Attributes which can be defined to index certain pieces of data on a document so that it can be searched on from the document search screen.
Technical considerations for a Searchable Attributes are:
• They are responsible for extracting and indexing document data for searching
• They allow for custom fields to be added to Document Search for documents of a particular type
• They are configured as an attribute of a Document Type
• They can be written in Java or defined in XML by using Xpath to facilitate matching