anchor.diff:  = Glossary
   
   [glossary]
  +[[glossary-alias]] alias::
  +[[glossary-index-alias]]
  +// tag::index-alias-def[]
  +// tag::alias-def[]
  +An alias is a secondary name for a group of <<glossary-data-stream,data
  +streams>> or <<glossary-index,indices>>. Most {es} APIs accept an alias in place
  +of a data stream or index name.
  +// end::alias-def[]
  +// end::index-alias-def[]
  +
   [[glossary-analysis]] analysis::
   // tag::analysis-def[]
   Process of converting unstructured <<glossary-text,text>> into a format
  
positive.code: . To add one or more JSON documents to {es}. This process is called indexing.
  // end::index-def[]
  
  [[glossary-index-alias]] index alias::
  // tag::index-alias-def[]
  Secondary name for one or more <<glossary-index,indices>>. Most {es} APIs accept
  an index alias in place of an index name. See the
  {ref}/indices-add-alias.html[Create or update index alias API].
  // end::index-alias-def[]
  
  [[glossary-index-lifecycle]] index lifecycle::
  // tag::index-lifecycle-def[]
  Five phases an <<glossary-index,index>> can transition through:
  
negative.code: // tag::index-pattern-def[]
  String containing a wildcard (`*`) pattern that can match multiple
  <<glossary-data-stream,data streams>>, <<glossary-index,indices>>, or
  <<glossary-index-alias,aliases>>. See {ref}/multi-index.html[Multi-target syntax].
  // end::index-pattern-def[]
  
  [[glossary-index-template]] index template::
  