2023-03-16 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes

Meeting recording

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Attendees

Timo Glastra (Animo Solutions) <timo@animo.id>
Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
Alexander Shenshin (DSR Corporation) <alexander.shenshin@dsr-corporation.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)
- Short meeting
- AFJ upgrade, removal of indy-sdk
- Re-achitecture: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native/pull/641
Aries Call 2023-02-08 Aries Working Group Call
- did peer and issues with legacy peer did
- new did:peer:3 to move from legacy peer did
- big updates presented on OCA and how bundles will be managed/retrieved
  - multiple options for resolving/storing (data on ledger, link to where stored on ledger with hash, big repo / well-known)
Releases
- AFJ 0.4.0-alpha releases (74)
DIDComm v2
Aries Interop Profile 3.0 continues to be discussed https://hackmd.io/_Kkl9ClTRBu8W4UmZVGdUQ
Shared Components
- Indy VDR 0.1.0-dev.4
  - React Native & Node.JS
- Aries Askar 0.2.8-dev.1
  - React Native & Node.JS
  - Some issues with broken build pipeline
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/pull/1211
  - ACA-Pug Call talking about Askar profiles: 2023-01-24 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
- AnonCreds 0.1.0-dev.4
  - Node.JS
  - React Native (only iOS)
- Berend made a demo: https://www.loom.com/share/8497e12cb1c64383aa01768ac2551078
Open Source Summit in Vancouver
- https://ossna2023.sched.com/event/1K58t?iframe=no

Agenda

Record the meeting
timezones / meeting time
- ideal solution: hyperledger moves to UTC
- for now: move to earlier/later
- https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=2759794,8,30&h=2759794&date=2023-3-16&sln=15-17&hf=0
Update on AFJ 0.4.0
- Bifold e2e flow working now
- requirement for android API 30+ (Android 11+) is only for indy-vdr
  - Bifold currently supports Android SDK 21+ (Android 5+)
  - could use indy-vdr-proxy as an alternative (Ariel Gentile will give demo next week)
    - need to trust proxy
  - As of January 6th, 2023, Android Studio recommends targeting Android 7 (API 24) for 94.4% device coverage. Android 5 (API 21) gives 99.3% coverage
  - https://hackmd.io/@blueberi/Bk50yEyJh
- AFJ 0.4.0
  - Bug fixing, last releases, finishing touches
  - migration scripts (mostly done)
Update on cheqd integration
- Ask Daev to give a demo
DIF presentation exchange format
- Timo Glastra will update with latest changes, look at what's missing
- Mike Richardson demo of the presentation exchange flow (in 1/2 weeks)
prioritisation for 0.5.0
- DIDComm v2
  - now that indy-sdk is gone, other libraries have DIDComm v2 support, main objective of AIP 3
  - Askar as backend for DIDComm v2? SICPA has implemented using didcomm v2 wasm library
  - support both libraries
- Need to work on a new wallet api
  - focused on indy-sdk
  - still uses parameters for indy-sdk
  - way we are creating / opening the wallet is inherited from indy-sdk
- Improving interfaces for message repository
  - fully support pickup v2 and v3 protocols
  - be a mediator without in memory message repository
- Refactor basic message / trust ping to align with new way of doing things (support multiple versions of the protocol)
- End user wallet perspective
  - key rotation
  - changing mediator
  - initialization, efficient way to check if the wallet key is valid

Meeting Notes

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Future topics

Future Topics:

It would be good to discuss OCA implementation in AFJ and in Aries Bifold and where should be a boundary between the two in this feature.