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".
- Github repo: github.com/scoir/canis
- Slides :

Connection Info

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

Date

24 Sep 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>
Himangshu Pan (Klizo Solutions) <himangshu@klizos.com>
Philip Feairheller (Scoir, Inc | Canis) <phil@scoir.com>
jakob notland (Norwegian University of Technology and Science) <jakob.notland@ntnu.no>
Kevin Griffin (Scoir, Inc | Canis) <kg@scoir.com>
Sebastian Bickerle (Lissi | main incubator GmbH) <sebastian.bickerle@main-incubator.com>
Daniel Bachenheimer (Accenture) <daniel.bachenheimer@accenture.com>
Mikaela Tarkocheva (Deactivated) (Scoir, Inc | Canis) <mikaela@scoir.com>
Stephen Curran
Nathan George
Brian

Announcements

Oct 20-22: Internet Identity Workshop (IIW -- to be held online)
Central repository for industry meeting slides:

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Meeting Notes: 2020-09-16
- Presentation: Deepak Maram (PhD student at Cornell University) presents CanDID: a platform that enables users to more easily manage their own credentials. Integrates with existing web service logins.
  - Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/934

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
  - 2020-09-15 Indy Contributors Call
    - Reviewed the Indy Interop-athon (Presentation)
    - Discussed new indy-node release cycle, CI/CD migration, and the "did:indy" DID Method.
  - 2020-09-17 Special: Planning Next Indy Node Release
    - New workflow doc:
    - Replacing crypto in indy-node with Ursa
- Indy Node
  - 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
  - Does anyone have a current WG page link?
  - 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: 2020-09-23-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
    - Updates on work projects
  - WG B: 2020-09-23-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
    - Closing Game
      - PR 532 - Status Update on community coordinated type transition.
    - Machine Readable Governance Framework
      - PR 535 - Initial Framework
    - DIDComm V2 What's New? - Sam
      - Guide Section
      - Rough Notes
    - Indy Revocation Issues in Aries - Stephen - Presentation
- 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
    - Release 0.5.5 is pending (will include updated revocations)
  - 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
    - 0.1.4 release notes
    - Mobile (android/iOS) code snippets for using protocols and receiving notifications (Java/Kotlin; Objective-C/Swift). See Go framework mobile agent README.
  - Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
  - Aries-SDK-Ruby
    - Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (0.0.4)
      - moved to https://github.com/decentralized-identity/activestorage-horcrux
      - refactored to change blob key directly (instead of via Tempfile)
- 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 (EOL)
- 2020-09-16 Meeting Agenda
  - Member Summit summary.
  - Discussion of post-quantum crypto.
    1. Users of Ursa do have demand for post-quantum crypto, particularly for key exchange.
    2. Forward secrecy is necessary.
  - Wrapper discussion
    1. We have a lot of wrappers for Ursa–where should we include them.
    2. We want to have separate folders for our wrappers.

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
    - 23 Sept 2020 meeting (APAC)
      - Presentation link: here
      - Meeting slides: slides
    - 17 Sep 2020 meeting (NA/EU)
      - Presentation link: Recording
      - Discussion of roadmap: Specifications, Templates, Definitions, Recommendations, and white papers
    - 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: 9/21/2020 https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-21+Weekly+Meeting
      - Discussion topics
        Saturn V Proposal – on hold pending Design Principles it can reference (Laws of Identity, Privacy by Design)
        Review ToIP Deliverables Repo
        TSWG Deliverables and Process
        Convert concepts discussed here: TSWG Deliverables Process, TIP Incubation and Graduation Process
        TIP Proposal Template was introduced and need to be incorporated into the broader TSWG process.
  - Utility Foundry
    - Focus on Layer One (e.g., Indy ledger) utility projects
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/UFWG+Meeting+Page
    - 9-15-2020: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-15+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

DIF DIDComm Working Group
- WG Rolling Agenda
- What are the possibilities for didcomm.org?
- Discussion of DIDComm Errors (https://hackmd.io/NgbwTRg1RfKAQJ6QRUizKg)
- PR/Issues:
- What’s New section (0RTT Implications) PR 96
  - Previous 0RTT notes
- Remove unneeded DID Exchange and OOB v1 PR 73
  - Parent Thread? Issue 95
  - Message Threading PR 102
- What if V2 didn’t have AnonCrypt? Issue 92
- Trust Ping PR 97
- Feature Discovery PR 98
- PR 103 & 104 - moved to issues?
- PR 117 - Perfect Forward Secrecy details
- Issue 100 - End of Interaction, Death of DID?
- Issue 113 - DIDComm over gRPC
DIF Interoperability Group
- https://identity.foundation/interop/
- Participation does not require DIF membership (to sign-up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekX5D5l1oXv1Z-jtn6Yq6R3_KwreRDuu2v2zHv2v2zoxeG5g/viewform)
- DIF Interop WG Charter Draft
Sovrin Foundation
- Technical Governance Board (TGB)
  - Meeting Minutes:
  - 17 Sept 2020
    - Discussed the roles of user / author, trustee, & stewards
    - Ledger status
- 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

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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