2023-07-20 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes

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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)
  • Making changes to scanning logic and adding goal codes
  • Adding concept of ephemeral connection, make QR code smaller when using connectionless proof request
• Aries Call 2023-07-19 Aries Working Group Call
  • Discussion on peer did migration
  • Work being done on marketing, with survey
    • Survey results:
  • Presentation from Aries VCX
    • Working on making available to other languages using uniffi-rs

• Aries Interop Profile 3.0 continues to be discussed https://hackmd.io/_Kkl9ClTRBu8W4UmZVGdUQ
• Load testing with Aries Mediator Service
  • https://github.com/Indicio-tech/aries-mediator-service/tree/main/load-testing
  • Uses AFJ as client and Locust as testing orchestrator
  • does not start the infrastructure, but testing on an existing infrastructure (different from the aries agent load generator)
  • currently implemented to work with an ACA-Py API

Agenda

• Record the meeting
• Look at open issues / PRs
• Migration to new Askar / AnonCreds / Indy VDR
  • https://aries.js.org/guides/0.4/getting-started/set-up/indy-vdr
  • https://aries.js.org/guides/0.4/getting-started/set-up/aries-askar
  • https://aries.js.org/guides/0.4/getting-started/set-up/anoncreds-rs
  • https://aries.js.org/guides/0.4/updating/versions/0.3-to-0.4
  • https://aries.js.org/guides/0.4/updating/update-indy-sdk-to-askar
  • Example of migration from indy sdk to Askar in Bifold: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native/blob/6f3a5cf925b2afc1e67223a3628c1fa0dd3fa756/packages/legacy/core/App/screens/Splash.tsx#L231-L242
  • Multi-tenancy indy-sdk to Askar not implemented yet → please open an issue if you need this
• Deprecating the Indy SDK
  • deprecate indy-sdk in 0.6.0?
  • 0.5 will be last version with indy-sdk support, or should we already deprecate/remove it in 0.5?
  • add deprecation warning to the framework already?
  • need to coordinate with stephen
• moving to a bi-weekly call?
  • Makes sense in the summer months
  • reconsider after summer?

Meeting Notes

• New meeting invite:

  • Hyperledger Community is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
    
              
    Topic: Aries JavaScript Meeting
    Time: Mar 23, 2023 06:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
            Every week on Thu, until May 9, 2024, 60 occurrence(s)
    
              https://zoom.us/j/99751084865?pwd=TW1rU0FDVTBqUlhnWnY2NERkd1diZz09
              
    
              
    
              
    
            

Recording / Slides

Transcript

Chat

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.
• Extracting parts of AFJ into generic libraries
• Cheqd integration (Daev Mithran )
• AFJ Interop tests not running

DSR_AFJ_DIDCommV2.pptx