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title: "Naming Tokens in Design Systems"
description: "Nathan Curtis's taxonomy of token naming across category, property, concept, variant, state, scale, mode, object and namespace."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/naming-tokens-in-design-systems-vg-0556"
category: "Design Systems & Foundations"
subcategory: "DS process & docs"
license: "free"
author: "Nathan Curtis (@nathanacurtis)"
source: "https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/naming-tokens-in-design-systems-9e86c7444676"
---

# Naming Tokens in Design Systems
Nathan Curtis's taxonomy of token naming across category, property, concept, variant, state, scale, mode, object and namespace.
## Facts
- Source: https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/naming-tokens-in-design-systems-9e86c7444676
- Category: Design Systems & Foundations / DS process & docs
- Author: Nathan Curtis (@nathanacurtis)
- Licence: free
- Tags: design-tokens, naming, taxonomy, semantic
## Why it's a gem
Still the definitive reference every token naming convention is derived from.
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