2024-01-03 Aries Working Group Call
Summary:
2024 Aries Roadmap
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09
Recording:
Date
Jan 3, 2024 (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>
@Akiff Manji (Petri Dish Development) <amanji@petridish.dev>
@bruce_conrad@byu.edu (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.com>
@Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
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
PR merged for caching in Indy VDR of Pool Transactions - Aries Frameworks should be adding that to
Release 0.4.0
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
0.10.5 Adds an important JSON-LD VC verification update
0.11.0 has a full set of updates (includes 0.10.5 fix)
Addition of AnonCreds Rust library into ACA-Py now in main, using new wallet-type "askar-anoncreds"
Moving to ledger agnostic AnonCreds
Traction Sandbox now available - https://traction-sandbox-tenant-ui.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca
Agent-Framework-JavaScript https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript, Meetings: Framework JS Meetings
Accepted by TAC in OWF, repository has moved. See initial announcement here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1586#discussioncomment-7815973
Looking for a new name, feel free to weigh in here: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/agent-framework-javascript/discussions/1668
0.5 in the works
Dropping IndySDK
AnonCreds Revocation
Dropping Node 16 support (EOL)
Continuing working on SD-JWT and OpenID4VC support
Started work on W3C issuance and verification of AnonCreds credentials
PR open for did:peer:4 support and did rotate protocol
Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
aries-vcx as repository now contains 2 project families:
aries
didcore
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
Added module support for different Issuer and Verifiers
Discussion Topics
2023 What Happened?
Unexpected potholes?
Expected faster progress on AIP 2
OWF emergence
Alignment / difference discovery
What progress was made?
Rework within projects
library work
dependency cleanup - more involved than anticipated
Tuning given deployment experience
2024 Aries Roadmap
Annual Report due end of Jan, meeting early feb
Overview of the Annual Report process from the Hyperledger TOC
(More attendees than normal at the presentation to the TOC)
Aries, AnonCreds, and Indy all on the same schedule
Complete Unqualified DIDs CCU
Awareness / Marketing
Publishing a scalability report
Visibility for implementations and deployments
Bhutan - Verity
Alignment / Interop Efforts
JFF PlugFest
Aries Interopathon
OWF
Open Agent Framework
Etc.
AIP 2 completion
AIP 3 definition
DIDComm v2 / Trust Spanning Layer
Ledger Agnostic AnonCreds support within Aries projects
OID4VC Protocol support
LTS Efforts
Aries RFC
Aries RFC Status Review
Aries RFC Publishing in nice format
Better 'Start Here' Documentation
Cloud Reaching Ideas
Let's discuss next week
Mobile fragmentation (protocol/format/crypto/versions of all)
WG Changes for 2024?
DIDComm related work
inclusion of (instead of linking) externally defined RFCs
possible code updates / replacement for didcomm.org
DIDComm UG needs better input on time slots for meeting
Alignment
DIDComm UG
OWF
AFJ has moved and might be renamed.
Open Enterprise Agent Framework – https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/open-enterprise-agent
Cross org checkins on a monthly(?)/quarterly basis?
Open Discussion
Other Business
Future Topics
State of the Aries
What have we accomplished
What is on deck for next year?
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?