2022-07-06 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Date

Jul 6, 2022 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

Attendees                                                                                                                                                            

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

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

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

• @Stéphane Harnois (Deactivated) (Gouvernement du Québec) <stephane.harnois@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

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

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

• Thomas Diesler(RedHat) <tdiesler@redhat.com>

• Stephen Curran (Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>

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

• @José-Luis Pumahuanca (Deactivated)(Gouvernement du Québec) <joseluis.pumahuancacarrion@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

• @ Martin St-Pierre (Gouvernement du Québec) <martin.st-pierre@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

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-mediator-service 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)

Discussion Topics

• Device Binding Alternatives https://hackmd.io/6hUuZIjGQpeLVAqcxdakZA#comparison-on-hardware-binding-linkage-mechanism - Paul

• Proxy Ledger Access Further Discussion - Stephen Curran - (Slides from last week)

  • Will bring up on the AFJ call tomorrow - Jason

• Aries Interop Planning

  • Proposed date: August 31 7:00 am to 11:00 pm MDT

  • Targets:

    • 557 Discover Features

    • 048 Trust Ping

    • 434 OOB

    • 023 DID Exchange

    • OOB Reuse

  • Bonus Targets:

    • 455 Issue

    • 454 Present

    • 183 Revocation Notification

  • Preparation

    • Connection with existing test harness

    • Mobile back channel - use and improve (see ticket logged by @Stephen Curran)

  • Outcomes:

    • Improved coverage of the Aries Test Harness

    • Improved reporting / coverage of mobile test results

    • New Discoveries

    • Better ideas

    • Surface Assumptions

    • Gather best practices (add to DIDComm Book?)

Other Business

Future Topics'

• Aries Interopathon planning

• Proxy Ledger Access Followup

• 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