2020-01-29-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
Summary:
Work updates
Q&A about performance testing ACA-Py and LibIndy (prepare by viewing the recording from 2020-01-22-B Aries Working Group Call minute ~65)
Note: This call is Recorded. Recordings posted at the bottom of the page.
Date
Jan 29, 2020 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)
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Attendees
Name (Employer) <email>
@Marvin Berstecher (esatus AG) <m.berstecher@esatus.com>
@John Callahan (Veridium) <jcallahan@veridiumid.com>
@Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
@Daniel Bluhm (Sovrin Foundation) <daniel.bluhm@sovrin.org>
@Troy Ronda (SecureKey) <troy.ronda@securekey.com>
@George Aristy (SecureKey) <george.aristy@securekey.com>
Welcome / Introductions
Announcements
Launch of ACA-Py User Group (ACA-Pug) and #aries-cloudagent-python
Prepare for the next Aries WG A call by looking at the Aries-Framework-Go
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
Thanks again to @Keith Smith, Issue Credential tests merged; Present Proof soon to follow once some minor merge conflicts are resolved.
Aries Shared:
Aries KMS
Verifiable Data Registry Interface (VDRI) library
Other Core Libraries (pack / unpack)
Aries Anoncreds rust implementation started - @Mike Lodder
Aries-CloudAgent-Python (bc.gov) - Latest is Release 0.4.0 on PyPi - some internal breaking changes regarding plugins
Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go
Route coordination and forwarding implemented (RFC 94 and RFC 211) and integrated with DID Exchange. Go API Package | BDD test
Question raised on how to reconcile RFC 94 and RFC 211.
Basic JavaScript scaffolding implemented for browser and node.js to use the WASM. NPM packaging in progress.
Next: expose framework operations (similar to the REST API).
External message handler and purpose decorator implemented (RFC 351). REST API in progress.
HTTP over DIDComm in progress (RFC 335). HTTP request portion implemented.
Preparing for 0.1.1 release. Drafting release notes.
Continuing efforts on routing & relays, crypto/kms, WebAssembly, verifiable credentials, generic message handlers (and external registration), JWE envelopes.
Aries-SDK-Ruby (Jack)
Aries-Framework-DotNet (Tomislav)
Aries-StaticAgent-Python - Now up to 0.6.1; more details
Aries-Toolbox
Official repo moved to aries-toolbox
Preparing for a new release based on the latest ACA-Py
Aries-SDK-Python - Wrapper from JeromK and SBCA?
Aries-SDK-Java
Aries-Framework-JavaScript / Aries-SDK-JavaScript
As agreed in the connect-a-thon, planning efforts on merging the aries-sdk-javascript codebase into a single framework repo - aries-framework-javascript
Starting with the efforts on the React-Native Mobile Agent.
Rich Schemas and W3C Verifiable Credentials (Brent & Ken)
HIPEs/RFCs
Next HIPEs/RFCs for
encoding
mapping
credential definition
Node implementation of
context (merged)
schema PR in progress https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/pull/1513
Migration from LibIndy
Additional LibVCX Aries protocol support released in December.
Ursa 0.3.1 release in January
Delegate-able credentials
Flexible configuration options
ZMix 0.1.0 expected in January
Ursa and ZMix will be separate releases. ZMix is the proving code, and Ursa is everything else.
RFC Progress
Other Business
Q&A about results from performance testing ACA-Py and LibIndy (@Stephen Curran)
Presented during the Aries Working Group: 2020-01-22-B Aries Working Group Call (please recording view before the call, starting near minute 65)
Future Topics
Next Meeting:
Q&A about the Aries Framework Go (@Troy Ronda and team)
Evernym's questions: https://hackmd.io/3lDKx8nZT8OV6pXQiwT4Tw?view
Other:
Aries KMS design
Define approved algorithms
Define plugin interface
3rd party libraries we could leverage:
Google Tink as an encryption library
Hubs vs Agents
Status and future of wallet query language
IOT best practices (@Robert Mitwicki, @Adam Burdett , @Lohan Spies )
DID Resolution W3C and Sam's concerns: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/issues/130
Architecture of Aries Verifiable Credentials Proof Formats (Mike Lodder)
Action items
Call Recording