# Flexible Input

> The degree to which strictly validating every payload rejects the loosely-shaped input a caller might legitimately send.

Record: `lex:flexible-input`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-flexible-input

## category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## referenced-by

- [Schema Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/schema-validation.md)