2022-04-12 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting

Summary:

Welcome and Introductions

Who you are, and what your interest is in the Bifold effort.

Attendees

• Name (Organization) <email>

• James Ebert (Indicio) <james.ebert@Inidicio.tech>

• @Regis Eloi(IDLab) <regis.eloi@idlab.org>

• Ryan Koch (Indicio) <ryan@indicio.tech>

• @Jason Leach (BCGov) <jason.leach@fullboar.ca>

• @Philippe Foucault (Deactivated) (Gouvernement du Québec) <philippe.foucault@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

Announcements

• Aries Framework JavaScript calls every Thursday at 15:00 CET / 07:00 MST (Framework JS Meetings)

Deployments and Work Updates

• Aries Framework JavaScript

  • Multi-ledger support added

  • Revocation

Agenda

• IIW scheduling discussion? - https://internetidentityworkshop.com/

  • Canceling next call

• Basic Messaging Demo - Ryan Koch

• Yarn Discussion

  • RN boilerplate prefers yarn

• Ledger Configuration Followup Discussion

• Open PRs:

  • Indy Post-Install Script

  • Bifold Framework Draft PR

  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native/pull/277

    • Workflows changes discussion

      • Goal Codes

      • Machine Readable Governance

      • Verifiable connections

        • Verified email connection

        • Verifier social network

        • DID .well-known file domain ownership - proves control of domains

        • Connection metadata - AFJ

• Verifying businesses/organizations discussion

  • Direct method: Machine Readable Governance Files - approved issuers, verifiers via public dids

    • Lists public DIDs

    • Limited by scale

  • Indirect method: Smaller list of top level issuers, if the connection can present a credential from that smaller list

    • Scales more effectively

    • Can use machine readable governance file

    • Request and present credentials

    • Protocol update perspective - additional information may be useful in the presentation or issuance of a credential

      • optional information update, not necessarily required

    • Cases for implementing indirect method:

      • BCGov - Orgbook

  • Europe QR Code spoofing - man in the middle attack

• Open Issues:

  • Push notifications

    • ACA-Py plugin coming soon

    • Aries Framework JavaScript Extension here

  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/issues/647

• Development Roadmap Planning

  • Clarify Bifold goals 

    • Make it as easy as possible to incorporate ssi pieces

    • Make a UI framework / toolkit

    • Start Componentization within Bifold

      • Start with exporting Bifold everything

      • Tackle component customizations

    • Move away from "fork and forget"

  • Features:

    • Transition to Out of Band Invitations - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/main/features/0496-transition-to-oob-and-did-exchange 

    • Componentization (moving components to afj-extensions)

    • Revocation UIs

      • Functionality

        • TODO: @James Ebert to create GH issue

      • Revocation notifications

        • TODO: @James Ebert to create GH issue

    • Connection-less presentations using Out of Band

    • Update Credential UI/Logical

      • Archiving credentials

    • Messaging

    • ODCA - Credential Overlay Capture

    • Auto Present Feature

      • Machine readable governance - trust issuers, verifiers

    • Contact branding - trusting issuers, verifiers

    • Accessibility standards

    • Handling length credential issuance processes

    • Predicate Proofs

    • QR-Code generation

    • Deep Linking

    • Indy Shared Components - Indy VDR, Indy Credx, Aries Askar

    • Biometrics

• Questions for maintainers / other discussion?

Next Meeting

• SVG Credential Package updates?

• Discuss: planning improvements to the wallet for the community

Future Topics

• Machine Readable Governance Presentation - Mike

• How should we implement Machine Readable Governance?

Action items