| Alias | Another word for a reference — a token whose value points at another token |
| Applicator | The mechanism that writes a token’s value onto a Figma layer. Each type has its own |
| Apply target | Which Figma property receives the value — fill, stroke, corner radius, font size. See apply targets |
| Binding | A record stored on a Figma layer saying which token was applied to which property. Read by Inspect, replayed by Sync to selection |
| Composite type | A token type whose value is an object of several slots — border, shadow, typography, transition, gradient |
| DTCG | Design Tokens Community Group. The W3C group behind the token specification DAES implements |
| DTCG 2025.10 | The specification version DAES targets. designtokens.org |
| Enabled | A theme set state: the set’s tokens are visible and exported |
| Folder export | Export mode producing a ZIP with one JSON file per token set |
| Gamut mapping | Nudging an out-of-range colour to the nearest displayable one perceptually, instead of clipping each channel |
| Group | A namespace for mutually exclusive themes — brand, mode, density. One active theme per group |
| Reference | A {path.to.token} value pointing at another token |
| Reference (state) | A theme set state: resolvable by other tokens, but not itself exported |
| Slot | One field of a composite value — the color slot of a border token |
| Sync to selection | Re-applying every stored binding on the selected layers, or the whole page if nothing is selected |
| Theme | A named combination of token sets and their states |
| Token | A named, typed value |
| Token set | A slash-separated path grouping tokens. The unit themes switch and folder export writes as files |
$extensions | The DTCG field for tool-specific data. DAES stores Figma-only typography properties under app.daes.figma |
$type | The DTCG field naming a token’s type |
$value | The DTCG field holding a token’s value |
$themes.json | The file themes are stored and exchanged in |
