2023-03-16 Aries-vcx community call

Meeting time: 09:00 am UTC
Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/97759680284?pwd=VytRRlJSd3c5NXJ1V25XbUxNU0Jndz09#success

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Agenda:

• Start meeting discussion 
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  • Mentorship program Mentorship Projects 
    • aries-vcx based message mediator
    • aries-vcx next-gen mobile wrapper
  • Onboarding new contributors - "Good first issue" Github issues
    • New issues has been created
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/772
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/773
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/774
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/775
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/776 
    • "Good first issue" guidelines

• Overview of recent work done
  
  • Proof Verifier API changes https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/770
    • Discussion: Other state machines changes
      • Final Success/Success non-acked/Failure state - separate state structure, or shared and derive Aries status from .getState()? 
      • Intermediate states (CredentialBuilt)
        • How should .getState()  behave when residing in an intermediate state?
      • Transition linearization
  • feature flag for VdrToolsLess https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/763
• Check on work in progress
  
  • Messages2 crate https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/754
  • Typestate pattern: Cred. Holder https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/768
    • Update from George: I’ve mostly paused work on the holder state pattern and will continue after messages crate is merged. Will also review messages crate if/when it’s ready
• Upcoming work
  • Finish messages2 crate
  • Integrate messages2 crate into aries-vcx 
  • Typestate pattern 
    • credential holder (started by George)
    • credential issuer
    • presentation verifier
    • presentation prover
  •  [ vdr-tools, DID parser, did-resolver ]

•  End meeting discussion
  • anything else that comes up to be discussed

Task backlog: 

• • Compile time protocol registry boundary
  • Apply state pattern for issuance, presentation state machines
  • Issuer with credx
  • Eliminate usage of MediatedConnection in tests (in favor of (non-mediated) Connection)
  • DDO as first class citizen
  • Create DID parser, DID type
  • Implement DID resolver https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/706
  • Add more typing across codebase
    • use did type, use url type, and others
  • New protocols: DidExchange protocol, Presentation Protocol 2.0, Issuance Protocol 2.0
  • Aries mediator client (pick protocol V2)

Recording

https://youtu.be/ku1NZudkZiY