LCDP-ONT-APP: ONTOCHAIN Domain Builder

Motivation for the project:

By providing assisted means to develop ONTOCHAIN applications/components, the proposed solution would greatly ease their development. Furthermore, the model-driven approach would also foster interoperability and help define the applications/components themselves, both key goals of the framework.

Generic use case description:

The solution’s will be constituted by a low-code IDE for typical ONTOCHAIN applications/components, i.e. trustworthy content handling and trustworthy knowledge/information exchange in various domains (education, Social Networks, eHealth, etc.).

Essential functionalities:

a) Low-code IDE for ONTOCHAIN applications/components: (web-based) visual development environment accessible in SaaS.
b) (Meta) ontologies able to model ONTOCHAIN applications components and formally define them.

How these functionalities can be integrated within the software ecosystem:

The IDE will be accessible in SaaS (via the AstraKode Blockchain platform). The applications/components produced by the IDE are going to be natively compatible with the ecosystem.

Gap being addressed:

We aim to address the lack of formal definition for ONTOCHAIN applications/components, and make their development more accessible and less costly.

Expected benefits achieved with the novel technology building blocks:

- Formal definition of ONTOCHAIN applications/components and their requirements (with respect to at least 2 use cases) through ontologies and models
- Easier and more accessible development of ONTOCHAIN applications/components
- Increased interoperability by design

Potential demonstration scenario:

The IDE will produce applications/components compatible with at least 2 use cases, which should be tested within the existing ecosystem. The finer details of the demonstration will depend on the specifics of the use cases.