Status indicator follow-up

src/data/status-indicators/palettes.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const statusLight = [
   },
   { name: 'Purple 60', hex: '8a3ffc', light: true },
   {
-    name: 'Gray 30',
+    name: 'Gray 60',
     hex: '6f6f6f',
     light: true,
   },
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export const statusDark = [
   },
   { name: 'Purple 50', hex: 'a56eff', light: false },
   {
-    name: 'Gray 70',
-    hex: 'c6c6c6',
+    name: 'Gray 50',
+    hex: '8d8d8d',
     light: false,
   },
 ];

src/data/status-indicators/status-indicators.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 high:
-  - name: Critical
+  - name: Failure
     token: $support-01
-    description: Indicates a severe event that needs immediate attention;
-    usage: critical situations, emergencies, urgent alerts
+    description: Indicates a process failure that needs immediate attention
+    usage: failed processes, emergencies, urgent alerts
     fileNames:
       - critical-filled
       - critical-outline
@@ -12,40 +12,40 @@ high:
       - warning-outline
     token: $support-01
     description:
-      Indicates an error (often inline) that needs immediate attention;
+      Indicates an error (often inline) that needs immediate attention
     usage: warnings, errors, alerts, failure
   - name: Warning alt
     fileNames:
       - warning-hex-filled
       - warning-hex-outline
     token: $support-01
-    description: Carries the same meaning as 'Warning'
+    description: Carries the same meaning as ‘Warning’
   - name: Misuse
     fileNames:
       - misuse-filled
       - misuse-outline
     token: $support-01
     description:
       Indicates unavailability, an incorrect use case (especially in usage
-      guidance) or a run that has been cancelled;
+      guidance), or a run that has been cancelled
     usage: incorrect usage, unavailability, cancellation
   - name: Caution major
     fileNames:
       - caution-major-filled
       - caution-major-outline
-    token: $support-caution-major
+    token: Orange 40/Orange 60 outline, Orange 40
     description:
       Indicates a threshold has been breached; alerts a user before a critical
-      event is triggered (only used in conjunction with ‘Caution’);
+      event is triggered (only used in conjunction with ‘Caution’)
     usage: major caution, serious situations, critical instability
   - name: Caution minor
     fileNames:
       - caution-filled
       - caution-outline
-    token: $support-03, Yellow 60 (light-theme outline)
+    token: $support-03/Yellow 60 outline, $support-03
     description:
       Indicates the existence of a non-service affecting fault condition
-      requiring corrective action to prevent a more serious fault;
+      requiring corrective action to prevent a more serious fault
     usage: minor caution, prevention, instability
 medium:
   - name: Undefined
@@ -55,85 +55,85 @@ medium:
     token: Purple 60, Purple 50
     description:
       Indicates a value that is outside of an acceptable range or formatted
-      incorrectly;
+      incorrectly
     usage: experimental work, outliers
-  - name: Checkmark
+  - name: Normal
     fileNames:
       - checkmark-circle-green-filled
       - checkmark-circle-green-outline
     token: $support-02
     description:
       Indicates stability or the clearing of one or more reported alarms;
-      implies no issues are present;
+      implies no issues are present
     usage: success, completion, stability, active states
-  - name: Checkmark alt
+  - name: Normal alt
     fileNames:
       - checkmark
     token: $support-02
     description:
-      Carries the same meaning as 'Checkmark' but is more often used in data
+      Carries the same meaning as ‘Normal’ but is more often used in data
       tables and confined spaces
-  - name: Checkmark
+  - name: Success
     fileNames:
       - checkmark-circle-blue-filled
       - checkmark-circle-blue-outline
     token: $support-04
     description:
       Indicates success at the end of a process (usually used as an interactive
-      state within Carbon components, hence the color change);
+      state within Carbon components, hence the color change)
     usage: success, completion
   - name: In progress
     fileNames:
       - inprogress
     token: $support-04
     description:
       Indicates a process has started but has not finished running (icon will be
-      replaced by ‘checkmark’ or ‘warning’ icon when the status of the job is
-      changed);
+      replaced by ‘checkmark’ or ‘warning’ icon when the status of the job
+      changes)
     usage: unfinished, running processes
   - name: Incomplete
     fileNames:
       - incomplete
     token: $support-04
     description:
-      Indicates a job has started but is not yet finished (icon appears in
-      Carbon’s Progress Indicator component);
+      Indicates a stepped process has begun but is not yet finished (icon appears in
+      Carbon’s Progress Indicator component)
     usage: incomplete tasks
   - name: Not started
     fileNames:
       - circle-dash
     token: $support-04
     description:
-      Indicates that a job or step (in Carbon’s progress indicator) has not yet
-      been started;
+      Indicates that a job or step (in Carbon’s Progress Indicator) has not yet
+      been started
     usage: upstarted tasks or disabled processes
   - name: Pending
     fileNames:
       - pending-filled
       - pending-outline
-    token: $icon-02
+    token: Gray 60, Gray 50
     description:
       Indicates a job has started but can not be scheduled due to insufficient
-      resources;
+      resources
     usage: indefinite holds
 low:
   - name: Unknown
-    token: $icon-02
-    description: Indicates that the status of an object is unknown;
+    token: Gray 60, Gray 50
+    description: Indicates that the status of an object is unknown
     usage: unknown, undefined status
     fileNames:
       - unknown-filled
       - unknown-outline
   - name: Help
-    token: $icon-02
-    description: Indicates additional support or FAQ content is available;
+    token: Gray 60, Gray 50
+    description: Indicates additional support or FAQ content is available
     usage: help, guidance, exceptions
     fileNames:
       - help-filled
       - help-outline
   - name: Information
     token: $support-04
-    description: Indicates additional (non-essential) information is available;
+    description: Indicates additional (non-essential) information is available
     usage: additional information, exceptions
     fileNames:
       - information-circle-filled
@@ -145,34 +145,51 @@ low:
       - information-square-filled
       - information-square-outline
 glyph:
-  - name: Critical
+  - name: Failure
     token: $support-01
-    description: Indicates a severe event that needs immediate attention;
-    usage: critical situations, emergencies urgent alerts
+    description: Indicates a severe process failure or error that needs immediate attention
+    usage: critical failures, emergencies urgent alerts, deprecation and cancellation
     fileNames:
-      - critical
-  - name: Warning
+      - failure
+  - name: Critical severity
     token: $support-01
-    description: Indicates an error that needs immediate attention;
-    usage: warnings, errors, failure, deprecation, cancellation
-    fileNames:
-      - warning
-  - name: Caution major
-    token: Orange 50, Orange 40
-    description:
-      Indicates a breach before a critical event is triggered (only use in
-      conjunction with ‘Caution’);
-    usage: major caution, serious situations, critical instability
+    description: Indicates critical severity threat, critical severity object (like an IP), or critical 
risk of a data breach; based on a 1–10 scale
+    usage: critical (10) threat, critical risk, critical severity warnings
     fileNames:
-      - caution-major
-  - name: Caution minor
-    token: $support-03, Yellow 60 (Light-theme stroke)
-    description:
-      Indicates a non-service affecting fault condition requiring corrective
-      action to prevent a more serious fault;
+      - critical-severity
+  - name: High severity
+    token: $support-01
+    description: Indicates high severity threat, high severity object (like an IP), or high risk of a data breach; based on a 1–10 scale
+    usage: high threat (7–9), high risk, high severity warnings
+    fileNames:
+      - high-severity
+  - name: Medium severity
+    token: Orange 40/Orange 60 stroke, Orange 40
+    description: Indicates medium severity threat, medium severity object (like an IP), or medium risk of a data breach; based on a 1–10 scale
+    usage: medium threat (4–6), medium risk, medium severity warnings
+    fileNames:
+      - medium-severity
+  - name: Low severity
+    token: $support-03/Yellow 60 stroke, $support-03
+    description: Indicates low severity threat, low severity object (like an IP), or low risk of a data breach; based on a 1–10 scale
+    usage: low threat (0–3), low risk, low severity warnings
+    fileNames:
+      - low-severity
+  - name: Caution
+    token: $support-03/Yellow 60 stroke, $support-03
+    description:
+      When not using the Security risk/severity scale, this can be used to indicate 
the existence of a non-service affecting fault condition
     usage: minor caution, prevention, instability
     fileNames:
       - caution
+  - name: Undefined
+    token: Purple 60, Purple 50
+    description:
+      Indicates a value that is outside of an acceptable range or formatted
+      incorrectly
+    usage: experimental work, outliers
+    fileNames:
+      - undefined
   - name: Stable
     token: $support-02
     description:
@@ -181,35 +198,33 @@ glyph:
     usage: success, completion, stability, active states
     fileNames:
       - circle-fill
-  - name: Undefined
-    token: $support-undefined
+  - name: New
+    token: $support-04
     description:
-      Indicates a value that is outside of an acceptable range or formatted
-      incorrectly;
-    usage: experimental work, outliers
+      Indicates a new components, features or pieces of content
+    usage: new items, additional information
     fileNames:
-      - undefined
+      - new
   - name: Information
     token: $support-04
     description:
-      Indicates additional information is available (can be used adaptively if a
-      gap arises);
+      Indicates additional information is available (can be used adaptively for statuses not taken into account by this table)
     usage: additional information, wild card
     fileNames:
       - square-fill
   - name: Incomplete
     token: $support-04
     description:
       Indicates a process has started but not finished running or a user task is
-      unfinished;
+      unfinished
     usage: unfinished, running processes
     fileNames:
       - incomplete
   - name: Draft
-    token: $icon-02
+    token: Gray 60, Gray 50
     description:
       Indicates that a job has not been started, draft status of a job or a
-      disabled process;
+      disabled process
     usage: unstarted tasks, drafts, disabled processes
     fileNames:
       - circle-stroke

src/pages/patterns/status-indicator-pattern/index.mdx

@@ -313,12 +313,12 @@ is good practice to clarify the status intention in the text label.
 <DoDontRow>
   <DoDont caption="Do left align icons and type in lists and data tables, regardless of whether you’re using the responsive grid or spacers." colLg={6}>
 
-![Aligned status indicator icons.](images/status_indicator_5.jpg)
+![Aligned status indicator icons.](images/status_indicator_5.png)
 
   </DoDont>
   <DoDont type="dont" colLg={6} caption="Do not push icons out of alignment with label length. In this case, where the status indicators are flush right, the two digit labels are pushing the icons out of alignment.">
 
-![Misaligned status indicator icons](images/status_indicator_6.jpg)
+![Misaligned status indicator icons](images/status_indicator_6.png)
 
   </DoDont>
 </DoDontRow>
@@ -377,11 +377,17 @@ visualizations, for example network diagrams.
 
 The shapes are only the most basic geometries, derived from the larger icon
 containers, so they can be easily discerned at small sizes. Shape indicators are
-not available in outline because they are so small. The only situation in which
-you would use an outline is to ensure contrast accessibility for yellows.
+not available in outline because they are so small. The only situations in which
+you would use an outline is to ensure contrast accessibility for yellows or oranges in the Carbon light themes.
 
 The table below is a first pass at establishing a standard lexicon for symbol
-indicators within IBM product.
+indicators across IBM products.
+
+#### Same shape, different color
+
+The status shapes naturally allow more room for interpretation than the status icons. Certain shapes can take on different colors for different circumstances. However, NEVER use the same shape, in different colors, within the same experience.
+
+
 
 <StatusIndicatorTable attention="glyph" />