2023-11-08 Aries Working Group Call
- Sam Curren
- bruce_conrad@byu.edu
- Alex Metcalf
- Kimmo Hovi
Owned by Sam Curren
Summary:
- Long Term Support Policy
- Reasons for DIDComm v2 move (followup)
- Unqualified DIDs
Date
(7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)
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Attendees
- Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
- Kim Ebert (Indicio) <kim@indicio.tech>
- Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
- Frostyfrog (Indicio) <colton@indicio.tech>
- bruce_conrad@byu.edu (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.com>
- Alexander Sherbakov (DSR Corporation) <alexander.sherbakov@dsr-corporation.com>
- Kimmo Hovi (FindyNet) <ext.kimmo.hovi@findy.fi>
Welcome / Introductions
Announcements
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-dev16
- 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 0.2.9
- AnonCreds Rust - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
- Release 0.1.0
- Shared Rust Library/CredX (AnonCreds) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - being replaced by AnonCreds Rust
- Release 0.3.3 Bugfix (bug was in the python wrapper)
- Release 1.0.0 Embeds new AnonCreds CL Signatures library with fixes, performance improvements
- Release 0.3.3 Bugfix (bug was in the python wrapper)
- Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
- Frameworks:
- Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org
- 0.10.4 Release – patch to address an interop issue with ACA-Py mediator and aries-framework-kotlin
- 0.11 RC 1 on deck (maybe with did rotate and did:peer:4)
- next release will be a breaking change for ledger agnositic anoncreds support
- Aries-Framework-JavaScript https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings
- OWF - shared in OWF list and discord, giving more time for feedback.
- 0.5 in the works
- Dropping IndySDK
- AnonCreds Revocation
- Dropping Node 16 support (EOL)
- Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
- Release 0.59.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/releases/tag/0.56.0
- Ongoing refactoring
- finished migration to IndyVDR
- Indy CredX up soon
- issue and present v2 on deck
- Picos as of pico-engine version 1.3.0 natively use DIDComm v2 (https://github.com/Picolab/pico-engine/blob/master/packages/pico-engine/README.md)
- replacing ACA-Pico agents (https://github.com/Picolab/aries-cloudagent-pico) which are now deprecated
- protocols implemented so far: oob invitation, trust-ping, basicmessage (more to be added https://github.com/Picolab/DIDComm-V2)
- based on the SICPA didcomm NodeJS module
- Aries-Framework-Go (Troy) #aries-go (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go, Meetings: aries-framework-go)
- Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org
- Mobile:
- Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings
- 0.4.0 in Bifold – including the shared components
- Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin aka Aries MAX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin)
- Aries Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings
- aries-mediator-service – a DIDComm Mediator in a Box
- Update to use SocketDock?
- aries-endorser-service – an Indy Endorser in a Box (in development)
- Aries Akrida - Load Testing DIDComm based protocols
- AFJ 0.4.x upgrade in progress
- Prepping for transition to Hyperledger
- Shifting to TypeScript from Javascript
Discussion Topics
- Aries marketing update - Helen Garneau Alex Metcalf
- New logo selected this coming week - see Aries Discord Channel
- Join our marketing working group meeting, last Tuesday of every month: Aries Marketing Working Group
- Draft report PR posted: (Stephen)
- LTS Policy
- DIDComm v2 Followup
- Colton - wants it
- Patrick - on Aries-VCX roadmap in 2024
- stephen - love to see it, doesn't see a path to get there. not yet a priority.
- AATH didcomm v2 support?
- AFJ PR for DIDComm v2: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/tree/feat/didcomm-v2
- possible early 2024 target
- Unqualified DIDs
- DID Rotation
- https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/794
- Implementation Updates?
- did:peer:4
- DID Exchange with no DID Document / Signature
- https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/795
- Version Bump for DID Exchange included
- Community Coordinated Update
- https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/793
- Dates?
- Implementation Completion
- ACA-Py end of December is reasonable
- AFJ? did:peer:2 tweak, did rotation, did:peer:4
- VCX?
- Bifold (inherits AFJ, but also may need minor associated UI work)
- 'Understand New' Deployment
- 4-6 weeks?
- 'Default to New' Deployment
- Begins immediately after 'Understand New' Deployment
- 4-6 weeks
- Implementation Completion
- Aries Agent Test Harness update for testing support
- DID Rotation
- Please Ack question – is a ~please_ack (OUTCOME)
- Open Discussion
Other Business
Future Topics
- State of AF-GO - New Maintainers or Archive?
- in Q1, projects are asked to do an annual report, review past year, plans for next year
- More back and forth conversation. Multiple members need to attend presentation.
- Niels Klomp offered a deeper dive into the openid4vc related flows
- State-of-union of Aries projects
- decorator for redirection after proofs. - existing?
- in the Aug 9 call there was talk about EUDI compatibility. Maybe tracking the progress every now and then in these calls? Has there been any discussion about adding SD-JWT and OID4VC stuff to Aries Interop test suite?