- From: Trevor Burnham via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:03:06 +0000
- To: public-design-tokens-log@w3.org
TrevorBurnham has just created a new issue for https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group:
== Can properties other than values be referenced? ==
The current spec states that "A design token's *value* can be a reference to another token," and the example shows one token's `$value` referencing another token to inherit its `$value`:
```json
{
"group name": {
"token name": {
"$value": 1234
}
},
"alias name": {
"$value": "{group name.token name}"
}
}
```
I think that only allowing value-to-value references is somewhat limiting. The benefits of aliases that are stated in the spec are just as applicable to other properties:
> Aliases are useful for:
>
> * Expressing design choices
> * Eliminating repetition of values in token files (DRYing up the code)
Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group/issues/127 using your GitHub account
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