A middleware for systems consumes Ethereum data in soft real-time: a Semantic Web approach

  • Célio Márcio Soares Ferreira UFOP
  • Charles Tim Batista Garrocho UFOP
  • Carlos Frederico Marcelo da Cunha Cavalcanti UFOP
  • Jorge Sá Silva Universidade de Coimbra
  • Ricardo Augusto Rabelo Oliveira UFOP

Resumo


Blockchain is already advancing in journeys beyond cryptocurrency applications, and Ethereum, already called the world's computer, is going on a path that intends to reinvent the internet or Web 3.0, currently the leading platform for deploying so-called distributed applications (DApp). The growth of these Dapps in different spheres of society, as Smart Cities and Industry 4.0 IoT applications demand new proposals and models that integrate Ethereum and its ecosystem data with existing datasets on the traditional Web. This work presents our efforts to apply ontologies representing an Ethereum network and ecosystem using the Semantic Web model to extract and link its data. We show EthExtras a new ontology that extends and simplifies the EthOn, and as proof of concept and sample of use, we design a middleware web that exposed as RDF graphs the Ethereum data in soft real-time.

Palavras-chave: Blockchain, Ethereum, Semantic Web, Smart Contract

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FERREIRA, Célio Márcio Soares; GARROCHO, Charles Tim Batista; CAVALCANTI, Carlos Frederico Marcelo da Cunha; SILVA, Jorge Sá; OLIVEIRA, Ricardo Augusto Rabelo. A middleware for systems consumes Ethereum data in soft real-time: a Semantic Web approach. In: TRABALHOS EM ANDAMENTO - SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS COMPUTACIONAIS (SBESC), 11. , 2021, Evento Online. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2021 . p. 122-127. ISSN 2763-9002. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbesc_estendido.2021.18503.