2024-09-19: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: The OpenWallet Stack - Brian Behlendorf (OpenWallet Foundation CTO)

Connection Info

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

Date

19 Sep 2024 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>
Bobbi Muscara Ledger Academy <bobbi@LedgerAcademy.com>

Announcements

Links

Identity SIG Playlist
EC ARF
EU DI Architecture and Reference Framework on GitHub
On the Shamir secrect sharing topic - there is a new organization called DeRec Alliance working on this to create industry standards

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2024-09-10 Indy Contributors Call
  - Indy Read Replica progress report
  - Indy Besu updates and discussion
  - Next meeting: September 24th Hyperledger Meetup
    - Hyperledger Indy on Besu: Evolution of Indy Project as eIDAS2/EUDI Compliant Verifiable Credential

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2024-09-11 Aries Working Group Call
    - Future of Aries Discussion Part V
    - RFC PRs
  - 2024-09-04 Aries Working Group Call
    - Future of Aries Discussion Part IV
- 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
  - 2024-09-17 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - ACA-Py Application to OWF to be discussed THIS WEDNESDAY – Sept. 18 details below
    - Managing DIDs and Keys – Controller role, ACA-Py role
    - Issues and PR
  - 2024-09-03 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Status Update Proposal: Apply to Move ACA-Py to OWF
    - What to do about the Deprecation Messages?
    - Adding did:tdw support into ACA-Py
- 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
- 2024-09-23 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Oracle Labs progress report on a higher layer abstraction based on AnonCreds v2 and other signature schemes
  - Status updates
- 2024-09-09 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Update on Revocation Manager project
  - Lit Protocols / Mike Lodder's Cryptography Focus
  - Survey of Other ZKP-based VC Efforts
  - Discussion: What's next with AnonCreds v2

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 21 August 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-08-21+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Working group status updates
- 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
    - Meeting today
    - 8 August 2024 Meeting: https://lf-toip.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/22998383/2024-08-22+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Task Force Updates
      - Discussion on revisions for a potential 'ToIP Governance Metamodel Spec V2'
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 3 September 2024: https://lf-toip.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/22999319/2024-09-03+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF
        The second public review draft is ready for TSWG review modulo these remaining tasks:
        Spec-Up formatting issues that must be fixed (heading numbering, TOC, normative references)
        Updates to the ToIP Glossary
        Content review by Wenjing Chu to ensure consistency with the TSP.
        ACTION: When all reviews are finished, Drummond Reed to produce a PDF of the final version of the ToIP Technology Architecture Specification Public Review Draft 02 for posting on the website.
        Trust Registry TF
        Darrell O'Donnell reported the new name of this spec is the Trust Registry Query Protocol.
        The TF is looking for further implementer feedback.
        ACTION: Darrell O'Donnell to make sure the GitHub spec is updated with the new name for the Trust Registry Query Protocol.
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF
        The OWF open source project ("Teaspoon") should be finished this month.
        A blog post is being prepared for Fall IIW.
        ACDC TF
        Kevin Griffin reported that the main topic has been the proposed migration to the new KERI Suite WG. See the agenda item below.
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF
        The TF is working on a Content Authenticity white paper explaining how the Trust Spanning Protocol can work with CAI.
        The white paper will proceed a planned blog post.
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF
        This TF took the summer off, but resumed last week. Now meeting bi-weekly.
        The calls now are good discussions about the credential exchange protocols and the "how", but they are now moving into the "whats" about how each protocol deals with the elements that need to be processed by the agent.
        Some of the topics deal with what the agent needs to do outside of credential exchange.
        A pending topic is for Wenjing Chu to present on the Trust Spanning Protocol.
        did:webs DID Method TF
        This TF is on hiatus for the balance of the year.
        This TF may be moved into the new proposed KERI Suite WG.
        It had a long public review, so should be very close to the finish line.
        Judith Fleenor noted that the joint work with DIF and W3C CCG on the DID Method Standardization work. She shared the DID Method Standardization Letter Of Intent
        https://identity.foundation/publications/LOI-DIDMethodStandardization.pdf?ref=blog.identity.foundation
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 5 September 2024 Meeting: https://lf-toip.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/25231361/EFWG+2024-09-05+Pramod+Varma
      - India's Digital Trust Ecosystems - presentation from Dr Pramod Varma
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 9 September 2024 Meeting: https://lf-toip.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HOME/pages/22999659/2024-09-09+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - ToIP Glossary V1
      - Main ToIP Glossary
      - Terminology Governance Guide

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
  - 5 August 2024: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?view#Meeting---5-August-2024---1500-ET
    - OpenIDIDComm
    - Home Assistant integration

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Meeting notes: https://hackmd.io/UYFfUX53QIGCFonPjDbFUQ?view
  - Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 09 September 2024
    - DIF Hackathon coming up
      IIW #39 (October 29-31) is coming up!
    - Interop-a-thon
  - 19 August 2024
    - Interop-a-thon:
      - Goal/Theme: "DIDComm V2 Communication Basics"
      - Must support:
        Connecting via did:peer:4
        Connections via HTTPS
        Discover Features - 2.0
        Trust Ping - 2.0
        Forward (Routing Protocol 2.0)
- 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
  - 14 June 2024 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
  - CCG Credentials Call: Sept 18, 2024
OpenWallet Foundation
- Congratulations to the new OWF Projects:
  - ACA-Py
  - Askar
  - DIDComm Mediator Service
  - TBD Name - Agent Test Harness
- OWF Meeting Calendar: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/openwalletfoundation
- Sept 24th: OpenWallet Foundation Multistakeholder Technical Meeting on the EUDI Wallet
  - Architecture SIG: https://tac.openwallet.foundation/SIGs/architecture/
    - Architecture whitepaper: https://github.com/tkuhrt/owf-architecture-sig/blob/architecture-wp/docs/papers/architecture-whitepaper.md
    - Mondays, 30 minutes, mapping
  - Safe Wallet SIG: https://tac.openwallet.foundation/SIGs/safe-wallet/
    - Safe Wallet Guide:
      - PDF: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/safe-wallet-sig/releases/download/v2.0/wallet-safety-guide.pdf
      - Markdown: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/safe-wallet-sig/blob/v2.0/docs/wallet-safety-guide.md
      - Have a comment or issue? Leave an issue
    - Safe Wallet AMA - October 1, 2024
- Credential Format Comparison SIG: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/credential-format-comparison-sig
  - Check it out! Is your credential format missing? Add it!
  - Next meeting Weds 25/9/24 @ 8am PT / 11am ET / 5pm CET
- Wallets and Agents Overview SIG: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/digital-wallet-and-agent-overviews-sig
  - Is your wallet project there? Please add it!
  - Next meeting - Thurs 3/10/24 @ 7am PT / 10am ET / 4pm CET
Other?

Presentation

The OpenWallet Stack - Brian Behlendorf (OpenWallet Foundation CTO)