From e948c5f3ad84fceb2e725fa53249ccd612a5ed79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Mohr <m.mohr@uni-muenster.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:41:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Options should be optional

---
 openapi.yaml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index baaafa1d..107cbcec 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -2406,7 +2406,9 @@ paths:
         different processing modes (synchronous processing, batch jobs, secondary web services).
 
         The options specified here can be added to the corresponding `POST` requests
-        at the top-level of the object sent in the payload.
+        at the top-level of the object that is sent as the payload.
+        All options SHOULD explicitly be made optional with reasonable defaults
+        as otherwise the interoperability between the implementations decreases.
       tags:
         - Capabilities
         - Data Processing