2023-05-04: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Clecio Varjao (BCGov) - Aries Bifold/BC Wallet: demo and recent progress

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91329633752?pwd=elFrVUhOY3lybmRMMEtLS2MwMFNNdz09

Date

04 May 2023 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Clecio Varjao: Clecio.Varjao@gov.bc.ca

Demo: https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/showcase/

Call Recording: 20230504 Identity SIG Recording

Call begins at 2:40 in the recording

Welcome/Introductions

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All activities should be conducted in accordance with the Antitrust Policy found here.

Attendees

Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
Vipin Bharathan vip@dlt.nyc
Chang Lu chang.lu@ubc.ca
Char Howland <char@indicio.tech>
Clecio Varjao
Sean Bohan
Tim Spring
Filipe Santos
Ibrahim Kyuka
Maria Tersa Aarao
Sandy Aggarwal
Sanjay Kumar
Sylvain Rousseau
Jean-Christophe Drouin
Sylvain Vachon

Announcements

AnonCreds workshop: May 31
- Register
Merging with Hyperledger Identity WG / becoming a Special Interest Group

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-04-25 Indy Contributors Call
  - Update on Sovrin Node pipeline
  - Scoping out top priority tasks on the Indy Roadmap: https://hackmd.io/GeRP00i0Sj-7z4zXn2MB5g?view
- DID Indy Method
  - Note: Effective April 26, 2022, this call has been merged into the bi-weekly Indy Contributors Meeting.
  - Dominic Wörner's Presentation and Demo of Indy VDR changes: 20220412 DID Indy - Indy-VDR Updates Overview.mp4
  - Daniel Bluhm's Presentation and Demo of Indy Node changes: 20220405 DID Indy - Indy-Node Updates Overview.mp4
  - Spec: https://hyperledger.github.io/indy-did-method/
  - Source: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-did-method

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2023-05-03 Aries Working Group Call
    - DID Peer / Unqualified DIDs
    - EUDI ARF / eIDAS 2.0
  - 2023-04-26 Aries Working Group Call
    - IIW Recap
    - DIDComm v2 Hackathon Report
    - Next Steps on AIP 3
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - - 2023-04-25 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
      - Update on Verifier;
      - Update on AFJ 0.4.0 and related work
      - Update on Indy VDR;
      - Update on cross compiling indy for Bifold
  - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-05-02 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Update on BC Gov CWU – anoncreds-rs library in ACA-Py - Indicio
    - Lessons Learned: Converting an ACA-Py Deployment to use Aries Askar
- Aries Language Frameworks, Libraries, and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    - Aries Shared Components
      - now installable via pip; github actions build and test for Windows, Mac and Linux
      - indy-vdr - release 0.3.4 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      - indy-shared-rs - indy-credx release 0.3.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
      - aries-askar (storage) - release 0.2.2 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
  - Aries-Framework JavaScript
    - 2023-04-27 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Name issue with binary uploaded to GitHub release
      - Updates on older android versions
    - 2023-04-13 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - 0.4.0
      - Legacy vs qualified identifiers
        https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/issues/1391
      - Revocation PR
      - Cheqd integration merged
- Tools (great for interoperability testing)
  - Aries Toolbox (v 0.1.0; active) https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite (v 0.1.0; last update Jul 2019) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-agent-test-harness
    - Test Run Status: https://aries-interop.info
    - New! Mobile Wallet Test Agent for any mobile wallet
Hyperledger Ursa
- Meeting Recordings
- EOL (End of Life) PR: https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa/pull/233

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2023-04-24 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - Update on the AnonCreds V2.0 Working Group
  - Hyperledger AnonCreds Workshop – May 31, 2023 8:00 Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe
  - IIW Recap
  - Discussion: AnonCreds in W3C VC and JWT formats
  - Checkin: anoncreds-rs implementation progress, requests

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 15 March 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-03-15+All+Members++Meeting+Notes
    - AntiTrust Laws Training:
    - Ecosystem Foundry Guest Speaker
    - Interaction Patterns Task Force
    - Communications Committee - call for participants
    - Guest Speaker: Liz Tanner, Secretary of Commerce, State of Rhode Island - Rhode Island leads on digital identity
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 26 April 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-26+Steering+Committee+Discussion+Meeting+Notes
    - Closed Meeting to Steering Members only.
  - 12 April 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-12+Steering+Committee+Plenary+Meeting+Notes
    - Closed Meeting to Steering Members only.
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 10 March 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-03-10+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOG Updates and Approvals:
      - NIST 800-63-4 ToIP Comments and Unified Decentralized Identity cover:
      - LF Digital Trust Initiative (a marketing initiative) content development (15 min)
  - Governance Stack
    - 6 April 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-06+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - GSWG Input into 3rd Generation ToIP Stack Diagram
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 26 April 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-26+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Task for reports
    - Special Topics Task Forces
      Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
      - ToIP Glossary Workspace: now probably 85% complete
      - Work continues on developing a third-generation conceptual ToIP stack diagram
      Trust Registry TF — Darrell O'Donnell Antti Kettunen
      - EU comparisons
      Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Daniel Hardman
      - Two TSP Workshops have been held
      - A third TSP Workshop is planned for Thursday May 4
      ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
      - No update
      AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF
      - Discussion of biometrics
  - Utility Foundry
    - Hiatus
      - Group members have joined with the Governance Architecture task force
    - Last meeting: 7 June 2022
      - Deliverable 1: Review Discussion -ToIP Layer 1 - Utility Foundry - Google Docs
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 16 March 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-03-16+Meeting+-+Bhutan
      - Meeting Deck
      - Presentation Deck
      - Why SSI instead of PKI?
      - Convincing the government about the risks and concerns of having a centralized database with lots of people accessing it was a lot of work
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 24 April 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-24+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Update on TEv2 progress
      - Update on TSWG Glossary Workspace
      - Mental Models Task Force

Decentralized Identity Foundation
- DIF DIDComm Spec Working Group
  - Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
  - Current Agenda: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?both
  - RFC Repository: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging
  - Update to WG: Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - 1 May 2023
    - DIDComm v2.1 - ION compatiblity
      - https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging/pull/436
    - ToIP Trust Spanning Protocol
      - Layers of the DIDComm Spec

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Update: moving from un-sync to sync meetings
    - At the same timeslot at the DIDComm WG meetings, every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mondays of the month
    - Meetings: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/tree/main/meetings
  - Meeting notes on discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 27 March Meeting:
    - April 2023 IIW - DIDComm V2 Interopathon: https://hackmd.io/j6U6JpQ2SRexSUKL7i2XRg?view
- DIF Interoperability Group
  - Main: https://identity.foundation/interop/
  - Wiki: https://www.notion.so/Interoperability-WG-a42995c37e2a4511a10aea96cdbccc38
  - Rolling agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/interoperability/blob/master/agenda.md
  - Meeting recordings
  - 3 May
    - Recording
    - User Adoption and Interoperability: presentation by Dan Giurescu, Founder of Credivera

- IoT Special Interest Group
  - DIF Steering Committee approved the creation of an IoT Special Interest Group
  - Participating in the IoT SIG does not require being a member of DIF so anyone who is interested is welcome
  - Sign up for the mailing list: https://lists.identity.foundation/g/IoT-SIG
  - 26 April Meeting
    - Recording
  - Meeting recordings
  - Discord channel

W3C Standard
- DID Working Group
  - Charter: https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html
  - Meetings: https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/
    - W3C Members are invited to join this Working Group. Individuals who wish to participate as Invited Experts (i.e., they do not represent a W3C Member) should refer to the policy for approval of Invited Experts. The group also welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration upon their agreement to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy.
  - 11 Feb 2022
    - https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2022-02-11-did
    - DID Method: "did:id"
    - DID Method: "did:keri"
- Community Credentials Group
  - 24 April 2023
    - W3C CCG Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
  - 25 April 2023
    - W3C CCG Traceability Call
  - 2023-05-09 - Digital Trust Infrastructure for Discovery and Validation (Regi-TRUST)
Other?

Presentation

Clecio Varjao (BCGov) - Aries Bifold/BC Wallet: demo and recent progress
- Clecio.Varjao@gov.bc.ca
  Demo: https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/showcase/

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