2020-09-24 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

Today's Call

Project updates
Presentation: Kevin Griffin and Philip Feairheller from Scoir will be giving a presentation of Canis "The Extensible, RESTful Credentialing Hub".

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/244779296

Date

27 Aug 2020 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

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

Announcements

Oct 20-22: Internet Identity Workshop (IIW -- to be held online)
New Canadian Standard for Digital Trust and Identity (https://ciostrategycouncil.com/2020/09/cio-strategy-council-announces-new-national-standard-for-digital-trust-and-identity/)
Central repository for industry meeting slides:

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Meeting Notes: 2020-08-19
- Presentation on TrustID by Maria Teresa Nieto Galan. Blockchain Specialist at Telefónica. (video available),
  - Docs: https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/TrustID
- Discussion on: DIDs, decentralized authentication, user custody of keys, interoperability

Hyperledger Indy
- Code Management Updates
  - Migrate Jira to Github issues
  - Moving from Jenkins to GitHub actions
  - Revocation 2.0 (target: available Summer 2020) – It's in the code, has it officially launched?
- Contributors Meeting
  - 2020-09-01 Indy Contributors Call - CANCELLED
  - Indy Interop-athon: Agenda (with links to meeting notes)
- Indy Node
  - Pending release: as soon as possible (date TBD)
  - Replacing Indy Crypto with Ursa .
  - Discussed "rich schema" objects
  - Planning for Ubuntu 20.04 - other dependencies - Jira Issue
- Indy SDK
  - Indy VDR into LibIndy
  - Indy Credx into LibIndy
- Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
  - Aries Shared:
    - indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    - indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
    - indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
    - aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
    - Aries Secure Storage initiatives
- Indy Semantics WG
  - ODCA pilots underway
  - The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call:

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - Meeting Agenda & Notes: Aries Working Group
  - WG A: 2020-09-09-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
    - Summary of Indy Interop-athon (Stephen Curran)
    - Aries Architecture – Open Discussion (Robert Mitwicki)
  - WG B: 2020-09-09-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
    - DirectTrust TIM+ (Trusted Instant Messaging Plus) ANSI-Consensus Body and Hackathon. (Vince Albanese)
      - https://github.com/DirectStandards
      - Direct Patient Address. looks like an email address
    - Indy-Interopathon summary
    - RFC's & PR's
      - PR 532 - Status Update on community coordinated type transition.
      - RFC 430
      - Email ownership Governance Framework (draft)
- Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
  - Aries Cloud Agent Python - ACA-Py User Group (ACA-Pug) Bi-weekly meetings
    - Release 0.5.4 done - Release Notes
      - simplification of revocation handling
      - simplification in the controller space
  - Static Agent Python - Release 0.7.1 - Patch to accept base64url encoded values with or without padding
  - Toolbox - Various improvements including Transaction Author Agreement support for Indy ledgers requiring it
- Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
  - indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    - Verifiable Data Registry (VDR; ledger)
  - indy-credx / aries-credx (merging)
    - Rust layer that wraps Anoncreds (1.0 currently)
    - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
    - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
  - Aries-KMS
    - Mike's presentation in Aries WG A
    - Mike and Cam's aries-core-rs → aries-kms-mayaguez
      https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-kms-rs
    - Indy wallet crate might move to start another aries-kms implementation → aries-kms-vostok
- Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
    - Finishing removal of legacy KMS.
    - Controllers now have gomobile bindings. Still need to add bindings for notifications.
    - Investigating BBS+ JSON-LD signatures
    - Investigating DIF attachments in issue credential and present proof protocols (and relevant implementation aspects in the Go framework).
      - Presentation Exchange
      - Credential Manifest
  - Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
  - Aries-SDK-Ruby
    - JSON-LD 1.1 Signatures adding updates
    - Exploring BBS+ Signature support via rust bridge
    - Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (https://github.com/johncallahan/activestorage-horcrux)
- Tools
  - Aries Toolbox – converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo 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
- 2020-09-02 Meeting Agenda
  - Using Ursa with Javascript–Hyperledger Cactus is interested.
  - Outstanding PRs and further discussion.
  - Post-quantum crypto discussion and questions?

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- Steering Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
- 9 Sep 2020 - Steering Committee Meeting:
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee
    - https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - Confluence wiki organization, development, templates, and training
    - V2 of our ToIP stack diagram
    - V2 of our Introducing the Trust over IP Foundation white paper
    - New ToIP Interoperability Profiles white paper
  - Governance Stack
    - Governance models & standards https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0289-toip-stack
    - Main WG Page: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page
    - 9 Sep 2020 meeting slides:
      - Launching the Governance Architecture Task Force
    - ToIP Standards Specification (TSS) - defines overall governance framework model, intended to become an industry standard. May be implemented by multiple TIPs
    - Layer One Utility Governance Framework Templates (based on Sovrin)
  - Technical Stack
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-08-24+Weekly+Meeting
      - Discussion topics
        Education Meeting - NOTE: David Luchuk to work with Dan Gisolfi to ensure these sessions are recorded and made available.
        Blockchain Automation Framework: Scheduled for 31 August 2020. See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
        Aries DID Ledger Architecture: Scheduled for 14-Sep-2020; See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
        Decentralized DID Namespace Registry (DDNR): Scheduled for 23 September 2020. See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
        ToIP and TSWG Deliverables and Process
        Understanding TOIP Deliverables Version 5
        Review TSWG Deliverables Process (NOTE: this document is currently not publicly visible. Is that on purpose?)
        TIP Incubation and Graduation Process (work-in-progress)TIP Process Activities
    - ToIP Interoperability Profile (TIP) - a specific combination of technology layers for a full ToIP stack (e.g., Layer 1: Indy, Layer 2: Aries, Layer 3: Aries, etc.)
    - Layers - technical description & scope, required functionality, interfaces to other layers, certification testing standards
  - Utility Foundry
    - Focus on Layer One (e.g., Indy ledger) utility projects
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/UFWG+Meeting+Page
    - Bedrock
      1. Call for interested companies that may be interested in joining.
    - SSI4DE
      1. Co-Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs.
    - Sovrin MainNet
      1. Transition Team has commenced work. Stability of MainNet is the focus. There is focus on membership ramp-up and acquiring new funds for the Sovrin Foundation to have operational stability and hire for new positions including a Community Manager
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+Meeting+Page
      - Patient Identity Task Force introduction - Dinocrates Group LLC
      - Human Trafficking Ecosystem Task Force introduction - Secours.io
      - Entidad Ecosystem Use Case - entidad.io
      - Ecosystem template and term definitions
  - Decentralized Semantics
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-08+Weekly+Meeting
      - Presentation: Interoperable schema (Presented by Robert—10 mins)
        Ref.: https://wiki.hyperledger.org /display/II/Agenda?preview=/36734080/39617940/20200902%20IIO%20Vision%20For%20Interoperable%20Schema_0.mp4
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=65700
    - Develop a glossary of shared concepts and terminology

Sovrin Foundation
- Technical Governance Board (TGB)
  - Meeting Minutes:
  - 3 Sept 2020
    - Discussed the roles of user / author, trustee, & stewards
    - More trustees?
    - Discussed a consensus issue (Lohan)
    - Update from Interop (Agenda)
- Steward Council
  - All Steward Call 8-20-2020
  - Steward Council Meeting Page:
  - Reviewed Workstreams (1) Health monitoring, 2) technical, 3) community engagement)
- Network is healthy with near 100% uptime

DIF DIDComm Working Group
- WG Rolling Agenda
- What are the possibilities for didcomm.org?
- Discussion of DIDComm Errors (https://hackmd.io/NgbwTRg1RfKAQJ6QRUizKg)
- PR/Issues:
  - Essential Protocols #81
  - Message Authorization Section #69
- DID Relationships and Connections
  - https://hackmd.io/3TWLuQsYQ4-oJwnRNBYGFA

DIF Interoperability Group
- https://identity.foundation/interop/
- Participation does not require DIF membership
- DIF Interop WG Charter Draft

W3C Standard
- Verifiable Credentials Working Group
- DID Working Group
  - DID Working Group Face-to-Face this week. Expect freeze to standard in May.

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