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vis-writing-style
Use when revising an IEEE VIS paper for a task-grounded visualization contribution on the first page, a design rationale that ties each visual encoding and interaction to a task, evaluation matched to the contribution type, honest limitations, and disciplined use of the VGTC/TVCG 9+2 page budget for a paper that will be read as an IEEE TVCG journal article.
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# VIS Writing Style
Use this when revising the main paper. IEEE VIS papers are **IEEE TVCG journal articles** read by
visualization researchers, so they need a **task-grounded visualization contribution stated on the
first page** and a **design rationale a reviewer trusts**. The failure this skill prevents is a
technically fine paper that reads like a gallery of pretty pictures, or an ML/systems result with a
chart bolted on, instead of a contribution about how people see and reason with data.
## Revision rules
- **Lead with the visualization contribution:** the data-and-task problem, why existing
representations are inadequate for it, the contribution (technique, system, study, or model), the
evidence, and what changes for people analyzing data.
- **Justify every encoding and interaction by task.** Each visual channel (position, length, color,