2022-09-21 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

• Group Management: Gossyp, ThreadParticipant, and N-wise

Date

21 Sep 2022 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

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Attendees                   

• Sam Curren(Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
• Bruce Conrad <bruce_conrad@byu.edu>
• Lance Byrd<lance.byrd@rootsid.com>
• Rodolfo Miranda <rodolfo.miranda@rootsid.com>
• Alex Andrei  <andreialexandru98@gmail.com> 
• Timo Glastra (Animo Solutions) <timo@animo.id>
• Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
• Karim Stekelenburg (Animo Solutions) <karim@animo.id>
• James Ebert (Indicio) <james.ebert@indicio.tech>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• Rebooting Web of Trust, Den Haag, September 26-30 

Release Status and Work Updates

• Aries Agent Test Harness (https://aries-interop.info)
• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements
  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar
    • 0.2.5 release - performance/load work and testing – specific load errors reduced (down to 0.05% error rate), performance up 11%
• Frameworks:
  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings)
  • Aries-Framework-JavaScript (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings)
    • Version 0.2.4 released - bugfixes and ActionMenu support
    • Working on 0.3.0 release
      • Generalization - only need formats required to be supported in an instance
      • Documentation site!!!
      • Present Proof v2 - merged today - AnonCreds done, W3C JSON-LD VCs still in progress/DIF PE
      • Basic support for AIP 2.0
  • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 
  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx)
  • Aries-Framework-DotNet (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-dotnet)
• Mobile:
  • Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings)
    • Aries Framework JavaScript 0.2.2 now merged into Aries Bifold
    • BCGov has realeased an Aries Bifold version, rebranded w/ BC blue/theme/etc (BC wallet)
  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)
• aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box
  • working on Pickup support
• aries-endorser-server – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)
• Aries-Toolbox
• Aries-SDK-Java
• Ursa (https://www.hyperledger.org/use/hyperledger-ursa, https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa)

Discussion Topics

• Hyperledger Global Forum Recap
  • Lots of Demos (BCGov Wallet, Findy, UN, TOIP, etc.)
• Impact of OpenWallet Foundation (https://openwallet.foundation/) on our work
  • OWF is trying to create libraries to support wallets, NOT actual wallets.
  • Larger scope than just VCs - Payment Methods, Car keys, etc.
• Group Management
  • Gossyp (https://github.com/dhh1128/didcomm.org/tree/gossyp/gossyp)
  • ThreadParticipant (https://hackmd.io/vJkumSAmRkCXl8nijaLTnQ)
  • N-wise (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/748)

Other Business

Future Topics'

• State-of-union of Aries projects
• OIDC Credential Exchange in Aries - Mike Richardson
• Proxy Ledger Access Followup
• decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?
• Standardized attribute names for AnonCreds - alignment with VC data model. (Paul Bastian)
  • terms and conditions (as link)
  • machine-readable governance?
• Multiple sigs on a credential - Shivam Sethi

Action items

Call Recording