Regarding components directly participating in the render (which may be implemented by plugins), we distinguish between configuration (static) and parameters (dynamic). The point of reference for this distinction is the render process: a plugin configuration may well be variable in some manner, e.g. the plugin may provide different flavours of the same algorithm. But this choice has to be fixed prior to feeding the corresponding plugin asset to the builder. Contrary to such fixed configuration setup, the parameters are considered to be variable during the rendering process. They can be changed on-the-fly from GUI, and they may be automated. Probably, each Render Node will have at least one such parameter — namely a bypass switch.