2023-08-03 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes

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Attendees

• Timo Glastra - Animo Solutions (timo@animo.id)
• Ariel Gentile - 2060.io (a@2060.io)
• Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
• Zdravko Iliev - Vereign AG (zdravko.iliev@vereign.com)
• @Kalin Canov - Vereign AG (kalin.canov@vereign.com)
  
• Alexey Lunin - Vereign AG (alexey.lunin@vereign.com)
• Alexander Shenshin (DSR Corporation) <alexander.shenshin@dsr-corporation.com>
• Artem Ivanov (DSR Corporation) <artem.ivanov@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)
  • Meetings suspended until September
• Aries Call 2023-08-02 Aries Working Group Call
  • Discussion on peer did migration
    • Use Discover Features to know if the other party supports did:peer:3

• Aries Interop Profile 3.0 continues to be discussed https://hackmd.io/_Kkl9ClTRBu8W4UmZVGdUQ
• AnonCreds
  • Ursa replacement with anoncreds-clsignatures-rs https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs/pull/226
    • A few changes in the API (tails file not required anymore for issuing/revoking credentials
    • Will be good to wait for a new release including this before merging https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/pull/1427

Agenda

• Record the meeting
• Unqualified DID migration and DID:peer:3 support
  • Aries RFC proposal: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/793 
  • Some updates to be reviewed for transformation script https://github.com/TimoGlastra/legacy-did-transformation/pull/4
  • A few notes for AFJ implementation:  https://hackmd.io/sz0xbL9MTxeB3qDht3ClrQ
  • See hackmd for notes from the WG Call
• JFF Plugfest 3: support for DIDComm V2/WACI-Pex? OIDC4VP?
  • Probably no DIDComm tests for Plugfest 3
  • Most parties using DIDComm v2 (makes sense to use that) → so we need DIDComm v2
    • Issue Credential v3, Present Proof v3
    • PEX attachment format for present proof
  • Implementation of OpenID4VP for AFJ: https://github.com/animo/paradym-wallet/tree/main/packages/openid4vc-client/src/presentations
• DIDComm v2
  • Discussion: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/discussions/1539 
  • Should be able to create oob v1.1 message and receive didcomm v2 message (using accept https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/blob/main/features/0044-didcomm-file-and-mime-types/README.md#defined-profiles)
  • OOB v2: https://identity.foundation/didcomm-messaging/spec/v2.0/#out-of-band-messages
• Look at open issues / PRs
• 0.5.0 release
  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/discussions/1525
• 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

Meeting Notes

Recording / Slides

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