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Navigation
The site is separated into ten main areas.

News - contains the latest 6 months of News & Press Releases, with an archive of content back to Jan 2001. Week in Westminster and Week in Brussels regular bulletins are also available.
Industry Issues - contains SMMT statements on a range of classified subject areas including Press Releases, Briefing papers and popular Questions & Answers.
Data Services - contains Economic reports and analysis along with data reports from the Motor Vehicle Registration Information System (MVRIS) and Automotive Data Services (ADS) team.
Industry Directory - contains a comprehensive guide to industry suppliers, bringing the annual print publication online.
Events & Exhibitions - contains a classified list of events and exhibitions relating to the industry.
Business Improvment - contains Quality and e-business information such as TS16949, ISO standards, ENX and ODETTE.
About SMMT - contains background and supporting information on the SMMT with detailed explanation of the role and functions of each of its departments and committees.
Publications - contains a classified list of free and purchasable publications and reports. Both an enquiry and an order form are available, as well as the ability to buy on-line.
Consumer Advice - contains advice and contact information for Consumers.
International Services - contains information on the role and functions of the SMMT internationally.

Secondary Navigation:
This is local to each navigational area, offering links to obtain more information within each section.

Footer Navigation:
Contact Us - offers contact information and a direct email facility.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - offers answers to commonly asked questions across the industry.
Site Map - offers the user a simple view of the complete web sites navigation.
Links - offers classified access links to external industry related web sites.
Acronyms - common Acronyms used within the Industry are explained.
Terms of Use - contains guidelines and rules of use of the web site.
Privacy Policy - contains the SMMT privacy policy.

Member Information: (for logged in users)
Access is obtained to general SMMT information in the following areas:
International Bulletin - Monthly statement on international affairs
Economics reports - A repeat of the Data Services Economic based reports.
Register Model Titles - Information concerning the register of model titles process.
SMMT contacts - Internal SMMT contacts, including department, picture and contact email.
Technical Circulars - Technical Circulars classified by subject and committee area. Access to monthly technical bulletin is also available.
SMMT Corporate Information, which includes Use of logo and SMMT constitution.

My Committees (for logged in users)
Access is obtained to all general committees available to all SMMT members and specific committees where the individual users are members.
Engineering & Environment committees and working groups can obtain a subset of appropriate Technical Circulars along with Minutes & Agendas and a committee Meeting Diary of events.
All other committees have access to the standard Minutes & Agendas and Meeting Diary of events but also obtain a range of Working Documents containing supporting committee related correspondence such as presentations or advice notes.

Classification of content
As the web site holds a massive amount of content it is essential that this is made accessible in the simplest and fastest of ways. To deliver this a two tier classification (category system) is used in most areas of the site. The top category (parent category) is always shown in "UPPERCASE" e.g. "SAFETY & SECURITY" whilst second level sub categories are shown in "lowercase" e.g. "Airbags". In most areas by selecting the parent category all content (including sub categories) is returned to the user, refinement can then be made by selecting a specific sub category.

Services offered
News Alerts - Electronic Magazine allowing subscribed users the ability to receive automatic alerts of new content being added to the web site is available throughout. Two News Alert formats are possible, news update and member information update available at user defined frequencies. Subscription to the service can be found in News and each Committee area.

File download
Most files on the web site are available for download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, the latest free Adobe Reader software can be obtained from www.adobe.com In some cases where multiple files are available for download the content has been compressed using standard Winzip technology, the latest free trial Winzip application can be obtained from www.winzip.com