zoekbare

Zoekbare is a Dutch adjective meaning "searchable," used to describe information that can be located or retrieved by a search operation. It applies to data, documents, websites, databases, and other content that can be found via search tools, queries, or indexing. In practice, making something zoekbaar involves applying indexing, metadata tagging, and supporting search interfaces.

In information management, the term is often used in contexts like digital archives, data catalogs, or content management systems. Key elements that contribute to zoekbaarheid include full-text search indexing, structured metadata, standardized vocabularies, and queryable interfaces. Good zoekbaarheid improves findability for end users and supports data interoperability.

Linguistically, the base form in Dutch is zoekbaar; the inflected form zoekbare may appear in written text depending on grammatical context, though the meaning remains the same: something that can be found by searching. The concept is closely related to findability and discoverability, and is contrasted with non-searchable data.

Related topics include searchability, findability, metadata, indexing, open data, and data governance.