The Australian Government Data Catalogue enables users to discover data held by Australian Government agencies.
The Australian Government Data Catalogue (the Catalogue) is accessible on Dataplace, a central point to find and request Australian Government data. The Catalogue draws on the data inventories of Australian Government agencies, including open and restricted data. Once users have discovered the data they wish to access, they will be directed to openly available data assets or to make a request to the custodian.
A core component of the Data and Digital Government Strategy, the Catalogue contributes to increased transparency, availability, and use of public sector data.
Based upon Azure search, the Catalogue is a query and indexing component of the Dataplace solution. The Catalogue provides:
- indexing to load content into a search service and make it searchable
- an indexing add-on that uses AI enrichment through cognitive skills
- querying to search for Australian government data in the catalogue, against metadata standards, via a search index that the Dataplace application controls
- semantic search to add language understanding to the processing of search results, placing the most relevant results at the top.
Dataplace is a Microsoft – Dynamics Software as a Service (SaaS) solution hosted on an Azure Cloud Tenant. The solution is developed and hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the guidance and direction of the Office of the National Data Commissioner.
Search Australian Government data assets in the Catalogue.