Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 1 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Presented by Douglas D. Mann Battelle Memorial Institute

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 2 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann National Health Information Knowledgebase Goals Establish a core set of uniform definitions Promote uniformity, availability, reliability, consistency, & completeness Accord with national and international standards Promote national standard definitions Recognize community variants Provide access via the web

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 3 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Metadata Searches Information Models Data Elements Data Agreements Data Collections Information Work Programs Organizations & Contacts Keywords

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 4 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Information Model Search Provides a top-level depiction of the main areas of health information Simplifies the structure of health information Allows drill down and display the entity sub-types Allows retrieval of information about mapped data element metadata

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 5 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Data Element Search Allows searching for data element definitions. Entered via the main menu selections or via linkage from another part of the Knowledgebase. Contains options: –using the alphabet list –selecting All or –switching to an Advanced Search.

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 6 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Data Agreement Search Allows searching for data agreements Data agreements represent agreements between organizations to collect data in a standard form. Agreement has a scope and a start date, and perhaps an end date. Agreement in terms of defined data elements i.e. we agree to collect data elements A,B and C

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 7 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Data Collection Search Allows searching for data collection details. Contains option for advanced searching –“term” in data collection name or purpose –“managed by organization” –particular State, Territory –collections considered as having National coverage.

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 8 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Information Work Program Search Allows searching for information work program entries Contains option for advanced searching –specific work programs –projects –responsible organizations

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 9 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Organization & Contact Search Allows searching for organization and contact details. Contains option for advanced searching limiting items to –specific registration authorities –status values –organizations

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 10 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann Keyword Search Under development Provides a thesaurus-type entry

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 11 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann NHIK Model ORGANIZATION CONTACT DATA COLLECTION DATA ELEMENT KEYWORD WORK PROGRAM DATA MODEL ENTITY DATA AGREEMENT THESAURUS

Metadata Registries Workshop April 16, 1998 Slide 12 of 12 AIHW Knowledgebase Douglas D. Mann NHIK Web Address