# Input Flexibility

> The degree to which a system accepts varied or loosely-structured input, in tension with strict validation.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Formatting Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/formatting-flexibility.md) and before [Key Operations](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/key-operations.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## In tension with

- [Input Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/input-validation.md)
- [Input Validation / Input Flexibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/input-flexibility-input-validation.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)