pods-related-work
brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
This guide directs authors on how to structure the related work section for academic papers in database theory (e.g., for venues like PODS, ICDT). It emphasizes a 'delta-first' approach, requiring authors to compare their specific *results* (theorems, bounds, dichotomies) directly against the nearest prior *results*, rather than simply cataloging related citations. It also covers complex rules regarding self-citation, anonymity, and overlap declaration with concurrent or prior-version work.