# Design Tokens Community Group format (DTCG)

- id: src_01M569GA56WYHNPR9C4D823QBT
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T17, T16 · tags: design-tokens, json, interchange, w3c-community-group, level:advanced
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:02.712Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569GA56WYHNPR9C4D823QBT

Source: https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group

```json
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  "archived": false,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "main",
    "pinned": false
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "W3C Community Group specification for a JSON design-token interchange format (colors, dimensions, typography, shadows, gradients) shared between design tools and code; latest published version 2025.10, with newer drafts in progress.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "W3C Design Tokens Community Group",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Community Group Report, not a W3C Standard.",
    "Remaining ~15k characters of the draft not read."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-09-08T23:16:21.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Draft Format Module (dated 8 Sep 2026) warns not to implement the draft; latest published version is 2025.10; not a W3C Standard. · locator: Status section · source: https://www.designtokens.org/tr/drafts/format
- [sourced_fact] Defined types include color (via separate Color module), dimension (px, rem), font family and weight, duration, cubic Bezier, number, and composites such as stroke style, border, transition, shadow, gradient, typography. · locator: Token type sections · source: https://www.designtokens.org/tr/drafts/format
- [sourced_fact] Repo LICENSE.md states reports are licensed under the W3C Software and Document License. · locator: LICENSE.md · source: https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group/blob/main/LICENSE.md
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=LicenseRef-W3C-Software-and-Document-License hosting=restricted redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · W3C Software and Document License per LICENSE.md; permissions not itemised here. · evidence: https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group/blob/main/LICENSE.md

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