METeOR


METeOR, Australia’s repository for national metadata standards for health, housing and community services statistics and information. METeOR is a Metadata registry based on the 2003 version of the ISO/IEC 11179 Information technology - Metadata registries standard. The development of was commissioned by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to store, manage and disseminate metadata in the Australian health, community services and housing assistance sectors.. Development of METeOR was performed by Aggmedia and Synop, and based on the open-source Sytadel CMS.
In August 2018, the AIHW entered an agreement with the CSIRO for the supply of a new platform for the METeOR registry, this is due to be delivered in 2020.

Awards

In 2011, the AIHW won a FutureGov 2011 international award for innovation and modernisation.