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Should we provide configuration for required tiling parameters?

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There are query parameters that tiling backends expect or accept but which aren’t specified in the collection document. In the example collections so far, we have `datetime`, `variable` or `collection_concept_id`.

There is no way for a client to tell, which of these parameters need to be passed to the tiler in addition to those specified in the render extension. For example, `datetime` can be a single date or a range, depending on the tiler. `variable` and `concept_id` are only required for titiler-cmr implementations but not for titiler-pgstac.

Should these parameters be advertised the render extension? There could be an addition block called `parameters` that indicates what parameters the tile expects and accepts in addition to those defined in the each render object.

```json
{
"renders": {
"parameters": {
"variable": {
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"concept_id": {
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"datetime": {
"type": "datetime",
"required": true,
"extent": "range"
}
}
}
}
```

Likewise, if these parameters are tiler-specific, should the tiler endpoint be advertised in the render extension as well?

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