2023-11-15 Aries Working Group Call
Summary:
ACA-Py Plugin Repo
Please Ack
Long Term Support Policy
Recording:
Date
Nov 15, 2023 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)
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Attendees
@Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
@Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
@Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
@Stephen Curran (BC Gov / Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
@Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>
@Emiliano Suñé (BC Gov / Quartech) <emiliano.sune@quartech.com>
@Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
@Alexander Sherbakov (DSR Corporation) <alexander.sherbakov@dsr-corporation.com>
Welcome / Introductions
Announcements
US Thanksgiving Holiday - No Meeting Next Week.
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
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
Traction - https://traction-sandbox-tenant-ui.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca
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
repo restructuring https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/1045
start publishing generic didcomm components, built isolated pipelines & versioning:
did_doc, did_parser, did_resolver(s)
higher level abstraction ledger clients - modular indy ledger client, anoncreds resolver(s)
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)
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-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 (expected move later this week)
Shifting to TypeScript from Javascript
Discussion Topics
Aries marketing update - @Helen Garneau @Alex Metcalf
Logo finalizing
Join our marketing working group meeting, last Tuesday of every month: Aries Marketing Working Group
Aries ACA-Py Plugin Repo - Jamie Hale
Please Ack - Stephen Curran
Purpose of Aries RFCs - Sam
Policy RFCs? (Kim suggestion)
Example - community coordinated update)
separation of technical vs non-technical (protocol vs non-protocol)
alternate: community
LTS Policy
Unqualified DIDs
DID Rotation
Implementation Updates?
did:peer:4
DID Exchange with no DID Document / Signature
Version Bump for DID Exchange included
Community Coordinated Update
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
Aries Agent Test Harness update for testing support
Open Discussion
Other Business
Future Topics
Next Week - Mentee Demo on VCX/Traction
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?