2022-05-25 Aries Working Group Call

May 25, 2022 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

• @Mike Ebert(Indicio) <mike@indicio.tech>

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

• @Rodolfo Miranda (rootsid.com)<rodolfo.miranda@gmail.com>

• @Lance Byrd (rootsid.com)<lance.byrd@rootsid.com>

• @Sylvain Martel(Gouvernement du Québec) <sylvain.martel10@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

• @Marco (Gouvernement du Québec) <marc-olivier.deschenes-rompre@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

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

• DIDComm WG Voting to approve V2 on Monday!

• Cardea Interopathon June 16 (includes basic protocol testing–connection using connections v.1 and OOB invitations, issuance, presentations, basic message, question and answer)

Release Status and Work Updates

• Aries Agent Test Harness (https://aries-interop.info)

• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements

  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs

  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr

  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar

    • 0.2.5 release - performance/load work and testing – specific load errors reduced (down to 0.05% error rate), performance up 11%

• Frameworks:

  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings)

  • Aries-Framework-JavaScript (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings)

    • Working on 0.3.0 release

      • Issue Credential / Present Proof v2

      • Merged: OOB / DIDExchange - merged last Friday

      • Merged: Holder revocation with revocation notifications support

    • PR open to support lower versions of a protocol

    • Nearing completion for JSON-LD and BBS+ credential support

    • Started working on writing a wrapper for Indy VDR for React Native – Almost ready now

  • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 

    • Working on support for DIDComm v2, Credential Manifest, OOB v2 and v3 credential protocols (for DIDComm v2)

    • RFC 700 to enable web wallets

  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx)

  • Aries-Framework-DotNet (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-dotnet)

• Mobile:

  • Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings)

  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)

• aries-service-mediator repo added – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box

• Aries-Toolbox

• Aries-SDK-Java

• Ursa (https://www.hyperledger.org/use/hyperledger-ursa, https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa)

• Machine-readable governance using governance framework files update - Mike

  • Response at IIW

  • Work item at the DIF Claims and Credentials Working Group

  • Major parts

    • Meta data

    • Schema list

    • Trusted participants

    • Roles and permissions

    • Actions (which allow for workflows)

      • Protocols

      • Decisions

      • APIs

    • Utilize DIF presentation definitions (presentation exchange)

    • Looking to add DIF credential manifests

  • Releasing basic implementation in Cardea

  • Should investigate OCA schema (make sure the file is more human-readable). See: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native/issues/164

  • Should interface with TOIP

    • Who are the trusted issuers?

    • Who are the authorized verifiers?

    • What schemas are we using? (and how are they defined?)

    • Important note: It's not strictly centralized

    • TOIP has no problem incorporating existing work for defining schemas and other useful information specified by other parties

• Status update for AIP v2 - Let's cover this again later, esp. when the AIP v2 leaders (Sam Curren or Steven Curran or Timo) are here to discuss

  • What progress has everybody made?

  • What items are being difficult?

  • Which optional targets have folks worked on?

• Pickup Protocol

  • PR 737 - Add support for `message_id` in notification - no objections or changes were voiced during today's meeting.

• decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?

• Standardized attribute names for AnonCreds - alignment with VC data model. (Paul Bastian)

  • terms and conditions (as link)

  • machine-readable governance?