| xlHeaderVersion | msgp uint                   | header version identifier
| xlMetaVersion   | msgp uint                   | metadata version identifier
| versions        | msgp int                    | Number of versions following
| header_1        | msgp bin array              | Header of version 1
| metadata_1      | msgp bin array              | Metadata of version 1

```go
// hashes the key returning an integer.
func sipHashMod(key string, cardinality int, id [16]byte) int {
        if cardinality <= 0 {
                return -1
        }
        sip := siphash.New(id[:])
        sip.Write([]byte(key))
        return int(sip.Sum64() % uint64(cardinality))
}
```