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Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09

Recording: :

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url http://youtube.com/watch?v=HT4Ench4rMc

Date

31 Jan 2024 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

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Attendees

• Sam Curren  (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
• Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
• Akiff Manji (BC Gov / Petri Dish Development) <amanji@petridish.dev>
• Kim Ebert (Indicio) <kim@indicio.tech>
• Stephen Curran (Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
• bruce_conrad@byu.edu (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.com>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

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• Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info
• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements
  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    • PR merged for caching in Indy VDR of Pool Transactions - Aries Frameworks should be adding that to
    • Release 0.4.0
    • Release 0.5.0 will have breaking changes, including did:indy branch merged into main.
  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar
    • Release 0.2.9
  • AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
    • Release 0.1.0
  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust
    • Release 0.3.3 Bugfix (bug was in the python wrapper)
      
    • Release 1.0.0 Embeds new AnonCreds CL Signatures library with fixes, performance improvements
• Frameworks:
  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org
    • 0.12.0rc0 – Peer DID support, many enhancement/fixes, nothing breaking yet but at least one will be made before finalized.
      • This could be 1.0.0 as well...
    • Traction Sandbox now available - https://traction-sandbox-tenant-ui.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca
      • Workshop Tutorial for using Traction, AnonCreds and Aries 
      • Repo - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-controllers/tree/main/TractionIssuanceDemo
  • Credo (Agent-Framework-JavaScript)  https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agentcredo-framework-javascriptts, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings
    
  • Accepted by TAC in OWF, repository has moved. See initial announcement here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1586#discussioncomment-7815973
  Looking for a new name, feel free to weigh in here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1668Credo Meetings
  
  • 0.5 in the works
    • Dropping IndySDK
    • AnonCreds Revocation
    • Dropping Node 16 support (EOL)
  • Continuing working on SD-JWT and OpenID4VC support
  • Started work on W3C issuance and verification of AnonCreds credentials
  • PR open for did:peer:4 support and did rotate protocol
  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
    
    • aries-vcx as repository now contains 2 project families:
      
      • aries
      • didcore
  • Picos as of pico-engine version 1.3.0 natively use DIDComm v2 (https://github.com/Picolab/pico-engine/blob/master/packages/pico-engine/README.md)
    • replacing ACA-Pico agents (https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico) which are now deprecated
    • protocols implemented so far: oob invitation, trust-ping, basicmessage (more to be added https://github.com/Picolab/DIDComm-V2)
    • based on the SICPA didcomm NodeJS module
  • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 
• Mobile:
  • Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings
    • 0.4.0 in Bifold – including the shared components
  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)
• aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box
  • Update to use SocketDock?
• aries-endorser-service – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)
• Aries Akrida - Load Testing DIDComm based protocols
  • Added module support for different Issuer and Verifiers

Discussion Topics

• Aries testimonials / examples of use
  • Please help us showcase Aries and build interest
  • https://forms.gle/B3UUZtyaEoEoU6eS7
• Annual Report Update – Draft Aries Report, TOC Annual Report Requirements
• Request for Demos
• Interop Target suggestions
• RFC Status Change
  
  • Status Names: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs?tab=readme-ov-file#rfc-lifecycle
  • Adopted Candidates:
    • 8 Message ID and Threading
    • 5 DID Communication
    • 3 Protocols
    • 23 DID Exchange Protocol
    • 31 Discover Features
    • 36 & 37 Issue Credential and Present Proof 1.0
    • 48 Trust Ping Protocol
    • 95 Basic message
    • 160 Connection Protocol (Retired?)
    • 302 Aries Interop Profile (new profiles?)
    • 434 Out of Band
    • 453 & 454 Issue Credential and Present Proof 2.x
    • 592, 593, 510 Credential Exchange Attachments
  • Retired Candidate:
    • 348 Transition Message Type to HTTPs
• PR Review
  • 799 LTS 
• Open Discussion

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• State-of-union of Aries projects
• decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?
• in the Aug 9 call there was talk about EUDI compatibility. Maybe tracking the progress every now and then in these calls? Has there been any discussion about adding SD-JWT and OID4VC stuff to Aries Interop test suite?

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