vldb-camera-ready
Use when producing the final PVLDB version of an accepted VLDB paper, covering the volume-specific template, PDF/A compliance and font embedding, figure legibility floors, the availability paragraph and artifact URL, proceedings file naming and copyright steps, and planning presentation at the matching VLDB conference.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill vldb-camera-ready --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# VLDB Camera Ready Use this after a PVLDB acceptance. Publication is journal-style and fast: the paper enters a monthly PVLDB issue on vldb.org, usually well before the conference where it is presented. That speed cuts both ways — production errors go public quickly, and there is no long camera-ready season to catch them. ## Production gates - **Template**: fetch the *current* template from the volume's formatting page (`vldb.org/pvldb/volumes/<N>/formatting`). Templates carry volume-specific headers and tags; a stale copy produces wrong running heads that only the proceedings chairs will catch, late. - **PDF/A**: PVLDB has required PDF/A-compliant files (PDF/A-2 or newer in the Vol 16 instructions) with **every font embedded**, including fonts inside figures exported from plotting tools — the usual offender. Validate with a real PDF/A checker, not by eyeballing. - **Figure floor**: nothing in a figure below LaTeX `scriptsize` (Vol 16 rule). Regenerate rather than rescale. - **Naming and forms**: Vol 16 wanted `p[ID]-[lastname].pdf` plus a signed copyright form; the exact Vol 20 mechanics are 待核实 — follow the acceptance email over anything here. ## Availability paragraph Supplying
- Production gates
- Availability paragraph
- Final-pass checklist
- Conference leg
- What goes wrong here
- Output format
What does the vldb-camera-ready skill do?
Use when producing the final PVLDB version of an accepted VLDB paper, covering the volume-specific template, PDF/A compliance and font embedding, figure legibility floors, the availability paragraph and artifact URL, proceedings file naming and copyright steps, and planning presentation at the matching VLDB conference.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill vldb-camera-ready --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.