ISO/IEC 11179). It was one of the first examples in the world of such an implementation, and was a world-first for health and community services data standards. It was developed using an Oracle database with a Microsoft Access front-end. Its metadata structure was mainly focused on storing and displaying data elements and data element concepts.
Knowledgebase was decommissioned in early 2005. Existing metadata standards that were stored in Knowledgebase have been converted to PDF files. These PDFs provide a history of the current metadata standards in METEOR. Metadata items that started life in Knowledgebase still link to their historical data standards; for example, Person—diabetes therapy type, code NN is linked to the initial Knowledgebase item Diabetes therapy type, under the Relational attributes section.
Acronyms
This list of acronyms can help you to decipher these older files:
- ACCNS – Australian Council of Community Nursing Services
- ANZTC – Australia New Zealand Telehealth Committee
- DE – Data element
- DEC – Data element concept
- Derived DE – Derived data element
- NCSDC – National Community Services Data Committee
- NCSDD – National Community Services Data Dictionary
- NCSIMG – National Community Services Information Management Group
- NHADD – National Housing Assistance Data Dictionary
- NHDAMG – National Housing Data Agreement Management Group
- NHDC – National Health Data Committee
- NHDD – National Health Data Dictionary
- NHIMG – National Health Information Management Group
Browse
You can browse Knowledgebase using the links below.
Knowledgebase Archive A - Z
A | B | C | D |E| F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all- Education field, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (16.8 KB)
- Education field, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Trial 01/07/2000 (16.8 KB)
- Education level, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (16.1 KB)
- Education level, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Trial 01/07/2000 (16.1 KB)
- Elective care, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (11.6 KB)
- Elective surgery waiting times, NMDS, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (125.1 KB)
- Elective surgery, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (11.7 KB)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) change - location, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.2 KB)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) change - type, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (16.3 KB)
- Eligibility status, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.5 KB)
- Emergency department - public hospital, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.1 KB)
- Emergency department arrival mode - transport, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.8 KB)
- Emergency department departure status, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (16.7 KB)
- Emergency department waiting time to admission, version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.6 KB)
- Emergency department waiting time to service delivery, version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/2003 (15.6 KB)
- Emergency department waiting time to service delivery, version 2, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.7 KB)
- Emergency department waiting times, NMDS, NHIMG, Retired 03/12/2003 (110.5 KB)
- Employed - working full-time/ part-time, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (16.5 KB)
- Employment basis, version 0, DE, ANZTC, Draft 07/04/2000 (14.1 KB)
- Employment status - acute hospital and private psychiatric hospital admissions, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (15.1 KB)
- Employment status - public psychiatric hospital admissions, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (15.6 KB)
- Employment status (full-time/ part-time), version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (15.4 KB)
- Employment status, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (16.8 KB)
- Employment status, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1997 (19.6 KB)
- Environmental factors - extent of influence, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (22.8 KB)
- Environmental factors - extent of influence, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Trial 01/07/2000 (22.8 KB)
- Environmental factors - extent of influence, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (23.0 KB)
- Environmental factors, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/09/2003 (22.0 KB)
- Environmental factors, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Trial 01/07/2000 (22.0 KB)
- Environmental factors, version 2, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (30.5 KB)
- Episode of admitted patient care, version 2, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 02/10/2003 (13.0 KB)
- Episode of care, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/10/2003 (13.3 KB)
- Episode of residential care end date, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.6 KB)
- Episode of residential care end mode, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.3 KB)
- Episode of residential care end, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.0 KB)
- Episode of residential care start date, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.1 KB)
- Episode of residential care start mode, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.9 KB)
- Episode of residential care start, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.3 KB)
- Episode of residential care, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (13.6 KB)
- Erectile dysfunction, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (15.1 KB)
- Establishment identifier, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1997 (16.7 KB)
- Establishment identifier, version 2,COMPOSITE ELEMENT,NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/07/2001 (16.0 KB)
- Establishment identifier, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/2003 (16.3 KB)
- Establishment identifier, version 4, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (17.0 KB)
- Establishment number, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/07/2001 (12.6 KB)
- Establishment number, version 3, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 31/12/2003 (14.4 KB)
- Establishment number, version 4, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.6 KB)
- Establishment sector, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/2001 (12.7 KB)
- Establishment sector, version 3, DE, , NHIMG, Superseded 13/11/2003 (13.5 KB)
- Establishment sector, version 4, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (15.8 KB)
- Establishment type, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (31.2 KB)
- Estimated date flag, version 1, DE, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.5 KB)
- Estimated date flag, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (15.9 KB)
- Extended wait patient, version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (14.8 KB)
- External cause - admitted patient - ICD-9-CM code, version 3, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1998 (15.3 KB)
- External cause - admitted patient, version 4, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (16.2 KB)
- External cause - human intent, version 3, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1998 (16.4 KB)
- External cause - human intent, version 4, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (16.4 KB)
- External cause - major external cause, version 3, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1999 (21.2 KB)
- External cause - non-admitted patient, version 4, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005 (21.0 KB)
- External cause, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1996 (14.3 KB)
- External cause, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 30/06/1997 (22.1 KB)