2022-09-29 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes

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Attendees

• Lance Byrd (RootsID) <lance.byrd@rootsid.com>
• Jason Leach(Fullboar Creative / Government of British Columbia) <jason.leach@fullboar.ca>
• Rodolfo Miranda (RootsID) <rodolfo.miranda@rootsid.com>

Resources

• Hyperledger Discord: https://discord.gg/hyperledger (#aries-javascript and #aries-bifold)
• Aries JavaScript Docs: https://aries.js.org/
• Repositories:
  • Aries Framework JavaScript: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript
  • Aries Framework JavaScript Extension: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript-ext
  • Aries Mobile Agent React Native: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native

Status updates

• Aries Bifold (Aries Bifold User Group Meetings)
  • Biometrics - working towards NIST standards.
  • Indicio working towards latest React Native
  • Working on holder requesting a proof
• Aries Call
  
  • Rebooting Web of Trust, The Hague, September 26-30
  • Machine Readable Governance
  • Fall IIW 2022 - Un-Conference, November 15-17 - San Francisco, CA 

Agenda

• Record the meeting
• Artem Ivanov DIDComm v2  react-native package using their rust implementation.
  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/issues/1038
  • Timo Glastra Ariel Gentile please provide guidance if this should be included w/ 0.3.0?
  • DIDComm v3 - Just tossing ideas right now
• Docker container / image environments
  • Faster onboarding
  • Kubernetes
  • Skaffold
  • Ideally have an 'Aries in a box'
    • microwavable meal analogy
  • Containerized test harness
    • proof acknowledgements (V1 vs V2) for wallet testing
    • ACA-py mediator docker image exists (search for 'mediator' in Hyperledger repos)
  • 'Awesome' ACA-py or Aries curated list of software
• From last week:
  • DIDComm V2
    • HackMD: https://hackmd.io/8QhG-zekRbaliJYDs6Y7-Q 
    • Ursa also has crypto, but not for DIDComm we think?
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa
    • Multiple approaches
      • Custom implemnation with lower level crypto (e.g. Askar)
        • lower level, more effort
        • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
        • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/blob/main/aries_cloudagent/askar/didcomm/v2.py
        • Askar has storage and crypto in one, while for a modular approach we want it separated
          • Already separated in AFJ through interface
          • In browser you don't need a native backend / advanced storage, but you do need the crypto
      • DIDComm library from SICPA (WASM)
        • WASM Support in react native is not great
        • React Native wrapper available, but only for Android: https://github.com/sicpa-dlab/didcomm-react-native/tree/main/android/src/main/java/com/sicpa/didcomm/reactnative
        • Could look at JSI interface wrapper like https://github.com/animo/react-native-bbs-signatures
        • DIDComm v2 branch in AFJ: https://github.com/sicpa-dlab/aries-framework-javascript/tree/didcomv2-contribution
        • Use our own did resolver, need also our own secret resolver.
      • DIDComm library in typescript
        • https://github.com/aviarytech/didcomm
  • storage/data layer being abstracted into a well defined interface akin to what schema inversion technologies like PostgREST/Hasura end up providing
    • Wallet storage which takes advantage of Row Level Security would provide a long term option for the end user to be able to access their wallet while still enabling custodian ownership of their wallet by a identity service provider
    • Good discussion by Daniel Hardman about separation of Encryption and storage for wallets (starting from 49minutes)
  • 0.3.0 release

Meeting Notes

Future topics

Next Week:

Future Topics:

• React Native testing
• Monorepo dependencies
  • TypeScript types

• ACA-py and AFJ performance/scale documentation
• Mike's modularization, etc documentation
• Open ID Connect for Issuance/Verification
  • https://openid.net/specs/openid-4-verifiable-credential-issuance-1_0.html
  • https://github.com/bcgov/vc-authn-oidc
• Hyperledger fabric and Aries wrapper new updates

Meeting recording: