Token Source-of-Truth

Kind: algorithm

Record: algorithms:token-source-of-truth

Canonical: Algorithms

Closure: Dependencies in load order

Define every design primitive — color, space, radius, the type scale, size, duration, z-index — exactly once as a custom property in the tokens layer, and forbid any downstream literal where a token exists.

Listed in Algorithm contracts, after Cascade Layer Partition and before Type-Keyed Appearance.

Domain

• CSS cascade

Tier

• leaf

Composes

• Canonical Data

Composed by

• CSS Type-Cascade Kernel

Math type

• Set Theory

Force

• Performance scaling
• Semantic consistency

Linked from

• Architecture
• CSS cascade
• The mathematics
• Domain tiers
• The forces