2022-08-03 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

• Interopathon Planning
• Credential Extras - Update

Date

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

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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