| July | |
|---|---|
| Formal FpVTE 2003 announcement | 15 July |
| Application to Participate in FpVTE 2003 available | 15 July |
| Participant Test Overview available | 15 July |
| Participant Test Plan available | 24 July |
| Participant Area of FpVTE website available | 28 July |
| System Throughput Questionnaire available | 28 July |
| August | |
| Application to Participate in FpVTE 2003 due | 12 August |
| Data Format Specification available | 14 August |
| System Throughput Questionnaire due | 19 August |
| SST Sample Data and Software available | 21 August |
| MST and LST Sample Data available | 28 August |
| September | |
| Test size and structure announced | 5 September |
| Participation Notification email sent to Tentative Participants (including schedule) | 8 September |
| Response to Participation Notification due | 11 September |
| Sample Data Similarity Matrices due (by email) Extended! | 17 September |
| Last date to drop out anonymously | 19 September |
| Normalization Specification available (Note: The Normalization software (optional) is due in November, not before the start of the evaluation itself) | 22 September |
| Test Procedures document available | 25 September |
| Test Period starts | 29 September |
| October | |
| Test Period | |
| November | |
| Normalization software (optional) due | 4 November |
| Test Period ends | 21 November |