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## Index version
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Index version is a single incrementing version number for the index data format,
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- metadata, and associated mappings. It is declared the same way as the
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- transport version - with the pattern ` M_NNN_S_PP ` , for the major version, version id,
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- subsidiary version id, and patch number respectively.
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+ metadata, and associated mappings. It is declared with the pattern ` M_NNN_S_PP ` ,
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+ for the major version, version id, subsidiary version id, and patch number
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+ respectively.
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Index version is stored in index metadata when an index is created,
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and it is used to determine the storage format and what functionality that index supports.
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The index version does not change once an index is created.
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- In the same way as transport versions, when a change is needed to the index
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- data format or metadata, or new mapping types are added, create a new version constant
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- below the last one, incrementing the ` NNN ` version component.
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+ When a change is needed to the index data format or metadata, or new mapping
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+ types are added, create a new version constant below the last one, incrementing
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+ the ` NNN ` version component.
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- Unlike transport version, version constants cannot be collapsed together,
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+ Index version constants cannot be collapsed together,
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as an index keeps its creation version id once it is created.
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Fortunately, new index versions are only created once a month or so,
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so we don’t have a large list of index versions that need managing.
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