Sökbar

Sökbar is a Swedish adjective meaning "able to be searched" or "searchable." It describes data, documents, or content that can be located or retrieved using search methods such as keyword queries or index-based search. The noun form sökbarhet refers to the property of being searchable. The term is commonly used in information retrieval, databases, content management systems, digital libraries, and web interfaces.

Sökbar data is typically achieved through indexing and metadata: an index helps a search engine or database map queries to relevant records quickly. Full-text search (fulltextsökning or fulltext-sökning) is a common technique to make documents sökbara by indexing the words they contain. Depending on the context, access controls, privacy considerations, or obfuscation can affect sökbarhet; data may be searchable only by authorized users or after redaction.

The concept contrasts with content that is not sökbar, such as files stored without indexing or content protected by strict access restrictions. In practice, achieving good sökbarhet involves text normalization, stemming, tokenization, and efficient indexing strategies tailored to the dataset size and typical query workload.