| Description | Audience | Version / Date |
| TRECVid 2013 MER evaluation plan | MER participants | v10 / July 31, 2013 |
| MER DTD | MER participants | v11 / April 24, 2013 |
| MER XSD | MER participants | v1 / August 27, 2013 |
| (MER Dry Run: is part of the MED dry run) | MER participants | (no separate data) |
| MER example submission | MER participants | v1 / July 11, 2013 |
| MER Workstation software (MD5) | MER participants | v3.0 / August 27, 2013 |
| Date | Milestone |
| April 1 | Final design published in the TRECVID Guidelines on the web. Final MER DTD available |
| May 1 | Initial draft version of Triage Workstation available |
| June 5 | 2013 Progress Set disk drives available (for new participants) |
| July 1 | MED/MER Dry Run begins |
| July 31 | MED/MER dry run ends (MER dry run submissions due at NIST) |
| September 10 | MED/MER participants submit Pre-specified Event runs (including recountings) |
| September 27 | NIST releases pre-adjudicated MER results on the Pre-specified Events |
| October 2 | NIST releases post-adjudicated MER results on the Pre-specified Events |
| October 4 | TRECVID Speaker Proposals due at NIST by noon (Gaithersburg time) |
| November 20-22 | TRECVid Workshop at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD) |