STAGE 03
Create the shared vocabulary.
Establish one named style vocabulary. New semantic names can exist while leftover values remain explicitly leftover until Cleanup.
Complete when
Repeated decisions have stable names; the coverage map still tells the truth about what has and has not migrated.
Not done if
Renaming leftover values as if they are already normalized; repainting Coverage green because a token file exists; confusing naming with cleanup.
Evidence before advancement
- Review the whole product scope relevant to this stage, not a hand-picked sample.
- Compare the stage’s stated job with what changed in files, behavior, documentation, and coverage.
- If the evidence falls short, keep the product on this stage rather than advancing the tracker.
- Do not start the next stage’s work merely because the next step is obvious.
Keep the two clocks separate.
The From Prototype stage tracker says which job the product is doing now. Coverage says what portions of the design system are actually resolved. Stage movement is not permission to relabel unresolved coverage.