Re: [community-group] A comment about history of design tokens (#231)

Thanks for pointing that out. That text could be worded better, and isn't really aligned with the definitions of "design token" we have in [our glossary](https://www.designtokens.org/glossary/) and [format spec](https://tr.designtokens.org/format/#design-token) respectively:

> The single source of truth to name and store a design decision, distributed so teams can use it across design tools and coding languages.

> A (Design) Token is an information associated with a name, at minimum a name/value pair.

(TBH, I think that text is just something that predates our gloassary definition, which we forgot to update)

You're quite right - aspects of a design like colors, typography, spacing, etc. are as old as design itself and not something we're trying to invent a new name for. However, I'd argue the act of choosing a specific color/size/whatever, naming that choice within the context of a design system and all the methodologies around naming, organising, theming, etc. that have grown up around that, _are_ more novel.

If we were to update the "indivisible pieces of a design system" line in our [technical reports intro](https://tr.designtokens.org/) to be aligned with the definitions I cited above, would that be better?

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