2022-08-17 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Date

Aug 17, 2022 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

Attendees                   

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

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

• @Bruno Hivert(https://idlab.org) <bruno.hivert@idlab.org>

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

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

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

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

  • Sign up here: https://forms.gle/yrhYTocTe6iEXWbw6

  • Register for Zoom here: https://indicio-tech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtde6trzwvE9IptkYg_rcUsNm6M4b0mtYJ

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

  • Hyperledger Member Summit Sept 11

  • ToIP Member Summit, Sept. 14

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

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 0.2.2 released - follow up to major 0.2.0 release

    • Working on 0.3.0 release

      • Generalization - only need formats required to be supported in an instance

      • Documentation site!!!

      • Present Proof v2 - merged today - AnonCreds done, W3C JSON-LD VCs still in progress/DIF PE

  • 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 – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box

• aries-endorser-server – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)

• Aries-Toolbox

• Aries-SDK-Java

• Ursa (https://www.hyperledger.org/use/hyperledger-ursa, https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa)

Discussion Topics

• Handling unrevealed attributes – ACA-Py Issue 1893

• Encoding integer strings – AFJ Issue 883

• Interopathon Steps (Notes from last time)

  • Plan Review

  • Project goals in preparation

  • Wiki: Interoperability Event

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

  • Room Host Sign up here:

    
    

  • Attendee registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2-0Q9ysAbUiILNuyuIbXumBqS6xxSGfxJgHOYRUn2bLU5lg/viewform

  • Aries Interop Planning

    • Proposed date: August 31 7:00 am to 11:00 am 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 Agent Test Harness

      • Improved reporting / coverage of mobile test results

      • New Discoveries

      • Better ideas

      • Surface Assumptions

      • Gather best practices (add to DIDComm Book?)

  • Follow-up

Other Business

Future Topics'

• Aries Interop-a-thon planning

  • Aries Test Harness Demo, to prepare us?

    • IDLab suggested demo recording (starting around the 3 minutes mark, from this AATH-AMTH user group meeting)

• 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