2022-12-07 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Date

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

Attendees                   

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

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

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

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

• @Kim Ebert (Indicio) <kim@indicio.tech>

• @Sylvain Martel (Qc Gov) <sylvain.martel10@mcn.gouv.qc.ca>

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

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

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

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• Proposed Holiday Meeting Cancellations: Dec 28, Jan 4

• BC Gov Code With Us opportunities – Transitioning to the Indy/Aries Shared Components

  • Add Hyperledger Indy/Aries Shared Components to Aries Framework JavaScript and Aries Bifold

  • Implement a version of the Indy CLI based on the Hyperledger Indy / Aries Shared Components

  • Provide a script to upgrade an Aries Cloud Agent Python data store in Indy SDK format to Aries Askar format

  • Upgrade the Indy Test Automation repository to use Indy VDR for testing Indy Plenum and Indy Node

  • Upgrade the VON Network repository to use Indy VDR

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)

    • ACA-Py 1.0.0 RC1 released

      • AnonCreds presentations - handling of unrevealed attributes

      • Mediation race conditions

  • Aries-Framework-JavaScript (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings)

    • Version 0.2.4 released - bugfixes and ActionMenu support

    • Working on 0.3.0 release - test phase

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

      • Documentation site!!!

      • Present Proof v2 - merged today - AnonCreds done

      • ICV2 (JsonLd/W3c) now merged into AFJ main repo

      • Basic support for AIP 2.0

  • 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)

  • Picos as Aries agents (https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico)

• 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 0.2.2 now merged into Aries Bifold

    • BCGov has realeased an Aries Bifold version, rebranded w/ BC blue/theme/etc (BC wallet)

  • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)

• aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box

  • working on Pickup support

• 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

• Fully Qualified DIDs

  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/issues/735 (Timo)

  • Where are the projects?

• AIP 3.0

  • Goals/Targets?

  • https://hackmd.io/_Kkl9ClTRBu8W4UmZVGdUQ

  • v2 adoption WG spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15noWiG_zhhUpornhrZm9cLEjQ1aa6z9qgJgPCaaIbtY/edit?usp=sharing

Other Business

Future Topics'

• Issue Credential v2.1 learning

• State-of-union of Aries projects

• OIDC Credential Exchange in Aries - Mike Richardson

• 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?

• Multiple sigs on a credential - Shivam Sethi

Action items

Call Recording