2023-05-03 Aries Working Group Call

Summary:

Date

May 3, 2023 (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>

• @Alexandra Walker (Indicio) <alex.walker@indicio.tech>

• @Alex Andrei (RootsID) <alex.andrei@rootsid.com>

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

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

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

• June 7-9 https://diceurope.org/

Release Status and Work Updates

• Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info

• Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements

  • Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr

    • Release 0.4.0-dev14

    • Release 0.5.0 will have breaking changes, including did:indy branch merged into main.

  • Aries Askar secure storage - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-askar

    • Release 0.2.8

  • AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs

    • Release 0.1.0-dev15

  • Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust

    • Release 0.3.2 tagged

• Frameworks:

  • Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings

    • 0.8.1 released – focused on the upgrade command, most relevant to multi-use invitations – including mediators.

    • New documentation site: https://aca-py.org

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

    • Version 0.3.3 released - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/releases

    • Version 0.4.0 in progress - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/releases/tag/v0.4.0-alpha.87

  • Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings

    • Release 0.53.0 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/releases/tag/0.53.0

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

    • Phil Windley has students working on a DIDComm v2 version of ACA-Pico

  • Less active repos:

    • Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go) 

    • 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

    • Bifold Summit Happening now – Bifold Summit 2023

    • 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

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

• Aries-Toolbox

Discussion Topics

• DID Peer Update?

  • Alex added PR for Method 3: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec/pull/49

• Unqualified DID Conversion to did:peer:2

  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/blob/main/packages/core/src/modules/dids/methods/peer/peerDidNumAlgo2.ts#L94

  • RFC? - Volunteer Needed!

• Ursa Status and update

  • CL Signatures goes into AnonCreds (anoncreds-clsignatures-rs)

  • BLS Signatures goes into Indy (with wrapper) (indy-blssignatures-rs, indy-bls-wrapper-python)

  • BBS Signatures goes into Aries (aries-bbssignatures-rs)

• EUDI ARF / eIDAS 2.0

  • Links

    • https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/architecture-and-reference-framework/blob/main/arf.md

    • Related: https://daniel-hardman.medium.com/big-desks-and-little-people-e1b1b9e92d79

    • IIW - Paul Bastian

      • Still under discussion

      • Some details subject to member states

      • eIDAS 2.0 Large Scale pilots:

        • https://www.dc4eu.eu/

        • https://eudiwalletconsortium.org/

        • https://www.nobidconsortium.com/

        • https://www.digital-identity-wallet.eu

  •  Protocols

    • OIDC4VCI/VP

    • SIOPv2

    • ISO MDL (18013-5) Proximity Flow

  • Cred Formats

    • W3C VC - JSON + JWT(SD-JWT)
      ISO 18013-5:2021 (MDoc/MDL) / CBOR+MSO
      W3C VC - JSON-LD + LD Proofs

  • Etc

    • Key storage

      • Secure Element, Trusted Execution Environment

      • Smart Card

      • Remote Backend (HSM)

• Switzerland projects

  • https://github.com/e-id-admin/public-sandbox-trustinfrastructure

Other Business

Future Topics

• Niels Klomp offered a deeper dive into the openid4vc related flows

• Thomas - Nessus DIDComm 0.23.2 First Release

  • Wallet abstraction for AcaPy + Nessus native

  • Camel Http Endpoint for Nessus agent

  • Support for RFC0434 Out-of-Band Invitation V1 & V2

  • Support for RFC0023 Did Exchange V1

  • Support for RFC0048 Trust Ping V1 & V2

  • Support for RFC0095 Basic Message V1 & V2

  • CLI to work with supported protocols and model

• State-of-union of Aries projects

• decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?

Action items

Call Recording