One of the major components of the OZPACS database is a series of metadatabases relating to different fields of study, compiled by designated coordinators:

Metadataset	Number of sites	Contributor(s)	Comments
Charcoal	136	Scott Mooney	Includes raw data
Charophytes	4	Adriana García
Diatoms	161	Peter Gell Kathryn Taffs Krystyna Saunders
Geochronology	100	Gary Hancock Jennifer Harrison Kathryn Fitzsimmons	Incorporates 210Pb, 137Cs, radiocarbon and OSL dating studies
Invertebrates	15	Nicholas Porch
Macrofossils	32	Tara Lewis
Pollen	203	Simon Haberle Matiu Prebble	Uses data from Indo-Pacific pollen database (coordinated by Geoff Hope)
Sediment modelling	7	Stephen Gale
Archaeology		Tim Denham	Isochrones; presented as maps (not as metadatabase)

The metadatasets are structured according to a set of field codes, listed here. Relevant analytical methods vary between the datasets, and are listed in the field codes file.