| Description | Audience | Version / Date |
| TRECVid 2012 MER evaluation plan | All MER participants | v23 / May 29, 2012 |
| ALADDIN 2012 MER evaluation plan addendum | ALADDIN participants | v02 / May 1, 2012 |
| MER DTD | All MER participants (TRECVID or ALADDIN) | v7 / May 21, 2012 |
| MER Dry Run Data Files | All MER participants | June 28, 2012 |
| Rendering software | All MER participants | V1/June 29, 2012 |
| Date (all dates 2012) | Milestone |
| April 13 | Final design published in the TRECVID Guidelines on the web |
| April 30 | Explicit expression of interest due, via email to NIST. Participants will not be added after April 30th |
| May 18 | Rendering tool and MER DTD available |
| June 5 | MER Progress Set Test Data available |
| June 15 | Initial prototype of Evaluation tools available |
| June 15 | MER Development Test Set available |
| July 11 | MER Evaluation Test Set available |
| July 15 | Dry Run results due at NIST |
| July 15 | Finalized Evaluation tools available |
| August 7 | Dry Run results available to participants |
| September 18 | MER submissions due at NIST MER Evaluation Test Set MER Progress Test Set |
| October 17 | Evaluation results available to participants |
| November 26-28 | TRECVid Workshop |