2023-05-03 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

• DID Peer / Unqualified DIDs
• EUDI ARF / eIDAS 2.0

Date

03 May 2023 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

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Attendees                   

• Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
• Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
• Alexandra Walker (Indicio) <alex.walker@indicio.tech>
• Alex Andrei (RootsID) <alex.andrei@rootsid.com>
• Rodolfo Miranda (RootsID)<rodolfo.miranda@rootsid.com>
• Stephen Curran  (BCGov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• June 7-9 https://diceurope.org/

Release Status and Work Updates

• Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info
• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements
  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    • Release 0.4.0-dev14
    • Release 0.5.0 will have breaking changes, including did:indy branch merged into main.
  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar
    • Release 0.2.8
  • AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
    • Release 0.1.0-dev15
  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust
    • Release 0.3.2 tagged
• Frameworks:
  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings
    • 0.8.1 released – focused on the upgrade command, most relevant to multi-use invitations – including mediators.
    • New documentation site: https://aca-py.org
  • Aries-Framework-JavaScript https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings
    • Version 0.3.3 released - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/releases
    • Version 0.4.0 in progress - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/releases/tag/v0.4.0-alpha.87
  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
    
    • Release 0.53.0 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/releases/tag/0.53.0
  • Picos as Aries agents (https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico)
    • Phil Windley has students working on a DIDComm v2 version of ACA-Pico
  • Less active repos:
    • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 
    • 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
    • Bifold Summit Happening now – Bifold Summit 2023
    • 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
• aries-endorser-server – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)
• Aries-Toolbox

Discussion Topics

• DID Peer Update?
  • Alex added PR for Method 3: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec/pull/49
• Unqualified DID Conversion to did:peer:2
  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/blob/main/packages/core/src/modules/dids/methods/peer/peerDidNumAlgo2.ts#L94
  • RFC? - Volunteer Needed!
• Ursa Status and update
  • CL Signatures goes into AnonCreds (anoncreds-clsignatures-rs)
  • BLS Signatures goes into Indy (with wrapper) (indy-blssignatures-rs, indy-bls-wrapper-python)
  • BBS Signatures goes into Aries (aries-bbssignatures-rs)
• EUDI ARF / eIDAS 2.0
  
  • Links
    • https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/architecture-and-reference-framework/blob/main/arf.md
    • Related: https://daniel-hardman.medium.com/big-desks-and-little-people-e1b1b9e92d79
    • IIW - Paul Bastian
      • Still under discussion
      • Some details subject to member states
      • eIDAS 2.0 Large Scale pilots:
        • https://www.dc4eu.eu/
        • https://eudiwalletconsortium.org/
        • https://www.nobidconsortium.com/
        • https://www.digital-identity-wallet.eu
  •  Protocols
    • OIDC4VCI/VP
    • SIOPv2
    • ISO MDL (18013-5) Proximity Flow
  • Cred Formats
    • W3C VC - JSON + JWT(SD-JWT)
      ISO 18013-5:2021 (MDoc/MDL) / CBOR+MSO
      W3C VC - JSON-LD + LD Proofs
      
  • Etc
    • Key storage
      • Secure Element, Trusted Execution Environment
      • Smart Card
      • Remote Backend (HSM)
• Switzerland projects
  • https://github.com/e-id-admin/public-sandbox-trustinfrastructure

Other Business

Future Topics

• Niels Klomp offered a deeper dive into the openid4vc related flows
• Thomas - Nessus DIDComm 0.23.2 First Release
  • Wallet abstraction for AcaPy + Nessus native
  • Camel Http Endpoint for Nessus agent
  • Support for RFC0434 Out-of-Band Invitation V1 & V2
  • Support for RFC0023 Did Exchange V1
  • Support for RFC0048 Trust Ping V1 & V2
  • Support for RFC0095 Basic Message V1 & V2
  • CLI to work with supported protocols and model

• State-of-union of Aries projects
• decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?

Action items

Call Recording