2019-10-24 Identity WG Implementers Call

Summary

• Project updates
• Demo of the Connect.Me and OIDC SIOP
• Discussion of IIW and Maintainer Summit

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/232861185

Reminder to the host: we plan to record this call.

Date

24 Oct 2019 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Announcements

• Aries Workshop/Connectathon December 3-5 in Provo, Utah (details to follow)
• Other Announcements?

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Working on the whitepaper (in draft form) - Google Doc is here. 
  • Discussing additional use cases
  • TSC report was completed. You can read it here.
• Hyperledger Indy
  • Contributors Meeting - lighter meeting due to regular attendees being at a training; PBFT View change is a bit delayed;
  • Indy Node
    • October release: should contain PBFT View Change, but we need to diagnose a performance concern. Ubuntu 18.04 release is delayed.
    • Evernym's two week update video will be posted today with more details.
  • Indy SDK
    • Indy wallet is its own crate, so it is easier to migrate to Aries Agent Managed Storage - SQLite.
    • October release: was going to have an October bug fix release, but there are few fixes so we might skip it.
    • Evernym is experimenting with LibVCX support for Aries protocols.
  • Indy Catalyst
    • https://github.com/bcgov/indy-catalyst
    • Migrating into Hyperledger GitHub org
  • Indy Semantics WG
• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings: discussions about naming, plans for core repositories
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Cloud Agent Python - Release 0.3.4 released last night with several fixes and minor updates. Release Notes
    • Static Agent Python - Working on release with return routing, other improvements
  • Aries Core Libraries (agent storage, resolvers, comms)
    • Repositories created. Naming has changed a bit around wallets, resolvers, etc.
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
• Hyperledger Ursa
  • Release of 0.2.0 in September:
    • Annoncreds 2.0, 
    • ZKP  / ZKLang improvements
    • Debian packages
    • Refactor multi-signature BLS in addition to aggregated signature
  • Agent Managed storage considerations -
• Sovrin
  • Network updates and extensions
    • Builder Net upgrade to Indy Node 1.10.0
    • Staging Net upgrade next Monday
  • Sovrin Governance Frameworks and Trust Architecture
    • Sovrin Governance Framework v2 is approved, entering final two week comment period
      •  https://sovrin.org/library/sovrin-governance-framework/
      • Includes a new version of the Transaction Author Agreement / Data Processor Addendum
• W3C Standards
  • Drummond's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSuaCI_igQy7H42-ynaaRYySuspY0rBMWjSgmotS56xJmNm19RZFGaPhmCMyJja6A/pub?slide=id.p1
  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group
  • DID Working Group
• Interop and External updates (Dmitri Zagidulin) 
  • Helen's excellent DIDs 101 Non-Technical discussion slides from the CCG call, as mentioned earlier
  • Introduction to Self Sovereign Identity IIW slides by Heather Vescent, Karyl Fowler and Lucas Tétrault
• Rebooting Web of Trust (Daniel Hardman)

  • RWOT paper about Alice abusing a credential

  • Lack of gender diversity in RWOT leadership.
• Other?
  • Diversity, Civility, and Inclusion working group preparing for Hyperledger Global Forum

Open Discussion

• Connect.Me and OIDC SIOP demo from IIW (Tyler Ruff)
  • BC.gov has an open source OIDC verifiable credentials implementation that is complimentary.
  • Based on DIF work:
    https://github.com/decentralized-identity/papers/blob/master/did-authn/siop/did-authn-siop-profile.md
• Review of IIW
  • Lots of interest in standardizing DIDComm across various communities (IETF-level, not just Aries)
  • Some discussion of the role of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) in DIDComm standards.
  • Concerns about providing sufficient legal protection for users of the standards.
  • Some concern with us moving slower than competitive standards (YZ group).
• Kiva demo (Cam?) We will demo in 2 weeks,. My finger scanner is now in Sierra Leone

Next Meeting Topics

• Kiva demo (Cam?)
• BC.gov OIDC demo
• Review of Hyperledger Maintainers Summit

Future Topics

• Picolabs Agent Demo (Bruce expressed interest in sharing recent work)
• Roadmap coordination between Indy, Aries and Ursa

Action items

Call Recording