2020-05-06-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)

Summary:

Work updates
Recap from IIW - https://iiw.idcommons.net/Main_Page
- Session notes: https://iiw.idcommons.net/IIW_30_Session_Notes
- Interesting topics:
  - KERI: https://github.com/SmithSamuelM/Papers/blob/master/presentations/KERI2_Overview_IIW_2020_A.pdf
  - Fundamental Problems of Distributed Systems
  - SSI: when I should start charging my customers?
  - Other?
  - KMS

Note: This call is Recorded. Recordings posted at the bottom of the page.

Date

06 May 2020 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

Remember the Hyperledger Code of Conduct

Anti-Trust Policy:

Linux Foundation meetings involve participation by industry competitors, and it is the intention of the Linux Foundation to conduct all of its activities in accordance with applicable antitrust and competition laws. It is therefore extremely important that attendees adhere to meeting agendas, and be aware of, and not participate in any activities that are prohibited under applicable US state, federal or foreign antitrust and competition laws.

Examples of types of actions that are prohibited at Linux Foundation meetings and in connection with Linux Foundation activities are described in the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy available at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/antitrust-policy. If you have questions about these matters, please contact your company counsel, or if you are a member of the Linux Foundation, feel free to contact Andrew Updegrove of the firm of Gesmer Updegrove LLP, which provides legal counsel to the Linux Foundation.

Attendees

Name (Organization) <email>
Ken Ebert (Indicio Tech ) <ken@indicio.tech>
Robert Mitwicki (robert.mitwicki@humancolossus.org)
Stephen Curran (Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

Related Calls

Previous Aries Working Group calls
DIF DIDComm WG Call: Rolling Agenda.
Identity Implementors Working Group call
- Main place to get project updates, release status, and announcements.

Release Status and Work Updates

Aries Protocol Test Suite
- One agent under test
- Issue, credential, and proof tests are merged.
Aries Agent Test Harness
- Test compatibility between any two agents
- https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness_
Aries Shared:
- indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
  - Nearing release 1.0(?) - most work complete that was needed: Design doc, FFI, testing, CI / CD
    - CD not there
    - No design doc, but crate docs
  - As an Aries interface becomes standardized, will add that API layer
    - Do we hold off on setting the version until this is in place. Maybe 0.8
  - VON Tails Server created based on indy-vdr created.
- indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
  - need to move ASAP to at least BC Gov repo - Andrew Whitehead
  - ACA-Py branch created that can do credential exchange with indy-credx
  - Next up: adding revocation 2.0 support
  - Integrating upgraded PyO3 library
- indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
  - Shared features across indy-vdr and indy-credx
  - pack/unpack on Ursa (not libsodium)
  - home for revocation support? Or at least shared set membership proof handling?
- aries-credx
  - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
    - 6 most common attribute encodings
    - Does not have anoncreds 1 attribute encoding.
  - Can make a non-revocable credential and create proofs.
    - Tagging will be moved to the KMS.
    - Mike will be working on revocation registry 2.0
- Aries Secure Storage initiatives:
  - Mike working on documentation and architecture as an Aries RFC (KMS architecture) and Ursa RFC (API)
    - PR is submitted: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/440
  - Mike and Cam's work aries-kms-mayaguez - repo? features?
    https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-kms-rs
    - Persistence work allows plugging in any database engine.
    - Focus is using an external enclave.
    - Working on Postgres storage; will need help on lox
    - Something out the end of the week.
Aries-CloudAgent-Python (bc.gov)
- Release 0.5.1 is on PyPi.
- Revocation support added and tested with Streetcred and esatus Mobile Agents; major/minor version handling
Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go
- Implementing the Out-Of-Band protocol
- Implementing issue-credential and present-proof protocols
- Edge agent in work based aries-framework-go using WASM with support for DIDs, VCs and DIDComm support being added
Aries-SDK-Ruby (Jack)
- Added DID/Verkey sign_and_submit to aries_sdk_ruby and published new gem (0.0.8)
- Created aries-rails-docker experiment that support Rails 4 with Indy 1.8.1 on Heroku & Dokku
Aries-Framework-DotNet (Tomislav)
- Release last week for Aries compatibility with ACApy and LibVCX (RFC 0094)
Aries-StaticAgent-Python
Aries-Toolbox
- Added basic message admin
- Working on a getting started video
- Converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo https://github.com/thclab/aries
- Upcoming cleanup items
Aries-SDK-Java
Aries-Framework-JavaScript
- Started regular meetings: Framework JS Meetings
- Current focus is on mediator use case (NodeJS)
Rich Schemas and W3C Verifiable Credentials (Brent & Ken)
- Some work has been done to support the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model specification
Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX)
- Evolution of the open source mobile agent (Mattr Global's OSMA)
- https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
Ursa
- 0.4.0 scheduled for late March
  - Improved hash to curve algorithm
  - Updates to AMCL wrapper
- To replace libsodium, need to have a replacement for the anoncrypt / authcrypt sealed box for pack / unpack.
  - Can be done in Ursa with two steps, but might add as a single function call.

RFC Progress

Other Business

Future Topics

Next Meeting
Other:
- Where should we document interoperability results (AIP 1.0)? A page in this wiki space?
- Hubs vs Agents
  - https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2019/07/23/rhythm-and-melody-how-hubs-and-agents-rock-together
- Status and future of wallet query language
- DID Resolution W3C and Sam's concerns: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/issues/130
- Architecture of Aries Verifiable Credentials Proof Formats (Mike Lodder)
- Connectionless
- KERI - deep dive / transaction family / Notary groups /
- Chain credentials 0104-chained-credentials

Action items

Call Recording

	File	Modified