15. A method for protecting derived metadata in a computerized search system, the method comprising: parsing and analyzing an indexing request associated with an object, the indexing request being received at a search engine embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable memory and communicatively connected to a client device over a network connection; identifying any derived metadata fields in a search index that would be affected by the indexing request; determining whether any of the identified derived metadata fields in the search index that would be affected by the indexing request are within a list or record of protected metadata fields that are to be protected from change; and executing an indexing command to update the search index with data associated with the object without erasing or modifying values of the derived metadata fields in the search index that have been identified as would be affected by the indexing request and that have been determined to be associated with the list or record of protected metadata fields, the data comprising text, metadata, or both.
15. A method for protecting derived metadata in a computerized search system, the method comprising: parsing and analyzing an indexing request associated with an object, the indexing request being received at a search engine embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable memory and communicatively connected to a client device over a network connection; identifying any derived metadata fields in a search index that would be affected by the indexing request; determining whether any of the identified derived metadata fields in the search index that would be affected by the indexing request are within a list or record of protected metadata fields that are to be protected from change; and executing an indexing command to update the search index with data associated with the object without erasing or modifying values of the derived metadata fields in the search index that have been identified as would be affected by the indexing request and that have been determined to be associated with the list or record of protected metadata fields, the data comprising text, metadata, or both. 17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the indexing request includes a command to add data associated with the object to the search index, delete data associated with the object from the search index, replace data in the search index that is associated with the object, or modify data in the search index that is associated with the object.