2022-05-25 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

• Machine Readable Governance Update
• AIP v2 Update

Date

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

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Attendees                                                                                                                                                            

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

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• 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)

Notes:

Discussion Topics

• 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.

Other Business

Future Topics

• 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?

Action items

Call Recording