ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem: Vision and Objectives

Slides presented at the ONTOCHAIN Summit for Trustworthy Internet by Vlado Stankovski, ONTOCHAIN technical coordinator & Professor of Computer Science at University of Ljubljana

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   Location
   Date
   ONTOCHAIN VISION AND
   OBJECTIVES
   Berlin
   1st ONTOCHAIN Summit – June 1, 2022
   Vlado Stankovski
   University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
   

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2. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ Can I prove my identity without giving sensitive
   information?
   ▪ Should the door of our home automatically open to an
   unexpected visitor?
   ▪ Should I borrow my car to my neighbor for 5 EUR/hour?
   ▪ Who may gain access to my video stream for processing?
   ▪ Can I prove I have attended the lectures?
   ▪ Can I prove my location?
   ▪ Can we trust the sensors and the traffic lights on the
   smart crossing?
   ▪ Can we trust the documents in the archive?
   ▪ When I move my smart car from Ljubljana to Vienna what
   happens with my transactions?
   ▪ Who can access my files?
   ▪ #ICT2018 e-SIDES project:
   ▪ Fog Computing and the Problem of Trust
   Addressing the needs of semantically
   complex, dynamic, trust-critical ecosystems
   

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3. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ Trusted data, metadata, ontology, knowledge
   and information management
   ▪ On-chain and Off-chain data management
   methods
   ▪ Ontologies + Blockchain
   ▪ Fostering plurality and democracy
   ▪ Reputation management
   ▪ Decentralised identities and verifiable
   credentials
   ▪ (Expected) results:
   ▪ Design of an ONTOCHAIN software
   ecosystem
   ▪ Design of advanced ONTOCHAIN
   applications
   The ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem
   

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4. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ On-chain storage of ontologies, instances
   ▪ Consensus protocols based on security
   needs of various proofs
   ▪ Quality of Service managements
   addressing trade-offs: energy-efficiency,
   execution speed, use of Trusted
   Execution Environments, temporary
   usage of data, storage for indefinite time,
   number of replicas versus storage cost
   etc.
   ▪ Trusted approaches for ontologies and
   (meta)data management
   ▪ Energy-efficiency
   ▪ …
   ONTO
   BLOCK
   TRUST
   ❑ People, resources
   ❑ Data, Metadata,
   Knowledge,
   Information
   ❑ Internet of Things
   ❑ Microservice
   containers
   ❑ Edge-to-Cloud
   infrastructures
   ❑ Artificial Intelligence
   algorithms
   ❑ Digital Twins
   ❑ …
   Finding an optimal infrastructure,
   algorithms, technologies and tools in order
   to achieve Semantic Blockchains
   

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5. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ Application oriented
   ▪ Semantic marketplace(s) setup and operation
   ▪ Self-sovereign identity
   ▪ Trusted and secure data management
   ▪ Secure and transparent copyright management and verification
   ▪ Asset ownership management
   ▪ …
   ▪ Technology oriented
   ▪ Trusted and secure third-party data integration in Blockchain logic
   ▪ Trust based on transparent, secure, decentralised reputation models
   ▪ Decentralised Blockchain database
   ▪ Intraledger transaction execution and data exchange
   ▪ Semantic annotation of Big Data pipelines
   ▪ Support for tokenomics
   ▪ …
   Value proposition: knowing how to use
   technologies in order to be able to build
   specific applications?
   

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6. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ eCommerce
   ▪ Transparent and secure asset
   management
   ▪ Supply chain management
   ▪ Education
   ▪ Trusted and transparent learning
   platforms
   ▪ eGovernment/Public Services
   ▪ Smart city scenarios
   ▪ Identity and access management to
   computing resources/storage/IoT
   Digital identity
   ▪ Trusted identification and
   authentication
   ▪ eContent
   ▪ Trusted crowd-source journalism
   (reputation and blockchain models to
   validate information and identify
   participants)
   ▪ Preserve data integrity and security (verify
   data from large, trusted ontology models)
   ▪ Copyright management
   ▪ Social network privacy control
   ▪ eHealth
   ▪ Medical supply chain to prevent
   fake/counterfeit drugs
   ▪ Secure management of electronic health
   records (EHRs)
   ▪ Patient consent management
   Some application domains
   

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7. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
   ▪ ONTOCHAIN core team
   ▪ Initial participants
   ▪ Involved in architecture design, coaching
   and support activities
   ▪ Open Call 1 (closed)
   ▪ 17 projects funded and 7 new
   technologies demonstrated
   ▪ Open Call 2 (closed)
   ▪ 13 core technology building blocks of the
   software ecosystem developed
   ▪ Open Call 3 (now open)
   ▪ Build a portfolio of 11 new applications with
   high replication possibilities
   ▪ Build the ONTOCHAIN Network as an
   energy efficient infrastructure
   ▪ Define a tokenomics solution for the
   ONTOCHAIN Network and its applications
   that does not depend on daily situation on
   the cryptocurrency markets
   ▪ Ongoing development
   ▪ Define a Memorandum of Understanding
   that defines the Decentralised Autonomous
   Organisation
   ▪ Open for enlargement
   Ecosystem evolution
   

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8. 3-RD CALL
   NOW OPEN APPLY NOW
   Submit your application today
   

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9. STAY UPDATED
   AND GET INVOLVED!
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   @ONTOCHAIN
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   Thank You
   

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