# RFC 6902 requires variant type mapping

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rfc-6902-requires-variant-type-mapping/17850>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 2, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rfc-6902-requires-variant-type-mapping/17850 "2014-06-02T00:44:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steven\_Marcus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Steven\_Marcus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Steven_Marcus)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rfc-6902-requires-variant-type-mapping/17850/1 "2014-06-02T00:44:28Z")

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Hello,

RFC 6902 - [http://jsonpatch.com/](http://jsonpatch.com/) specifies a 'value' field that can be any  
JSON type:

eg:

[  
{ "op": "replace", "path": "/baz", "value": "boo" },  
{ "op": "add", "path": "/hello, "value": ["world"] }  
]

How do I set up ES to index these kinds of documents?

TIA,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rfc-6902-requires-variant-type-mapping/17850/2 "2014-06-02T07:11:46Z")

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You'd have to use a plugin for such kind of operations, because vanilla ES  
does not support RFC 6902

I'm also interested in supporting HTTP PATCH by Elasticsearch, because this  
is a must have for modifying resources due to the rules of Linked Data  
Platform (LDP) [Linked Data Platform 1.0](http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-ldp-20140311/)

Jörg

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Steven Marcus [steven.marcus@gmail.com](mailto:steven.marcus@gmail.com)  
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> RFC 6902 - [http://jsonpatch.com/](http://jsonpatch.com/) specifies a 'value' field that can be  
> any JSON type:
> 
> eg:
> 
> [  
> { "op": "replace", "path": "/baz", "value": "boo" },  
> { "op": "add", "path": "/hello, "value": ["world"] }  
> ]
> 
> How do I set up ES to index these kinds of documents?
> 
> TIA,  
> Steven
> 
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rfc-6902-requires-variant-type-mapping/17850/3 "2017-07-06T01:25:18Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:25am UTC