2023-06-14 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

• OWF Resolution
• did:peer status / unqualified migration
• Open Discussion

Date

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

	Hyperledger is committed to creating a safe and welcoming community for all. For more information please visit the Hyperledger Code of Conduct.

Attendees                   

• Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
• John Jordan (BC Gov) <john.jordan@gov.bc.ca>
• Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
• Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
• Janelle Krupicka (Matrix Group International) <@jkrupicka@matrixgroup.net>
• Alberto Leon  (Instnt, Inc) <alberto@instnt.org>
• Charles Lanahan <charles.lanahan@gmail.com>
• jason sherman <jason@usingtechnolo.gy>
• Tim Bloomfield <tim.bloomfield@ontario.ca>
• Akiff Manji (BC Gov, Petri Dish Development) <amanji@petridish.dev>
• Rodolfo Miranda (RootsID)<rodolfo.miranda@rootsid.com>
• Jorge Flores  (Entidad) < jorge@entidad.io>
• Subhasis Ojha (Northernblock) <subhasis@northernblock.io>
• James Ebert (Indicio) <james.ebert@indicio.tech>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

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-dev16
  • 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

• OWF Resolution
  • Proposed Agreement: (link)
    • suggestion: contain more about the orgs and what their goals are.
    • take to OWF to craft joint statement
    • Yes - 22, no - 0, out of 24
  • Discussion
    • What adjustments do we want to make to Aries as-is? (Tabled)
• Aries Marketing - Alex
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oys7g8y9iSOk5Lp1V6iC3BCHqvsKquonNPJl9v_E3GE/edit?usp=sharing
• did:peer / unqualified did migration update
  • https://identity.foundation/peer-did-method-spec/index.html#generation-method
  • Migration Doc?
• Open Discussion
• Next Week - Mediators!

Other Business

Future Topics

• June 7-9 https://diceurope.org/
• Hackathon – https://didhack.xyz/ – need an Aries Developer to monitor Discord to answer questions from participants
• 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

https://youtu.be/tXhwZu8VCa0