# KORA First Paper Bibliography Notes

The bibliography is not ready.

No BibTeX entries are verified yet unless a later reference-tracker update marks them as verified with title, authors, year, source URL or DOI, and relevance.

## Verification Pass 1

Status:

- Verified references collected in this pass: 10.
- Categories covered: LLM serving and inference systems, agent/tool routing and orchestration, deterministic/programmatic AI workflows, caching and retrieval-augmented generation, workflow orchestration / DAG systems, benchmarking and reproducibility, local model runtime systems, and systems artifact evaluation practices.
- BibTeX not added in this pass.
- Manuscript citation integration completed in a later v0.2 pass using preliminary citation labels.

Verified references from this pass are recorded in [KORA first paper reference tracker](kora-first-paper-reference-tracker.md). They should be treated as citation candidates until the manuscript citation plan and final bibliography style are selected.

Categories still needing more coverage:

- Additional peer-reviewed agent/tool-use or planner references.
- Additional caching or semantic-cache references if the paper discusses cache-based model-call avoidance.
- Additional reproducibility methodology references for synthetic workload design.
- Official Ollama or other local-runtime references if local runtime future work is expanded.
- Venue-specific artifact evaluation guidance once a target venue is selected.

## Manuscript v0.2 Integration

Manuscript v0.2 now includes preliminary references based on verified tracker entries only.

Status:

- Citation labels `[R01]` through `[R10]` are integrated where relevant.
- Preliminary references section is included in the manuscript.
- BibTeX still not added.
- Final citation style is still pending.
- Final bibliography normalization and citation audit are still pending.

## Citation Audit v0.1

[KORA First Paper Citation Audit v0.1](kora-first-paper-citation-audit-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Preliminary references are traceable to [R01] through [R10].
- BibTeX remains pending.
- Final citation style remains pending.
- Metadata normalization remains pending.
- The audit maps reference use to claim boundaries and forbidden citation uses.

Recommended next pass:

Choose a citation style, normalize the final bibliography, audit every citation against the tracker, and add BibTeX only if all required fields are fully verified from official sources.

## Verification Pass 2

Status:

- Additional verified references collected in this pass: 8.
- New verified labels: `[R11]` through `[R18]`.
- Categories covered: agent/tool-use and agentic workflows, program-aided language-model workflows, semantic caching, local model runtime systems, reproducibility programs/checklists, and venue-specific artifact evaluation guidance.
- Manuscript integration was deferred. The new references are tracker/audit entries only until a later manuscript integration pass.
- BibTeX not added in this pass.
- Final citation style remains pending.

Categories still needing more coverage:

- Synthetic workload and benchmark-construction references.
- Optional additional semantic-cache references if caching becomes a larger manuscript topic.
- Target-venue-specific citation and artifact guidance after venue selection.

Recommended next pass:

Select the final citation style or perform a narrow manuscript integration pass for `[R11]` through `[R18]`, then normalize bibliography metadata without adding unsupported claims.

## Manuscript v0.3 Reference Integration Plan

[KORA First Paper Manuscript v0.3 Reference Integration Plan](kora-first-paper-manuscript-v0-3-reference-integration-plan.md) has been created.

Status:

- Integration of `[R11]` through `[R18]` remains planned but not yet executed.
- The plan recommends integrating `[R11]`, `[R12]`, and `[R13]` in v0.3.
- The plan keeps `[R14]`, `[R15]`, and `[R16]` optional depending on section expansion.
- The plan defers `[R17]` and `[R18]` until target venue or artifact package planning.
- BibTeX remains pending.
- Final citation style remains pending.
- Synthetic workload / benchmark-construction references remain pending.

## Manuscript v0.3 Integration

[KORA First Paper Manuscript v0.3](kora-first-paper-manuscript-v0-3.md) has been created.

Status:

- `[R11]`, `[R12]`, and `[R13]` are integrated into manuscript v0.3 as agent/tool-use and programmatic workflow background.
- `[R14]` through `[R18]` remain tracker/audit-only, optional, or deferred according to the v0.3 integration plan.
- BibTeX remains pending.
- Final citation style remains pending.
- Final bibliography normalization remains pending.
- Synthetic workload / benchmark-construction references remain pending.

## Benchmark-Construction Reference Verification Pass

Status:

- Additional verified references collected in this pass: 6.
- New verified labels: `[R19]` through `[R24]`.
- Categories covered: broad benchmark-suite construction, holistic and multi-metric evaluation methodology, software-engineering task benchmark construction, agent benchmark construction, dynamic benchmarking, and behavior-oriented evaluation design.
- Manuscript integration was deferred. The new references are tracker/audit entries only until a later manuscript methodology pass decides whether they are needed.
- BibTeX not added in this pass.
- Final citation style remains pending.
- Final bibliography normalization remains pending.

Categories still needing more coverage:

- Deterministic-heavy synthetic workload construction for model-call routing systems.
- Final target-venue citation and artifact guidance after venue selection.
- Final decision on which benchmark-methodology references belong in manuscript text.

Recommended next pass:

Decide whether selected `[R19]` through `[R24]` references should be integrated into a future benchmark-methodology section, or select the final citation style before bibliography normalization. Do not use these references as evidence for production benchmark results, production cost reduction, real API-cost reduction, energy reduction, or broad superiority.

## Target Citation Areas

- LLM serving and inference systems.
- Agent/tool routing and orchestration.
- Deterministic and programmatic AI workflows.
- Caching and retrieval-augmented generation.
- Workflow orchestration and DAG systems.
- Benchmarking and reproducibility.
- Local model runtime systems.
- Systems artifact evaluation practices.

## Citation Style

The working citation style has been selected in [KORA First Paper Citation Style Decision](kora-first-paper-citation-style-decision.md).

Status:

- Stable `[Rxx]` labels remain the working manuscript citation strategy.
- Metadata audit v0.1, normalized bibliography v0.1, and metadata gap resolution v0.1 exist.
- BibTeX remains pending until ready records receive a final normalized-record check.
- Final bibliography and claim audit remain pending.
- Venue-specific conversion remains possible after a target venue or report format is chosen.

## Metadata Audit v0.1

[KORA First Paper Reference Metadata Audit v0.1](kora-first-paper-reference-metadata-audit-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- References `[R01]` through `[R24]` were reviewed for metadata completeness and traceability.
- The audit separates paper references, official docs/repos, official artifact guidance, and benchmark-methodology references.
- The audit identifies high-risk metadata items before BibTeX, including official docs/repos, artifact guidance pages, author-list handling, and venue/status normalization.
- No BibTeX was added.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- Normalized bibliography table work is the next bibliography step.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Normalized Bibliography v0.1

[KORA First Paper Normalized Bibliography v0.1](kora-first-paper-normalized-bibliography-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- References `[R01]` through `[R24]` are represented in the normalized table.
- High-risk metadata gaps remain for author-list handling, venue/status normalization, official docs/repos access-date treatment, and artifact/evaluation guidance style.
- No BibTeX was added.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- The next bibliography step is high-risk metadata gap resolution.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Metadata Gap Resolution v0.1

[KORA First Paper Metadata Gap Resolution v0.1](kora-first-paper-metadata-gap-resolution-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- High-risk metadata entries are classified by remaining blocker.
- Official docs and repositories remain blocked on docs/repo style and access-date formatting.
- Artifact guidance remains blocked on policy or venue-guidance style decisions.
- `[R02]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, and `[R23]` still need author-list handling before BibTeX.
- `[R02]`, `[R05]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, and `[R16]` still need venue/status normalization before BibTeX.
- No BibTeX was added.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- The next bibliography step is preliminary BibTeX preparation only for ready records, or a final metadata check for blocked records.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Preliminary BibTeX v0.1

[KORA First Paper Preliminary BibTeX v0.1](kora-first-paper-preliminary-bibtex-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Preliminary BibTeX exists only for the ready subset: `[R01]`, `[R06]`, `[R08]`, `[R11]`, `[R14]`, `[R21]`, `[R24]`.
- Blocked records remain excluded: `[R02]`, `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R05]`, `[R07]`, `[R09]`, `[R10]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, `[R15]`, `[R16]`, `[R17]`, `[R18]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, `[R23]`.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- Final BibTeX key normalization and venue-specific field style remain pending.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Ready-Subset BibTeX Key Normalization

BibTeX key normalization is complete for the ready subset in [KORA First Paper Preliminary BibTeX v0.1](kora-first-paper-preliminary-bibtex-v0-1.md).

Status:

- Normalized ready-subset keys cover only `[R01]`, `[R06]`, `[R08]`, `[R11]`, `[R14]`, `[R21]`, and `[R24]`.
- Existing author/year/topic keys were kept because their author, year, and topic metadata are verified in the public bibliography records.
- Blocked records remain excluded from BibTeX.
- Next step: resolve blocked metadata/style records or run a final BibTeX audit before any manuscript update.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Final Ready-Subset BibTeX Audit

[KORA First Paper Final BibTeX Audit - Ready Subset v0.1](kora-first-paper-final-bibtex-audit-ready-subset-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Ready-subset BibTeX remains preliminary.
- Blocked records remain unresolved and excluded from BibTeX.
- Next step: resolve metadata/style gaps for blocked records.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Docs/Repo Reference Style Resolution

[KORA First Paper Docs/Repo Reference Style Resolution v0.1](kora-first-paper-docs-repo-reference-style-resolution-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R07]`, `[R09]`, and `[R15]` are classified for official docs/repo style handling.
- `[R15]` remains combined for current tracker and audit continuity, with split reconsideration before final BibTeX if docs and repo entries need different treatment.
- BibTeX remains deferred for docs/repo entries until access-date, owner, entry type, and venue/report style treatment are stable.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Artifact Guidance Reference Style Resolution

[KORA First Paper Artifact Guidance Reference Style Resolution v0.1](kora-first-paper-artifact-guidance-reference-style-resolution-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- `[R10]`, `[R17]`, and `[R18]` are classified for artifact policy and venue-guidance style handling.
- `[R17]` and `[R18]` remain deferred until target venue choice confirms whether venue-specific guidance belongs in the final bibliography.
- BibTeX remains deferred for artifact guidance entries until access-date, venue, and style treatment are stable.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Paper/Preprint Reference Style Resolution

[KORA First Paper Paper/Preprint Reference Style Resolution v0.1](kora-first-paper-paper-preprint-reference-style-resolution-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- `[R02]`, `[R05]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, `[R16]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, and `[R23]` are classified for paper, preprint, report, and benchmark-paper style handling.
- BibTeX remains deferred for these entries until author-list and venue/status treatment is stable.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Final Blocked Metadata Review

[KORA First Paper Final Blocked Metadata Review v0.1](kora-first-paper-final-blocked-metadata-review-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Remaining blocked records are consolidated across docs/repo, artifact guidance, and paper/preprint groups.
- Expanded BibTeX should be limited to the candidate subset after final field check: `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R05]`, `[R07]`, `[R09]`, `[R10]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, `[R16]`.
- `[R17]` and `[R18]` remain deferred until target venue selection.
- `[R02]`, `[R15]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, and `[R23]` remain not eligible until author-list, split, or venue/style decisions are resolved.
- No BibTeX was generated.
- Final bibliography and claim audit v0.1 has been created.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Expanded BibTeX Candidate Audit

[KORA First Paper Expanded BibTeX Candidate Audit v0.1](kora-first-paper-expanded-bibtex-candidate-audit-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Expanded preliminary BibTeX now includes the candidate subset that passed final field check: `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R05]`, `[R07]`, `[R09]`, `[R10]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, `[R16]`.
- Deferred records remain excluded: `[R17]`, `[R18]`.
- Still-not-eligible records remain excluded: `[R02]`, `[R15]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, `[R23]`.
- Expanded BibTeX remains preliminary until final BibTeX consistency and venue-format checks.
- No manuscript changes were made.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Final Bibliography and Claim Audit

[KORA First Paper Final Bibliography and Claim Audit v0.1](kora-first-paper-final-bibliography-claim-audit-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Ready and expanded preliminary BibTeX records are identified.
- Deferred and still-not-eligible records remain excluded from preliminary BibTeX.
- Remaining metadata blockers and claim boundaries are documented.
- Full BibTeX remains incomplete.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Submission Readiness Gate

[KORA First Paper Submission Readiness Gate v0.1](kora-first-paper-submission-readiness-gate-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Required blockers are grouped by bibliography, claim/evidence, formatting/export, artifact/reproducibility, and human review.
- Optional blockers are separated from required submission blockers.
- The next sequence starts with remaining bibliography blockers.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Manuscript Bibliography Sync

[KORA First Paper Manuscript Bibliography Sync v0.1](kora-first-paper-manuscript-bibliography-sync-v0-1.md) has been created.

Status:

- Manuscript v0.3 cited `[R02]`, which remains still-not-eligible and absent from preliminary BibTeX.
- Manuscript v0.4 removes `[R02]` from background-only text and now cites only records present in preliminary BibTeX.
- Preliminary BibTeX still has 16 entries.
- Full BibTeX remains incomplete.
- The paper remains not submission-ready.

## Claim Boundary

No citation should be used to support unsupported production, API-cost, or energy claims.

References may support background, positioning, methodology, or future-work context only when their scope has been verified.

Do not use these references to imply production validation, real API-cost reduction, energy reduction, broad workload superiority, formal government validation, guaranteed adoption, or external endorsement.
