2022-06-08 Aries Working Group Call

Jun 8, 2022 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

• @Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>

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

• @Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>

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

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

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

• Components looking for maintainership (as a result of Kiva sunsetting Kiva Protocol, see blog here)

  • Mobile Agent Xamerin (MAX - Legacy?)

  • Aries Framework .Net

  • Fingerprint Component

  • ACA-Py Components for onboarding

  • Reach out to Nathan, Cam, or Horatio

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)

• PR #738 URL Shortening Clarifications - Kolby

• Interopathon - Mike

  • Late August

    • TODO: Date Selection

  • Followup in proximity to Hyperledger Global Forum (Dublin)

  • Followup prior to November IIW

  • 3-4 hour time window

  • Targets

    • 557 Discover Features

    • 048 Trust Ping

    • 434 OOB

    • 023 DID Exchange

  • Bonus Targets

    • 455 Issue

    • 454 Present

    • 183 Revocation Notification

  • Outcomes

    • Improved coverage of Test Harness

    • Improved reporting / coverage of Mobile test results

    • New Discoveries

    • Better ideas

    • Surface Assumptions

    • Gather Best practices (add to DIDComm Book?)

• PR #692 - Multiple Issuance

• 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?