# Flexible Ingestion

> The degree to which a system accepts loosely-structured input, in tension with a strict data contract.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/flexibility.md) and before [Interface Overuse](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/interface-overuse.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Data Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/data-contract.md)
- [Data Contract / Flexible Ingestion](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/data-contract-flexible-ingestion.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)