# Glossary

## Organization (workspace)

An organization, sometimes called workspace, is the Specify place you share with your team.

## Repository

A repository is like a directory containing your design tokens and assets. The design data is stored within a JSON compatible tree built upon the [Specify Design Token Format](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/specify-design-token-format).

## Source

A source belongs to a repository, it represents where the original design tokens and/or assets come from - think of [Figma](https://docs.specifyapp.com/collect/available-sources/figma-variables) (Variables or Local Styles) or [Tokens Studio](https://docs.specifyapp.com/collect/available-sources/tokens-studio).

## Destination

A destination belongs to a repository, it represents where the formatted design data get distributed on updates - think of [GitHub](https://docs.specifyapp.com/distribute/available-destinations/github) or any automation you can come up with our [CLI](https://docs.specifyapp.com/distribute/available-destinations/cli) and [SDK](https://docs.specifyapp.com/distribute/available-destinations/specify-sdk).

## Specify Design Token Format (SDTF)

The SDTF stands for [Specify Design Token Format](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/specify-design-token-format). It's a token format that helps you sync design tokens from Figma Styles, Figma Variables, and Tokens Studio. Your design tokens are created and saved as a token tree you can query and transform thanks to the Specify API. The SDTF is composed of more than 50 token types. In a SDTF token tree, design tokens can be organized in Collections, Groups, and Modes.

### Token type

A Token type is a type of design token or asset supported by Specify like a `color`, a `textStyle` or a `vector`.

### Collection

A collection is a way to group design tokens while ensuring the modes of the tokens they contain within the SDTF. A Collection can contain groups, and design tokens with one or several modes.

### Group

A group is way to semantically group design tokens in the SDTF. A group contains design tokens, other groups and exists in the context of a collection.

### Alias

An alias design token is a design token whose value is not a raw value but a reference to another design token's value.

### Mode

A Mode is a way to associate the value of a design token to a specific context. For instance, a `color` named `background` can have several values associated to different modes like `Light` or `Dark`.

## Parsers Engine

The [Parsers Engine](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/parsers-engine) is the high-level design data transformation and export API.

### Parser Rule

A [parser rule](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/parsers-engine#parser-rules) is a JSON object describing a series of parsers and options, responsible to transform and export your design tokens and assets to your code base.

### Parser

[Parsers](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/parsers-engine#the-parsers-functions) are functions allowing you to transform design tokens and assets coming from Specify to fit your needs and company standards. [See all parsers](https://docs.specifyapp.com/reference/parsers).

## SDTF Client

The [SDTF Client](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/sdtf-client) offers versatile methods for working with [SDTF](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/specify-design-token-format) token trees, enabling data manipulation, transformation, and conversion into various formats or languages, bridging the gap between stored and live token instances within your repository.

### SDTF Engine

The [SDTF Engine](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/sdtf-client/sdtf-engine) brings together the core APIs that enable most of Specify features to seamlessly integrate, whether you're working in Figma or Token Studio, managing GitHub pull-requests, or directly within your codebase with the SDK or the CLI.

## Configuration file

A [Specify configuration](https://docs.specifyapp.com/concepts/parsers-engine#destination-configuration-file) file is a JSON or JavaScript file, made of one or many rules and the credentials to authenticate. The configuration is used to communicate with the Parsers Engine.

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