2020-01-29-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
- Richard Esplin
- Troy Ronda
- George Aristy
Owned by Richard Esplin
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
(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.
- Route coordination and forwarding implemented (RFC 94 and RFC 211) and integrated with DID Exchange. Go API Package | BDD test
- 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
- Q&A about the Aries Framework Go (Troy Ronda and team)
- 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)
- Aries KMS design
Action items
Call Recording