ONTOCHAIN Open Call #3 Topics

Slides presented at the ONTOCHAIN Summit for Trustworthy Internet by Vlado Stankovski, ONTOCHAIN technical coordinator & Professor of Computer Science at University of Ljubljana & Thanasis Papaioannou, ONTOCHAIN core partner & Principal Investigator at Athens University of Economics and Business

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1. CLICK TO EDIT MASTER TITLE STYLE Click to add subtitle Location Date ONTOCHAIN 1st ONTOCHAIN Summit – May 1, 2022 At the meeting point between the Semantic Web and Blockchain Applications: Open Call #3 Thanasis Papaioannou, Vlado Stankovski
2. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 2 ONTOCHAIN in practice 2
3. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 3 3 ONTOCHAIN APPROACH Set of technologies that focus on data, i.e., how they are described, modelled, and linked. A technology that aims at storing data and share such data among a set of peers, who validate the content without the intervention of a third-party services. Trustworthiness is achieved by standardised storage and ontologies (shared conceptualisation) on one hand as well as on the other hand by the decentralisation and data immutability (shared ledger) ONTOCHAIN
4. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 4 4 ONTOCHAIN ECOSYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
5. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 5 5 ONTOCHAIN FRAMEWORK Mapping according to the 3 open calls Mapping of the ONTOCHAIN technical topics on the architecture as well as existing and intended software development for each of the three open calls
6. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 6 ONTOCHAIN Open Call 1 & 2 outcomes 6
7. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 7 OPEN CALL 1 : THE 7 FINAL PROJECTS IN THE ONTOCHAIN FRAMEWORK 7 Project Main Results Feature supported Other to mention OntoSsiVault Horizontal SDK SSI Store and manage credentials HIBI Horizontal SDK SSI EiD based credentials CopyrightLY Vertical microservices Authorship and reuse Defines utility token KnowledgeX Vertical microservices Data privacy Also matchmaching and other services REPUTABLE Vertical microservices Reputation management Defines utility token GraphChain Semantic data base Integration of semantics in blockchain POC4COmmer ce Ontologies E- commerce ontologies Tokens and exchange mechanism
8. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU OPEN CALL 2: THE 13 PROJECTS ENGAGED 8 Project Goals Feature supported ADOS To apply blockchain technologies to IoT (Internet of Things) systems, as current IoT systems can be lacking in certain key network aspects such as scalability, security, resource consumption and trustworthiness. Distributed Data Oracles Bowler To make a low-code, end-to-end, web-based IDE that will enable those which are not very familiar with Smart Contracts to learn how to program dApps. Ontochain IDE for app development CareChain To make a platform for issuing microinsurances and compensation if conditions are met using Smart Contracts. Smart Contracts are encrypted and public, so no one can deny part-taking in the process. Automated agreement compliance checking DESMO-LD To design and implement a trustful Oracle prototype and provide the necessary data for its operation. It uses Smart Contracts to gather off-chain data through oracles. IoT data oracle extracting Web of Thing (WoT) Thing Descriptions DKG To make a decentralised knowledge sharing platform using the ONTOCHAIN support. Decentralized Knowledge Management GEONTOLOGY To make a geo-aware protocol for enabling cross-border operations and data exchange in a digital economy. Its main goal is to provide geolocation data to any transaction using smart contracts. Proof of location MFSSIA to create a multi-factor authentication service via blockchain. Blockchain is used MF Identification
9. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU OPEN CALL 2: THE 13 PROJECTS ENGAGED 9 Project Goals Feature supported NFTWATCH To collect and aggregate information about NTF's and its marketplaces. It can be used to analyse either on or off-chain data. NFT semantics extraction ONTOSPACE To expand on GraphChain's project to enable networks to emerge. It will provide all necessary building blocks to make the deployment of the ecosystem as easy as possible with graph databases. Trustworthy metadata creation PERUN X to create a framework for transactions between different blockchains that can be performed at minimal cost. It can also be used to execute code on a specific channel, leading to potentially cross-chain contracts. Cross-chain interoperability NFTSWAP to solve the current problem of NFT markets with enabling crowdsended markets (independence of primary and secondary markets), building decentralised price (enabling margin trading- short/long, mechanism to determine price) and providing automated liquidity (similar to UniSwap). NFT pricing PRINGO to make a mechanism for funding charitable causes via blockchain. It provides a direct link from common goods to companies/charities. NFT minting in games for public goods PS-SDA to make a platform for human-centric data management. It enables data to be encrypted on the chain and not accessed by everyone. It Data provenance
10. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 10 ONTOCHAIN Open Call 3: Objectives & Topics 10
11. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU 11 11 ONTOCHAIN OPEN CALL 3 OBJECTIVES Projects developing scalable blockchain, decentralized reputation systems and semantic web technologies to achieve trustworthy content handling and information exchange as well as trustworthy service exchange in the next generation Internet using as a basis the ONTOCHAIN Framework (OC1 & OC2) and fulfilling one of the objectives A and B of the OC3.  Obj. A- To complete the missing blocks of the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure  Obj. B- To exploit the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure designed and implemented respectively through OC1 and OC2 for real life use cases that cover real need of individuals in terms of trustworthy data/services exchange and trustworthy content handling from various vertical domains/vital sectors of the European economy The proposed solution will have to use standard technology for full stack development and the results will have to be open source. It will have to use mechanisms that are already part of ONTOCHAIN services (OC1 & OC2)
12. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU OPEN CALL 3- TOPICS UNDER OBJECTIVE A 12  To complete the missing blocks of the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure
13. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SERVICE INTEGRATION (GATEWAY APIS) FOR ONTOCHAIN APPLICATIONS 13 Challenge • Provide a unified entry point to all ONTOCHAIN services and applications while retaining critical properties such as trust, consistency and security of data and services • Integration of databases and knowledge bases with blockchain protocols • Ensure that semantic information, trust, identities and privacy are preserved across chains while maintaining the highest possible level of security • Provide ontology management that takes into account the trade-offs between the cost and benefits of storing metadata on-chain vs. off-chain Expected Outcome • Scalable API endpoint for connecting clients to ONTOCHAIN applications and services • New connectors between blockchains (e.g. Ethereum Smart Contracts) and production databases and ontological knowledge • Decentralized storage medium for ontologies in OWL and similar standard formats
14. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SEMANTIC MATCHING AND REASONING 14 Challenge • Develop a semantic, trustworthy marketplace where ONTOCHAIN users can buy or sell any goods or services that can be described with different ontological representations • Perform ontology management and matching, ensuring the highest level of trust • Guarantee the fairness of the transactions in the marketplace, the matching process should be fair to every party, e.g. preventing exclusion, censorship, price manipulation and fraud Expected Outcome SDKs and APIs for: • Publishing and propagation orders • Matching ontological market orders • Sealing deals permanently in a smart contract on the underlying blockchain
15. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE HOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ONTOCHAIN 15 Challenge • The ONTOCHAIN project currently features 30 projects and around 14 new projects and applications are supposed to enter the project in the 3rd project year that need a hosting infrastructure • Low gas fees, decentralised (community based) Expected Outcome • Energy efficient and scalable, appropriately configured ONTOCHAIN Network (running infrastructure) with a minimum of 3 nodes that fits the needs of the ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem and its applications • Sustainability and extensibility model
16. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU OPEN CALL 3- TOPICS UNDER OBJECTIVE B 16  To exploit the ONTOCHAIN infrastructure designed and implemented respectively through OC1 and OC2 for real life use cases that cover real need of individuals in terms of trustworthy data/services exchange and trustworthy content handling from various vertical domains/vital sectors of the European economy
17. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SEMANTIC DIGITAL LOGBOOKS 17 • A variety of products and services are centered around specific valuable entities, such as companies, buildings or cars • The trustworthiness of products and services that are involved in the process of interacting with such entities is of immense importance • The immutability of the data, and the use of various application-level proofs can greatly contribute to knowledge sharing among actors • Various credentials in the overall process can greatly enhance the trustworthiness of these entities and the interactions on the real-world market Challenge Expected Outcome • Solution capable of integrating information from various actors, being product and service providers, along with their necessary credentials • Business viability
18. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU DECENTRALIZED FACT CHECKING 18 Challenge Social media platforms provide citizens with virtual spaces where they can share information, express themselves and organize social and democratic actions • Imbalance of information power • Unverified/fake information, censorship, violence/bullying and scams are regulated behind closed doors, with little to no possible appeal • No reward for good contributions Expected Outcome • Decentralized social media platform or plugin for existing ones for fact checking and fair rewards • Employing oracles, DAOs and/or cryptographic tokens • Some identity verification without breaking anonymity • Discourage abuse through proper incentives/tokenomics • Business viability
19. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU DECENTRALIZED SEMANTIC SOCIAL NETWORK 19 Challenge • Users also express an increasing level of distrust of social media platforms • A decentralized semantic social network concerns an application where social profiles are stored in a decentralized manner, storage is secure and privacy- aware, and semantic content is highly available Expected Outcome • Decentralized semantic social network with similar QoE with centralized ones • Secure, highly available and discoverable content, private social interactions • And more: semantic querying and trusted services exchange • Business viability
20. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SEMANTIC ENERGY DATA MANAGEMENT 20 Challenge • Energy conservation, CO2 emissions reduction and cost savings are today the cornerstones of climate protection efforts • Energy consumers may be also producers due to renewable sources and exchange energy in the grid • Energy provenance may be important Expected Outcome • Solution for decentralized semantic energy management that rewards energy contributions in a fair and trustworthy manner, in accordance to the energy provenance • Business viability
21. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SMART CITY APPLICATIONS RELYING ON TRUSTWORTHY SEMANTIC METADATA 21 Challenge • Application solution that addresses one or more of the challenges above • Sustainable business model Smart-city decentralized semantic data management to: • Control greenhouse emissions in the city to lessen the climate change, or • Facilitate more efficient use of resources and the circular economy in the city, or • Enable safer mobility and traffic management, or • Improve public and the waste collection service, or • Enhance participation and guarantee the security, reliability, transparency and anonymity of public consultations Expected Outcome
22. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU AUTOMOTIVE, E.G., ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING, ROAD SIDE MANAGEMENT, CAR INSURANCE, COMMUNICATION INTEROPERABILITY 22 Challenge Electric, autonomous vehicles and vehicle sharing are emerging trends promising to transform the automotive industry and transportation. We seek for: • solutions that help owners of electric cars to more easily charge their vehicles; • hiring smart autonomous vehicles; • efficient ways for autonomous vehicles to collect, store, organize and share data, which, in turn, will help them learn how to better navigate any environment. Expected Outcome Examples are many (all economically sustainable): • EV charging system enabling grid balance, decentralized ride hailing, autonomous drone deliveries, autonomous carriers, autonomous ride/care sharing • Smart Contracts for car insurance, repairs, and tolls • Better vehicle tracking, communication, situational awareness and maintenance
23. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS / SUPPLY CHAINS USING TRUSTWORTHY SEMANTIC DATA 23 Challenge Supply chain management, economically sustainable solution that • optimises the delivery process and reducing delays, • traces the products from their source, throughout various phases and processes of the supply chain, • reduces transportation costs, • improves business processes, • reduces stock cost and optimises service level agreement. Expected Outcome • Supply chain can include many phases, multiple geographic locations, several accounts and payments, several individuals, entities, and means of transport • increase efficiency (e.g. process automation, reduced paperwork, etc.), transparency and traceability, security, provenance and value sharing • Moreover, applications of distribution logistics can involve different kinds of actors, in any part of the e-commerce supply chain
24. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU DATA/DIGITAL CONTENT /MULTIMEDIA MARKETPLACE, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA 24 Challenge • Data marketplaces centralized, decentralized or federated are currently very popular for exchanging private/proprietary data in a secure, privacy-aware manner • Dealing with data identification, data ownership, data provenance, data handling in compliance to GDPR, privacy-aware data processing, data valuation, data value sharing among data owners, copyright management Expected Outcome • Functional data marketplace solution that deals with the above for bulk and streaming data • Business viability
25. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU SEMANTICS-BASED DAO 25 Challenge DAO is an organization that is represented by rules encoded as a computer program, is transparent, managed by its members, and is not affected by a central government • Interests in DAOs may be difficult to classify, raising regulatory concerns when it comes to securities laws • DAO members have limited capacity to engage fully in governance • DAO may expose members to the organization's liabilities and duties • Rules management and compliance checking may not be fully supported yet Expected Outcome • DAO-based app in different domains, e.g. investment, charity, fundraising, freelancer network, legal engineering, art, governance of dapps, social media, asset management, insurance, trust funds, ownership, entertainment, politics • Business viability
26. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU DECENTRALISED PUBLIC SERVICES & COMMON GOODS 26 Challenge • Produce tools and services for supporting trusted information exchange at the local level, in communities and small organizations • local currencies support sustainable businesses; • online platforms connect people who need help with school support, finding a job, lending tools, avoiding food waste, help refugees, track the way public money is being used and create incentives for local good Expected Outcome • Convincing, inclusive, economically-sustainable apps for decentralized public services • Business viability
27. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU REMOTE PRESENCE/WORKING AND METAVERSE 27 Challenge • Emerging technologies such as virtual reality, eXtended reality or immersive environments provide numerous opportunities for personalised, innovative, efficient and inclusive learning, for learners of all ages, gender and condition • People may need to interact in virtual environments with third-party real-world data or avatars, which may be trustworthy or not. E.g., remote engineers working on a disaster site with data from the field of interest and interacting with remote/on-site colleagues or remote/on-site workers Expected Outcome • Solution app in the context above • Business viability
28. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU ANY OTHER APPLICATION IN SYNERGY WITH ONTOCHAIN OBJECTIVES 28 Challenge / Expected Outcome • To surprise us with an idea for innovative application that could greatly benefit from deploying atop the ONTOCHAIN framework and employs current ONTOCHAIN services • To convince us on the market value of your proposed idea • To showcase the value of ONTOCHAIN software framework for building trustworthy innovative applications of high interest
29. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU CONCLUSION 29 At the end, ONTOCHAIN will deliver a complete software ecosystem and novel, ambitious Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) applications in areas such as : ⚫ trustworthy web and social media ⚫ trustworthy crowdsensing ⚫ trustworthy service orchestration ⚫ decentralised and unsupervised online social networks ⚫ … End-Goals: Real users employ deployed apps and new applications emerge The framework is widely and sustainably adopted by vital sectors of the European economy A live software community and a services economy are built around it That is our intention!
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