2023-08-17 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes

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Attendees

• Ariel Gentile - 2060.io (a@2060.io)
• 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)
  • Meetings suspended until September
• Aries Call 2023-08-16 Aries Working Group Call
  • Discussion on peer did migration
    • Stephen gave a presentation about ACA-Py migration
    • Do we need to support unqualified DIDs for DIDExchange? Or just keep did:peer:1 and did:peer:2?
      • It seems to us better to keep DIDExchange without unqualified DID support (it would be an step backward for us), as ACA-Py will support receiving did:peer:2 from step 1 of the transition)

• 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

Agenda

• Record the meeting
• AFJ in Browser
  • "Aries with AnonCreds in the browser"
    •  
    • https://github.com/kfsoftware/meetup-k8s-aries-july-2023
  • Serious performance issues with Anoncreds in WASM. For holder is fine, but issuing, creating objects, etc is very bad
• DIDComm v2
  • Discussion: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/discussions/1539 
  • Basic Message V2 protocol: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/pull/1546
  • It is possible to merge without breaking changes?
  • How to make protocols support both DIDComm V1 and V2 (e.g. Discover Features V2, Basic Messages V2) 
• Look at open issues / PRs
• 0.5.0 release
  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/discussions/1525
    
    • Create a 0.4.1 first. To not introduce Breaking Changes, merge first:
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/pull/1427
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/pull/1542 (need a change to not break public field)
    • Drop node 16 support
    • Merge DIDComm V2 stuff

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