| name | icdt-camera-ready |
| description | Use when preparing the final LIPIcs camera-ready for an accepted ICDT (International Conference on Database Theory) paper — the lipics-v2021 final document, mandatory ACM CCS concepts and keywords, author ORCIDs, de-anonymization, complete proofs and the full-version link, CC-BY licensing, and passing the Dagstuhl/DROPS production checks that mint the DOI. |
ICDT Camera-Ready
Prepare the final paper for LIPIcs (Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, Schloss
Dagstuhl). Unlike an ACM/IEEE camera-ready, this is a LaTeX-only, lipics-v2021, open-access,
CC-BY deliverable that Dagstuhl's production team checks before minting a DOI on DROPS. Two
things drive the work: LIPIcs has strict, automatically-checked metadata requirements, and you now
de-anonymize and restore everything the anonymous submission removed.
De-anonymize systematically
The submission was anonymous; the camera-ready is not. Restore, in one pass:
- Author names, affiliations, and ORCIDs in the
lipics-v2021 author macros.
- Acknowledgments — funding sources, grant numbers, colleagues — removed for review.
- First-person self-citations where natural ("in our earlier work [17]"), now that identity is
public.
- The full-version link (arXiv) carrying the complete proofs.
Do a reverse sweep: confirm no leftover "[Anon]" placeholder or anonymized phrasing survives into the
published version.
LIPIcs metadata (automatically checked)
lipics-v2021 requires structured metadata that Dagstuhl's toolchain validates; missing or
malformed entries block production:
\author{Ada Lovelace}{Dept, University, City, Country}{ada@uni.edu}{https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000}{funding note}
\ccsdesc[500]{Theory of computation~Database theory} % mandatory ACM CCS concept(s)
\keywords{conjunctive queries, data complexity, dichotomy} % mandatory
\category{} % e.g. invited/track, if applicable
\relatedversion{Full version: https://arxiv.org/abs/...} % the complete-proofs version
\funding{...} % restored acknowledgment of funding
- ACM CCS concepts are mandatory — pick the specific "Theory of computation~Database theory" (or
finer) nodes, not a vague top-level one.
- Keywords are mandatory and are how the paper is indexed.
- ORCIDs are expected for each author where available.
- Fill
\relatedversion with the arXiv full version so readers reach the complete proofs.
Proofs and the full version
- The 15-page camera-ready keeps the same body/appendix split as the submission; ensure the appendix
proofs are final and correct after any revision.
- Post or update the full version (arXiv) with all proofs and link it via
\relatedversion. The
LIPIcs paper and the full version must state the same theorems and bounds — a divergence between the
published bound and the arXiv bound is a citation hazard.
- Incorporate every change promised in the revision letter; the camera-ready is the record of record.
Licensing and production
- LIPIcs publishes under CC-BY 4.0; you retain copyright and grant the open-access license. Do
not paste in figures or text you cannot license under CC-BY.
- Submit LaTeX source (not just a PDF) so Dagstuhl can produce the final; keep the
lipics-v2021
class unmodified — no custom \usepackage hacks that the production check rejects, and no
reformatting that changes the page geometry.
- Provide the exact page count within budget; the marked appendix is part of the published paper.
- After production, the paper appears open access on DROPS with a DOI; verify author names,
affiliations, ORCIDs, and the CCS/keywords render correctly in the DROPS entry.
Production-check failure modes
| Failure | Cause | Fix |
|---|
| Metadata rejected | Missing CCS concept, keywords, or malformed author macro | Fill all mandatory lipics-v2021 fields |
| Class modified | Custom margins/packages altering layout | Revert to stock lipics-v2021; move fixes into content |
| Non-CC-BY asset | Figure/text under an incompatible license | Replace or re-license under CC-BY |
| Full-version mismatch | arXiv states a different bound than the LIPIcs paper | Align both to the final result |
| Residual anonymization | "[Anon]"/anonymized prose left in | Restore names, acks, self-citations |
Reverify each cycle
- The required LIPIcs class revision (
lipics-v2021 as of 2026/2027) and the current metadata
checklist.
- The camera-ready deadline relative to notification and the event.
- Whether ORCID is mandatory or expected, and the current CC-BY version.
Output format
[De-anon] names/affiliations/ORCIDs/acks/self-cites restored? yes/no
[Metadata] CCS concepts + keywords + author macros complete? yes/no
[Full version] arXiv linked via \relatedversion and consistent with the paper? yes/no
[License] all assets CC-BY-compatible; LaTeX source submitted? yes/no
[Production] lipics-v2021 unmodified; page budget met; DROPS DOI verified? yes/no
[Fix queue] <ordered before the camera-ready deadline>
