2020-08-27 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

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>
• Jim Mason

Announcements

• Sept 1-2:  Interop-athon (Stephen Curran)

  • Information and registration here: Indy Interop-a-thon - Making "Network of Networks" Real
  • User Story: As a prover, I want to be able to create a proof that includes claims from credentials rooted in different Indy networks that a verifier can verify so that I can easily interact with issuers using different Indy networks.
  • Free

  • https://bit.ly/indyinterop20

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Meeting notes
  • 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)
  • Contributors Meeting
    • 2020-08-18 Indy Contributors Call
    • Discussion items:
      • Preparation for the initial topics at the Indy Interop-athon - Indy Interop-athon - Making "Network of Networks" Real
        • Topics planned for the Interop-athon - Presentation
          • Creating an did:indy DID Method Specification, including namespacing mechanism
          • Method for finding network metadata (genesis file, governance information)
          • Indy and KERI: Ready for Prime Time?
          • Indy support for DID Docs (Kyle Den Hartog's document discussed at a recent Indy Contributors call).
          • Updating Indy SDK to store and use objects with network references
          • Updating Indy VDR and Aries Storage to use objects with network references
      • Indicio's networks.
      • Demo of the new Indy Monitoring board setup for the Sovrin network.
  • 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:  2020-08-12-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
      • Test Harness, Aries Protocol Test Suite (Stephen Curran)
        • Creating an Aries Interoperability Lab
        • Complete .NET Backchannel
        • Additional tests around proofs - rejection, connectionless
        • Reviewing coverage of AIP 1.0 
        • Looking at negative test cases
      • Aries Toolbox - Services, VC with consent  (Robert Mitwicki)
    • WG B:  2020-08-12-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
      • Goals with Governance (Sam Curren )
        • Increase User Trust on Accept Screens: https://hackmd.io/pIc1Qo60TD-fXa7ht7rGlw
        • RFC 519: Goal Codes: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/519
        • Goal with Governance: https://hackmd.io/8C4LojQPTfuJJ1PK-c0hng
  • Aries Protocol Test Suite - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
    
  • Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness
  • 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-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-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)
  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
  • Tools
    • Aries Protocol Test Suite
    • Aries Toolbox – converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo https://github.com/thclab/aries 
  • 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
      • Ran a branch of ACAPy with Aries Credx instead of LibIndy
    • Aries-Shared-Util
      • Pack / Unpack
      • Not started yet
    • 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)

• Hyperledger Ursa
  • Homepage:  Hyperledger Ursa 
  • 2020-08-19 Meeting Agenda
    • Basic intro to lattices and discussion on what our post-quantum crypto strategy should be.
    • Discussing CL signatures
    • Working on a build guide

• 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
  • 12 Aug 2020 - Steering Committee Meeting:  
    • Recording:  https://zoom.us/rec/share/1ItPFrHN-HlOX4mdy0z4ZZIEIZT1X6a8g3IZ8_sPmhm7tdhYEbxb99jTQDx25xFp
  • 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
      • Meetings:  26 Aug 2020 https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page 
        • Presentation Topic - Getting to know ToIP new Program Manager Dave Luchuk
        • Presentation Topic - Work accomplished for Trust Assurance and Roles & Processes TF 
          
          1. Trust Assurance Development Kit
          2. IETF RFC 3647
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Governance+Stack+Working+Group
        • Creating new task forces to study governance architecture and process & roles 
      • 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/2020-08-25+Weekly+Meeting
        • Demo: Parsing a .CSV file to create JSON files for OCA objects
        • OCA Specification document: Contribution and RFCs
    • 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:  
    • Smoothing developer onboarding
      • Curated getting started experience

      • How-To approach to using or making code changes in the project

    • Indy development opportunities

  • Steward Council
    • All Steward Call 8-20-2020
    • 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.

• Other?

Open Discussion

• DIDComm - slides – Sam Curren

Future Topics

• Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org) 

Call Recording