2024-03-21: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Colton Wolkins (Indicio): Making Websockets Highly Available with SocketDock

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93003523877?pwd=Q3VvMnJ1N0lSUEZSc283SmFGRk9SQT09

Date

21 Mar 2024 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording: Recording

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>

Announcements

2024 April IIW Planning
Workshop: Zero Knowledge Proofs and ZK Programming in Blockchain Application Development
- April 24
- https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkfuyhpjsqGd1FCs-ZeFzD90EyqFy18IMt#/registration

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2024-02-27 Indy Contributors Call
  - Indy Besu update and discussion

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2024-03-20 Aries Working Group Call
    - PR Review
    - DIDComm v2 Credential protocol updates
    - Basis for common identifiers
  - 2024-03-13 Aries Working Group Call
    - PR Review
    - Credential protocol Reversions
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2024-02-27 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Bifold to OWF
    - Dependency Injection
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2024-03-19 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Status Update AnonCreds RS
    - Status Update did:peer and AFJ Interop – where we are
    - Status Update Upgrading an ACA-Py deployment to AnonCreds RS
    - Status Update ACA-Py 1.00 Checklist
    - Status ACA-Py 0.12.0
- Aries Cloud Agent Python Maintainers Meeting
  - Focused on current PRs, planned PRs, and Release Management. ACA-Pug will continue to focus on initiatives in the community, with demos and presentations from members from User Group members.
  - Calendar info
  - 2024-03-12 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting
    - PRs
    - Issues
    - Release 1.0.0
    - Adding support in ACA-Py for AnonCreds in W3C Format
    - OOB Invitations Supporting Peer DIDs and Connection Reuse
    - Upgrading Wallet Types
- 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
- 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 AnonCreds
- 2024-03-18 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Status Updates on AnonCreds in W3C VCDM Format projects
  - Revocation Manager for ALLOSAUR and AnonCreds – Design
  - Schema Object for Complex JSON Objects – Discussion

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - Recording from most recent meeting
  - 21 February 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-02-21+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Presentation: Content Authenticity Initiative
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 3 November 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-03+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOGs being worked on:
        AI Blog by Wenjing
        Trust Registries TF Update BLOG (confirmed)
        ACDC - specs -
        Post-IIW (Mathieu didn’t have time)
        DID WebS TF (Has it launched yet?) - this is drafted. Contact Lance Byrd for an update.
        AI and Metaverse Series - Ziada and Anita
        ID Pro BLOG Repurpose
  - Governance Stack
    - 7 March 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-03-07+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Dror Gurevich, Founder & CEO of Velocity Networks Foundation, presented on their governance process. https://www.velocitynetwork.foundation/learn
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 19 March 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-03-19+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        Drummond plans on beginning the conversion from the current Markdown version of the ToIP Technology Architecture Specification to the new Spec-Up version beginning later this week.
        It will include marked up terms from the ToIP Glossary (see agenda item below), example use cases, and the 3rd generation ToIP stack diagram (see agenda item below).
        The goal is to have a second public review draft ready for Internet Identity Workshop (April 16-18).
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        going to Implementor Review in March (next week)
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        The Working Draft is scheduled to reach Implementer Review Draft this month.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        progressing toward public review - launching at Member Meeting 2024-03-20
        Request made to improve blog post - no changes
        https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VgtlALG2cc3J5XwQVHlp8opaixnecEc3ynjplK4uYm8/edit
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        No members of the TF were present
        Drummond Reed reported that the TF was working on a project called Authenticity for Generative AI (AGAI). They had developed an outline; the project is expected to last throughout 2024.
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
        Started doc on Presentation protocol (past was issuance)
        Determining how to present at IIW
        did:webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Phil Feairheller Markus Sabadello
        Implementer Review Draft underway
        Reference implementation prepared
        Next steps being discussed
        Judith Fleenor
        Lance Byrd "we are winding down the changes for the public review period. I had hoped to have them done for this week but have been working some other tasks. I’d like to wrap up in March so we can announce version 1 at the beginning of April and at IIW"
        X.509 VID Task Force — Eric Scouten Wenjing Chu
        Repo will be updated before this week's meeting
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 14 March 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=82647882
      - Discuss Ecosystem Components Paper, Review Case Studies
      - Review and comment on proposal of 3rd-gen ToIP Stack Diagram
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 11 March 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-03-11+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Terminology Governance Guide
      - Report on Spec-Up Coding Project

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
  - Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - No September meeting
  - 4 March 2024: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?view#Meeting---4-March-2024---1500-ET
    - DIDComm at the IETF
    - Layered protocol for enhanced messaging

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Meeting notes: https://hackmd.io/UYFfUX53QIGCFonPjDbFUQ?view
  - Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 8 April Meeting
    - What Group Chat / Enhanced Protocols are out there? (What have others done?)
      What are the different types of Group Chat?
- 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
  - Meeting recordings
  - 27 June Meeting
    - Recording
    - Presentation by Meyer Mechanic (Founder at Vaultie): User Adoption and Interoperability

- 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
  - 14 February Meeting
    - Meeting recording
    - Discussion of IoT SIG Potential Work Items
  - Meeting recordings
  - Discord channel

W3C Standard
- Community Credentials Group
  - January 30: CCG Traceability Call
  - February 19: Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
OpenWallet Foundation
- News: EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/.github/blob/main/profile/reference-implementation.md
Other?

Presentation

Colton Wolkins (Indicio): Making Websockets Highly Available with SocketDock