Purpose of this document
METEOR is the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s (AIHW’s) Metadata Online Registry. It was first released in 2005 and is a critical component of Australia’s national health and welfare information infrastructure. In 2021/22, METEOR was redeveloped in-house as a result of collaborations between the Business & Development unit (BDU), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Metadata, Information Management and Classifications Unit (MIMCU), subject matter experts and stakeholders.
This document should be used when developing metadata for standardisation. It describes the requirements for completing metadata attributes (referred to as a metadata item’s characteristics) in METEOR. These requirements are important for the quality and consistency of data standards across METEOR.
This document is not a ‘how to’ manual on developing metadata in METEOR with step-by-step instructions. We recommend that users undertake appropriate METEOR training in order to understand how to create, develop and maintain metadata and data standards in METEOR.
Training modules are available from the METEOR site.
Business rules for data standard development in METEOR [PDF 2.6MB]
PDF chapter summaries
This chapter includes:
- the purpose of this document
- an explanation of the types of roles in METEOR
- how the METEOR business rules are structured
- the terminology used in the METEOR business rules
- an explanation of ISO/IEC 11179, AS 21667—2012 and the METEOR metamodel
- how to access business rules within METEOR
- how to provide feedback on the METEOR business rules.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to the principles for the development of good data standards
- an explanation of the principle ‘create once, use often'
- an overview of name and definition principles
- an overview of context, guide for use, and collection methods principles
- an overview of value domain principles
- an explanation of the principles for the development of good data standards.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Object class business rules
- an explanation of the Object class attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes an introduction to Object class specialisation business rules.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Property business rules
- an explanation of the Property business attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Property group business rules
- an explanation of the Property group attributes requiring registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Data element concept business rules
- an explanation of the Data element concept attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Value domain business rules
- an explanation of the Value domain attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Data element business rules
- an explanation of the Data element attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Classification scheme business rules
- an explanation of the Classification scheme attributes requiring developer or registrar action
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Glossary item business rules
- an explanation of the Glossary item attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Data set specification business rules
- an explanation of the Data set specification attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Indicator business rules
- an explanation of the Indicator attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Indicator set business rules
- an explanation of the Indicator set attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Outcome area business rules
- an explanation of the Outcome area attributes requiring registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Framework dimension business rules
- an explanation of the Framework dimension attributes requiring registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Data quality statement business rules
- an explanation of the Data quality statement attributes requiring developer or registrar action.
This chapter includes:
- an introduction to Data source business rules
- an explanation of the Data source attributes requiring registrar action
- Appendix, Glossary etc.