2022-08-03 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Date

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

Attendees                   

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

• @Warren Gallagher(AffinitiQuest.io) <warren@affinitiquest.io>

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

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

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

• @Helen Garneau (Indicio) <helen@indicio.tech>

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

• @Jean-Francois Blier(Amplitude Technologies) <jfblier@amplitudetech.com>

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

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

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

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• Aries Interop-a-thon: proposed for August 31 7:00 am to 11:00 pm MDT

• Hyperledger Global Forum, Dublin, Sept. 12-14

• Rebooting Web of Trust, Den Hague, September 26-30 

• Aries Survey (Vasileios Konstantinou MSC student at AUEB): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgJyIXZg8LAOvzWm9-r8NGnQOKzF4XJRaHC85sGHQh6WobeA/viewform?usp=sf_link

• Wallet Backup and Restore conversation - Thursday 1pm US/Mountain (Ask Sam for Invite)

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)

    • Version 0.2.1 released - follow up to major 0.2.0 release

    • Working on 0.3.0 release

      • Issue Credential / Present Proof v2

      • Merged: OOB / DIDExchange - merged last Friday

      • Merged: Holder revocation with revocation notifications support

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

  • 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 Framework JavaScript 0.2.0 now merged into Aries Bifold

  • 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

• Interopathon Steps

  • Plan Review

  • Project goals in preparation

  • Planning Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J17OWi5u77zUHT3ALNGCpFNV1TNzH32gtBRFrSD4g7U/edit

  • 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?)

• AIP Timeline / DIDComm v2

  • Need an RFC discussing supporting v1 and v2?

    • What Protocols need new versions, and which don't?

    • Strategies for supporting both inside the same agent

    • Sam and Rodolfo

  • Measure progress at the Interopathon

  • When do we want to target this? What are our options?

    • AIP 2.0 Optional Target?

    • AIP next?

• Credential Extras Update -Sam

  • Updates: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/747

  • Generalized? Or Annotation Specific?

• Followup

Other Business

Future Topics'

• Aries Interop-a-thon 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