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• Sam Curren  (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
• Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
• Bruce Conrad (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.com>
• Stephen Curran  (BC Gov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
• Colton Wolkins (Indicio) <colton@indicio.tech>
• Kim Ebert (Indicio) <kim@indicio.tech>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
• Alexander Shcherbakov (DSR Corporation) <alexander.sherbakov@dsr-corporation.com>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• Bifold Meeting - Jan 16th (regular Bifold meeting time) Discussion of OWF move.

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
    • PR merged for caching in Indy VDR of Pool Transactions - Aries Frameworks should be adding that to
    • Release 0.4.0
    • 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 0.2.9
  • AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
    • Release 0.1.0
  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust
    • Release 0.3.3 Bugfix (bug was in the python wrapper)
      
    • Release 1.0.0 Embeds new AnonCreds CL Signatures library with fixes, performance improvements
• Frameworks:
  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org
    • 0.10.5 Adds an important JSON-LD VC verification update
    • 0.11.0 has a full set of updates (includes 0.10.5 fix)
    • Addition of AnonCreds Rust library into ACA-Py now in main, using new wallet-type "askar-anoncreds"
      • Moving to ledger agnostic AnonCreds
    • Traction Sandbox now available - https://traction-sandbox-tenant-ui.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca
      • Workshop Tutorial for using Traction, AnonCreds and Aries 
      • Repo - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-controllers/tree/main/TractionIssuanceDemo
  • Agent-Framework-JavaScript  https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings
    
    • Accepted by TAC in OWF, repository has moved. See initial announcement here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1586#discussioncomment-7815973
    • Looking for a new name, feel free to weigh in here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1668
    • 0.5 in the works
      • Dropping IndySDK
      • AnonCreds Revocation
      • Dropping Node 16 support (EOL)
    • Continuing working on SD-JWT and OpenID4VC support
    • Started work on W3C issuance and verification of AnonCreds credentials
    • PR open for did:peer:4 support and did rotate protocol
  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
    
    • aries-vcx as repository now contains 2 project families:
      
      • aries
      • didcore
  • Picos as of pico-engine version 1.3.0 natively use DIDComm v2 (https://github.com/Picolab/pico-engine/blob/master/packages/pico-engine/README.md)
    • replacing ACA-Pico agents (https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico) which are now deprecated
    • protocols implemented so far: oob invitation, trust-ping, basicmessage (more to be added https://github.com/Picolab/DIDComm-V2)
    • based on the SICPA didcomm NodeJS module
  • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 
• Mobile:
  • Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings
    • 0.4.0 in Bifold – including the shared components
  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)
• aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box
  • Update to use SocketDock?
• aries-endorser-service – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)
• Aries Akrida - Load Testing DIDComm based protocols
  • Added module support for different Issuer and Verifiers

Discussion Topics

• 2023 Review / 2024 Plans Review
  • 2024-01-03 Aries Working Group Call
  • 2024 Aries Roadmap
    • Annual Report due end of Jan, meeting early feb
      • Overview of the Annual Report process from the Hyperledger TOC
      • (More attendees than normal at the presentation to the TOC)
      • Aries, AnonCreds, and Indy all on the same schedule
    • Complete Unqualified DIDs CCU
    • Performance Scale of Aries projects
      • Large number of users.
    • Awareness / Marketing
      • Publishing a scalability report
      • Visibility for implementations and deployments
      • Bhutan - Verity
    • Alignment / Interop Efforts
      • JFF PlugFest
      • Aries Interopathon
      • OWF
      • Open Agent Framework
      • Etc.
    • AIP 2 completion
    • AIP 3 definition
      • DIDComm v2 / Trust Spanning Layer
    • Ledger Agnostic AnonCreds support within Aries projects
    • OID4VC Protocol support
    • LTS Efforts
    • Aries RFC
      • Aries RFC Status Review
      • Aries RFC Publishing in nice format
      • Better 'Start Here' Documentation
    • Cloud Reaching Ideas
      • Let's discuss next week
      • Mobile fragmentation (protocol/format/crypto/versions of all)
• 2024 Wishlist
  • What wild ideas do we have?
  • Demonstration / Documentation of additional DIDComm protocols of an interesting nature
    • expanded types of flows and interactions that benefit from VCs but are not focused themselves on VCs
  • Guardianship
    • Use of agents by parents / minors
    • incapacitated
    • not able to interact with their own wallet/credentials
    • allowing others to represent people by permission
    • related to 'break the glass' situations
    • example: foster system control of child passport, with mechanisms to manage control and access, and delegated control.
  • Broken / severed connection detection
    • visibility into which connections are still active, or have not been abandoned
    • Trust Ping?
  • Enhanced Chat
    • Revive this conversation again.
  • Better visibility of existing projects/deployments
    • collection of info perhaps on a wiki?
    • more informal, not necessarily a full marketing presentation on a project.
    • useful for testing an interop efforts.
      • which technical capabilities they have
      • Interop as a main value prop
  • More regular cadence for interop efforts 
    • maybe more informal?
    • quarterly, twice a year?
  • Regulatory Issues
    • encourage or fulfill those requirements
    • informally already
    • perhaps more regularly or more formally
    • outreach - communicating TO governments about what we think they should be mandating / selecting for projects
      • participating within the Identity SIG?
  • Libraries
    • Protocol handlers
    • ACA-Py used as lilbrary?
      • Documentation?
    • AFJ as Library
    • Perhaps Rust via Uniffi?
• WG Changes for 2024?
  • DIDComm related work
    • inclusion of (instead of linking) externally defined RFCs
    • possible code updates / replacement for didcomm.org
    • DIDComm UG needs better input on time slots for meeting
  • Alignment
    • DIDComm UG
    • OWF
      • AFJ has moved and might be renamed.
    • Open Enterprise Agent Framework – https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/open-enterprise-agent
  • Cross org checkins on a monthly(?)/quarterly basis?
    • Coordinated by the Org EDs to define the structure and schedule and format.
• Open Discussion

Other Business

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