2023-01-26: Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: No presentation today

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91329633752?pwd=elFrVUhOY3lybmRMMEtLS2MwMFNNdz09

Date

26 Jan 2023 4PM UTC, 8AM PST, 9AM MST, 11AM EST

Call Recording: 20230126-Hyperledger-Identity-Implementers-WG

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>
Tim Spring
Sam Curren
Daniel Bachenheimer
Joseph Magly
Lynn Bendixsen

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Latest meeting: 2022-08-03
  - Identity in the Metaverse: Vipin Bharathan (dlt.nyc)

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-01-17 Indy Contributors Call
  - Update on Sovrin Node pipeline
    - 20.04 Indy Node release candidate build for Sovrin came out
    - All networks based on the Sovrin build can begin testing
  - Demos – DSR / BC Gov Code With Us
  - Transition of indy-node from RC to final - branch comparisons
- DID Indy Method
  - Note: Effective April 26, 2022, this call has been merged into the bi-weekly Indy Contributors Meeting.
  - Dominic Wörner's Presentation and Demo of Indy VDR changes: 20220412 DID Indy - Indy-VDR Updates Overview.mp4
  - Daniel Bluhm's Presentation and Demo of Indy Node changes: 20220405 DID Indy - Indy-Node Updates Overview.mp4
  - Spec: https://hyperledger.github.io/indy-did-method/
  - Source: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-did-method

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2023-01-25 Aries Working Group Call
    - AIP 3 tasks: https://hackmd.io/_Kkl9ClTRBu8W4UmZVGdUQ
  - 2023-01-18 Aries Working Group Call
    - OCA discussion
    - AIP 3 tasks
    - peer did methods
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-01-17 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Bifold Summit Recap
    - Storybook Demo/Walkthrough/Discussion
  - Bifold Summit 2023
    - Sessions for the community to discuss issues and the future of the project
  - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-01-24 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Update on BC Gov Code With Us – ACA-Py Indy-SDK to Askar conversion script - Indicio
    - Ledger Agnostic AnonCreds
    - Experience with using ACA-Py plugins
    - ACA-Py Documentation site
- Aries Language Frameworks, Libraries, and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    - Aries Shared Components
      - now installable via pip; github actions build and test for Windows, Mac and Linux
      - indy-vdr - release 0.3.4 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      - indy-shared-rs - indy-credx release 0.3.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
      - aries-askar (storage) - release 0.2.2 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
  - Aries-Framework JavaScript
    - 2023-01-19 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Ledger Agnostic AnonCreds Update
        https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-spec
        https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
        https://github.com/orgs/hyperledger/projects/16
      - OpenID4VCI Update
      - Shared Components Update
      - Multi-tenancy for Aries Framework JavaScript
- Tools (great for interoperability testing)
  - Aries Toolbox (v 0.1.0; active) https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite (v 0.1.0; last update Jul 2019) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-agent-test-harness
    - Test Run Status: https://aries-interop.info
    - New! Mobile Wallet Test Agent for any mobile wallet
Hyperledger Ursa
- Meeting Recordings
- 7 December 2022
  - Open invitation for a maintainer or contributor to take over running the call
- 2022 Q3 Hyperledger Ursa
  - Project health: shaky but optimistic
  - No new maintainers or contributors have been added this quarter
  - Work continues on the security vulnerability mentioned in the last report
  - Code review and assessment of Ursa was completed this past quarter and published by the Digital Identity Lab of Canada (IDLab)
    - Only relatively minor issues identified
  - Hyperledger AnonCreds new project may increase focus and activity in Ursa

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2023-01-23 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - PRs: https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-spec/pulls
  - Revocation Interval
  - Do we need an anoncreds-indy-rs repo for the legacy indy and did:indy AnonCreds methods?
  - Progress on the anoncreds_rs implementation

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 18 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-18+All+Members++Meeting+Notes
    - Nicky Hickman and Phil Wolff present the white paper Overcoming Human Harm Challenges in Digital Identity Ecosystems
      - Overview: https://wider.team/2023/01/17/what-if-your-identity-ecosystem-caused-pollution/
      - Whitepaper: https://trustoverip.org/wp-content/uploads/Overcoming-Human-Harm-Challenges-in-Digital-Identity-Ecosystems-V1.0-2022-11-16.pdf
    - Recording
    - Slides
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 11 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-11+Steering+Committee+Plenary+Meeting+Notes
    - Open Wallet Foundation Associate Sponsorship
    - Slides
    - Recording
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 13 January, 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-13+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOG Updates and Approvals
      - Website Update
  - Governance Stack
    - 12 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-12+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Effect of Technology Reference Architecture on Governance
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 4 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-04+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Proposal for new Trust Spanning Protocol Task Force (TSPTF)
        Proposal
      - Task Force Reports
    - Special Topics Task Forces
  - Utility Foundry
    - Hiatus
      - Group members have joined with the Governance Architecture task force
    - 7 June 2022 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2022-06-7+Meeting+Page
      - Deliverable 1: Review Discussion -ToIP Layer 1 - Utility Foundry - Google Docs
      - Upcoming Guest Speaker June 21st 11am PDT, 2pm EDT, 8pm CEST (Hedera and the state of identity on distributed ledgers, Keith Kowal, Director of Product Management Swirlds Labs (Hedera))
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 19 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-01-19+Meeting+-+Microsoft%2C+Entra
      - Recording
      - EFWG 2023 Theme and Preview
      - EFWG Community Topics & Announcements
      - Microsoft: Entra Verified ID: A cheaper, faster & more trustworthy way to verify remote employees
    - 5 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-01-05+Meeting
      - EFWG Community Topics & Announcements
      - iDatafy: The Evolving Consumption of Digital Credentials
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 16 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-16+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Update on Terminology Engine v2 project progress: https://essif-lab.github.io/framework/docs/tev2/tev2-overview
      - Report on ToIP Technology Architecture V1.0 Specification glossary
    - 19 December 2022 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2022-12-19+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Progress on the Terminology Toolbox 2.0 (aka TEv2)
      - Terminology Development Process
      - Trust Registry TF Glossary

Decentralized Identity Foundation
- DIF DIDComm Spec Working Group
  - Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
  - Current Agenda: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?both
  - RFC Repository: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging
  - Update to WG: Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - 5 December 2022
    - Post IIW Observations
    - Work in front of us
    - Group Management
      - How does this spec group support?

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Update: moving from un-sync to sync meetings
    - At the same timeslot at the DIDComm WG meetings, every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mondays of the month
    - Meetings: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/tree/main/meetings
  - 12 December 2022 (Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237827854?pwd=Q3gwakxaWnc2ZjkyTXZrcUYzVW0xUT09)
    - Pavel's presentation on rich chat
    - Nick's libp2p extension for DIDComm
    - Michael - web 7
    - Lance - activity in the Aries DIDCommV2 working group, the DIDComm v2 survey, the DIDComm v1 to v2 RFC, the movement to get more live DIDComm v2 test services out in the wild, a DIDComm v2 test harness, and updates to the DIDCommV2 guidebook
    - peer did PR by Stephen (https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec/pull/48)
- DIF Interoperability Group
  - Main: https://identity.foundation/interop/
  - Wiki: https://www.notion.so/Interoperability-WG-a42995c37e2a4511a10aea96cdbccc38
  - Rolling agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/interoperability/blob/master/agenda.md
  - 14 December
    - Recording
    - Presentation from Sharon Leu from Jobs for the Future Foundation

- IoT Special Interest Group
  - DIF Steering Committee approved the creation of an IoT Special Interest Group
  - Participating in the IoT SIG does not require being a member of DIF so anyone who is interested is welcome
  - Sign up for the mailing list: https://lists.identity.foundation/g/IoT-SIG
  - Next meeting: Wednesday, February 1st at 13:00 EST / 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET
  - Meeting recordings

W3C Standard
- DID Working Group
  - Charter: https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html
  - Meetings: https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/
    - W3C Members are invited to join this Working Group. Individuals who wish to participate as Invited Experts (i.e., they do not represent a W3C Member) should refer to the policy for approval of Invited Experts. The group also welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration upon their agreement to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy.
  - 11 Feb 2022
    - https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2022-02-11-did
    - DID Method: "did:id"
    - DID Method: "did:keri"
- Community Credentials Group
  - 9 January 2023
    - W3C CCG Traceability Call
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