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• Name (Organization) <email>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com> 

Announcements

• Thoughtful Biometrics - March 9,10,12 thoughtfulbiometrics.org
• IIW Workshop #32 IIW Workshop
• #31 (Oct 2020) Proceedings:  https://internetidentityworkshop.com/past-workshops/
#32 (Apr 2021), online, https://internetidentityworkshop.comThoughtful Biometrics - March 9,10,12 thoughtfulbiometrics.org

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Meeting Notes:  2021-0102-2003
    • Discussion of identity topics to be addressed in 2021 
    • Presentation slides:  IDWG-Roadmap 2021.pdf
    • "KERI" – Sam Smith
    • KERI White Paper -- (full version; 140 pages)
    • Recording:  VIDEOVideo

• Hyperledger Indy
  • Contributors Meeting
    • 2021-01-19 Indy Contributors Call02-04 Special: Upgrade Indy
      • Indy CI/CD pipeline for Node & Plenum is moving to GitHub Actions (merged?)
      • Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade
        • Needs an Ursa upgrade (depends on libssl1.0.0)
        • Upgrade Python to 3.8
      • Indy SDK Release
        • RC published and being tested (1.16, Build 170)
        • Release date?
        • Ready to release
      • Upgrade paths for Stewards:  upgrade Indy Node and then upgrade UbuntuCrypto:  moving from indycrypto to Ursa
      • Indy Monitoring - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node-monitorProgress: Indy DID Method (did:indy) Specification 
        Indy DID:Method Spec-ing Meeting - weekly, Tuesday 7AM Pacific - Indy DID Method Specification
    • Build process
      • CI/CD moving from Jenkins to Github Actions
  • Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
    • Donated to Hyperledger (indy-vdr, indy-shared-rs, aries-askar)
    • indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    • indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
    • areis-askar - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
    • Credx:
      • indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
      • aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs

• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings:
    • Meeting Agenda & Notes:  Aries Working Group
    • WG A: 2021-0102-2710-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
      • Project updates 
      • Id Proofing through signals and artifacts - ledgerless approach to VC
      • Presentation and discussion on face recognition biometrics and identity solutions from Applied Recognition Corp.
      • Sources:  https://github.com/AppliedRecognition/Open discussion
    • WG B:  2021-0102-1310-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
      • Aries Exit from Incubation
        • Criteria: https://tsc.hyperledger.org/project-incubation-exit.html
        • Being presented to the Technical Steering Committee (TSC)
      • Peer DID Method 2 Updated - 
      • AIP Nexthttps://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/579
      • Credential Manifest
      • Presentation Exchange
      • JWE envelope RFC 334
      • Needed areas of work?
      decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec/pull/26/files
      • Aries Interop Protocol V2Aries Interop Profile AIP RFC 302:  
        • Updates and realignment of subtargets 
        • https://github.com/
        hyperledger
        • swcurran/aries-rfcs/
        tree
        • blob/
        master
        • 0d5ce50ca8d0b4834f275c3e8e906a6dfd19d821/concepts/0302-aries-interop-profile/README.md
        • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/579 (Main AIP 2.0 PR)
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Release 0.6.0 available, includes
      • OOB/DID Exchange support merged – testing/tweaking
      • Adjustments for supporting aries-askar – mostly internal
      • Multi-Tenant Support -  SICPA and collaborators (Animo, Anon Solutions)
      • Mediator Support – Indicio - ACA-Py as mediator, ACA-Py as mediator client (through connections protocol) merged; Admin API, fixes in progress; need to add support for DID Exchange/OOB
    • In Progress:
      • Persistent Queues – Kiva – WIP PR submitted using redis
      • More on OOB
      • Credential Exchange V2 (RFC 0453/0454)
    • Starting soon:
      • Getting to W3C Verifiable Credential support with ZKP and Selective Disclosure with Revocation.
        • DHS SVIP JSON-LD Verifiable Credential exchange in Aries Protocols
        • https://hackmd.io/@animo/acapy-bbs-2
  • Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    • Ledger Communication:  indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr - communication with Indy-Node ledgers
    • Credentials:  indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - includes indy-credx (Anoncreds support) and related packages
    • Wallet:  aries-askar - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar - secure storage (wallet) initiative
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  • Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
    • 2021-0102-26 09 Framework Go Weekly Planning
      
      • Release v0.1.5 (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/releases/tag/v0.1.5)
        • Remote encrypted storage capability that leverage DIF Confidential Stores
        • Support for WebKMS
        • BBS+ Verifiable Credentials with selective disclosure
        • Support for did:web resolution
      • Move storage definitions to service provider interface module.
      • Improvements to storage implementations.
      • Implement RFC 0360 - Use DID Key.
      • Enable repolinter.
      • JWE fixes.
  • Aries-SDK-Ruby 
    • Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (0.0.4), moved to https://github.com/decentralized-identity/activestorage-horcrux
  • Tools
    • Aries Toolbox – supports ACA-Py 5.3 https://github.com/thclab/aries 
    • Aries Protocol Test Suite - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
      
    • Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness

• Hyperledger Ursa
  • Homepage:  Hyperledger Ursa 
  • 2021-0102-20 03 Meeting Agenda
    
    • Presentation from Avradip on ZK frameworks.
      1. Introduction to ZK proofs (at a high level, theory-based)
    • Discussion on zero knowledge framework (Avradip).  General discussion.
    • Discussion on signature interface.
      1. Some slight issues with Pairing+:  using old hash to curve.
      2. Discussion of blind signatureszkinterface.
      3. Tricky to get public interface right.
      TODO:  Come up with better blind signature interface that is more misuse resistant.
    • Discussion on what to do with pairing plus.
    • Ursa HW interface (interest?)
    • Go implementation of BBS+

• Trust Over IP Foundation
  • Main site:  https://trustoverip.org/ 
  • Wiki:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation 
  • All Members Meeting
    • 20 Jan 2021:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-01-20+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
  • Steering Committee Meeting
    • 14 Jan 2021:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/202-01-14+Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
  • Webinar:  Trust over IP and Government (15 Dec 2020)
    • Verifiable Credentials, passports, Covid Credential Initiative (CCI) 
    • https://zoom.us/rec/share/j4vfX47K1RPgZlmGHpfrC6YEh6RXGs86KiEdTmq6z4VUOFM7Aa97u-6Yzz5rZ6dx.jg5BtbuA5HnxYOVL
  • ToIP Working Groups:
    • Communications Committee:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee 
    • Governance Stack
    • Technical Stack 
    • Utility Foundry
    • Ecosystem Foundry
    • Decentralized Semantics
    • Concepts and Terminology 

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