# Schema Validation / Flexible Input

> "schema-validation" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Flexible Input" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Flexible Input" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:flexible-input-schema-validation`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-flexible-input-schema-validation

## tensions-with

- [Schema Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/schema-validation.md)
- [Flexible Input](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/flexible-input.md)