Message teams the naming changes to components and removal of elements/composed about foundational-design-system-proto

[jjgali]

Here are the original posts in Slack:

• #design-systems-guild
• #polaris
• @sarahill any other channels?

We were pretty vague about the terms we added, just confirming that we've put together a glossary around shared terminology, and that we wanted more feedback. I think if we threaded your message, @alex-page , but sent it to the whole channel, that'd be a great way to show we're listening to feedback, and also connect the conversation.

Making a few tweaks to your draft so it lines up with our original messaging:

Thanks so much to everyone for your feedback and suggestions! When we first published the glossary, we broke components into elements (single components) and composed components (groups of components).

Through feedback and iteration, we've decided to temporarily scale back to one umbrella term—components. We understand that there can be a big difference in simple and complex components (for example, a button vs a resource list). However, we're currently not confident in the value of distinguishing these components, nor are we aligned on the best language to use.

What this means for now:

• One umbrella term, hopefully leading to less confusion for our users and teams
• We can explore different ways to document components (e.g., surfacing total dependencies)

The Polaris foundations are meant to be owned and maintained by everyone, and your feedback has helped encourage that approach. If you have any additional feedback or thoughts, please jump into our GitHub discussion!

Of course make it your own, @alex-page , but those would be my suggestions.

PS - added an action item to remove elements and composed from the glossary. Will assign that task to myself.

[alex-page]

@jjgali I have a draft message here. I am unsure what teams we have messaged or if this message would resonate.

[jjgali]

Replied to @sarahill 's original posts, and sent to the whole channel for greater visibility.