--- name: issta-camera-ready description: Use when preparing an accepted ISSTA paper for the ACM Digital Library camera-ready, covering de-anonymization, the final ACM sigconf layout without the review/anonymous options, ACM rights forms and DOI, metadata and CCS concepts, the artifact DOI and badge display, registration, and the in-person presentation obligation. --- # ISSTA Camera Ready Use this after acceptance (including after a successful Major Revision). Reopen the current ISSTA camera-ready instructions, the ACM proceedings author kit, the rights-form email, and the artifact badge instructions before advising authors — the mechanics and dates are cycle-specific. ## Camera-ready audit - Convert the anonymous submission to the published version: restore the author block, affiliations, acknowledgements, and funding, and drop the `review` and `anonymous` template options so line numbers and the anonymized front matter disappear. - Complete the ACM rights process. ACM assigns the rights form after acceptance; the resulting copyright/permission block, conference notice, and DOI must appear in the final PDF exactly as issued. - Fill ACM metadata: title, author order and ORCIDs, the abstract, and CCS concept tags. These feed the ACM Digital Library record and are hard to correct after publication. - Resolve the review and (if applicable) Major-Revision comments in the accepted text without changing the contribution beyond what was reviewed. - Display artifact badges correctly: if the artifact earned Available/Functional/Reusable/Results Reproduced, place the awarded badges and the artifact DOI as the instructions specify, and make the Zenodo deposit public. - Confirm registration and presentation: ISSTA is an in-person symposium and expects at least one author to register and present; verify the current policy rather than assuming remote is allowed. ## ACM sigconf reflow after de-anonymization - Switching off `anonymous` and `review` changes the front matter and removes line numbers, which reflows the first page and can shift every subsequent break; recheck figure placement, table widths, and column balance across the whole paper. - The author block, affiliations, and acknowledgements consume space the anonymous version did not use; content that just fit at submission can overflow, so verify the page count against the final limit rather than assuming the accepted length still holds. - Keep section, theorem, and listing numbering aligned with the reviewed version so the response record and any Major-Revision ledger stay traceable to the published text. ## De-anonymization sweep | Item | Anonymous submission | Camera-ready | |---|---|---| | Author block | Removed | Restored with affiliations and ORCIDs | | Tool / system name | Neutralized if it de-anonymized | Real name restored | | Repository link | Anonymized mirror or withheld | Public, licensed, DOI-archived (Zenodo) | | Acknowledgements / funding | Absent | Restored | | Self-citations | Third person | Natural first person where it reads better | ## Worked example: landing a reviewer-requested change A reviewer asked that a scoping limitation move from a footnote into the technique section. Camera-ready move: add one sentence to Section 3 stating the limitation, cross-reference it from the threats-to-validity discussion, and verify the added lines did not push a full-width table onto a new page — without weakening any claim the reviewers accepted. ## Hedged logistics - Registration pricing, the exact rights-form mechanics, CCS metadata fields, and camera-ready dates change every cycle; confirm against the acceptance email and the current ACM proceedings instructions, not this file. ## Output format ```text [Camera-ready status] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked [Final package] [Artifact] [Policy checks] [Reviewer-change map] final edit> [Remaining owner] task> ```