METeOR

{{Short description|Australia's repository for national metadata standards}}

METeOR (Metadata Online Registry), 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 METeOR 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.{{cite web|url=http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/181414|title=About METeOR}} Development of METeOR was performed by Aggmedia{{cite web|url=http://www.aggmedia.net/about|title=About Aggmedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422121920/http://www.aggmedia.net/about|archive-date=2016-04-22}} and Synop,{{cite web|url=https://www.cio.com/article/3492383/shooting-star.html|title=Shooting Star}}{{cite web|url=http://e-gineer.com/v2/blog/2005/08/unofficial-history-of-synop.html|title=Unofficial history of Synop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830190010/http://e-gineer.com/v2/blog/2005/08/unofficial-history-of-synop.html|archive-date=2019-08-30}} and based on the open-source Sytadel CMS.{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/sytadel/|title=Sytadel SourceForge Homepage}}

In August 2018, the AIHW entered an agreement with the CSIRO for the supply of a new platform for the METeOR registry,{{cite web|url=http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/181162|title=METeOR home page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927014821/http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/181162|archive-date=2018-09-27}} this was due to be delivered in 2020. As of August 2020, the AIHW has committed to replacing METeOR with an internally developed solution.{{cite web|url=https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/283226|title=Archive of METeOR home page, August 4 2020|access-date=2022-06-02|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200804061740/https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/283226|url-status=live}}

On 29 April 2022, the new METEOR platform was launched. By launch, over AUD$1.7 million was spent between July 2019 and June 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/corporate-publications/annual-report-2021-22/contents/summary|title=2021-2022 Annual Report, page 83 "Software under development in 2021 relates to the project to replace the METeOR system. This has now been transferred to intangibles as the new METeOR system is in operation."}} on the update of the Meteor platform, with $771,000 spent during 2021 on internal software development,{{cite web|url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/corporate-publications/annual-report-2020-21/contents/summary|title=2020-2021 Annual Report, page 121 "Internally developed software under development: $771,000 ... Software under development relates to the project to replace the METeOR system"}} and a further $267,000 spent on additional work in-progress in previous years.{{cite web|url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/corporate-publications/annual-report-2020-21/contents/summary|title=2020-2021 Annual Report, page 128 "Intangibles, gross book value: $267,000"}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/corporate-publications/annual-report-2020-21/contents/summary|title=2020-2021 Annual Report, page 131 "AIHWs intangibles {{sic|comprises |hide=y|of}} the work in progress for the replacement of the AIHWs METeOR system}}