Patent ID: 6909925

Claim:
A method for analysis of at least one substance used in a design process of a vehicle, comprising: (a) generating a first set of data regarding a substance recyclability requirement standard for the at least one substance; (b) storing the first set of data in a database; (c) generating a second set of data regarding at least one characteristic of the at least one of substance used in the design process of the vehicle; (d) storing the second set of data in the database; (e) determining on a basis of the first set of data and the second set of data whether the at least one of substance conforms to the standard; (f) generating a third set of data indicating whether the at least one of substance conforms to the standard; and (g) transmitting the third set of data to a recipient; wherein the first set of data is a materials ontology and the second set of data is a vehicle ontology.