2024-01-16 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting

Summary

Planned Topics:

  • Bifold to OWF

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Welcome and Introductions

Take the opportunity to introduce yourself or organization. Let the community know what interest you have in the Bifold effort.

Attendees

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Confluence was not working at the time of the meeting so Attendees were not able to register themselves.

Announcements

  • TBD

Agenda


Bifold Updates

Move from Hyperledger to OpenWallet Foundation

Summary of why Aries Bifold might consider moving from the Hyperledger Foundation to the OpenWallet Foundation (OWF):

  1. Simplifying Project Name: Opportunity to change to a simpler, more straightforward name to enhance clarity and appeal.
  2. Alignment with Aries Framework for Java (AFJ): Ensuring compatibility or alignment with AFJ standards and practices.
  3. Enhancing Project Value: The addition of a production-ready wallet to OWF will enrich its offerings.
  4. Expanding Community Engagement:
       - Hosting a webinar published by OWF to boost visibility.
       - Aiming to attract new members and gather more feedback from the community.

Impacts

  1. Impact on Project Infrastructure: Considering how the move will affect mechanical aspects like Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), NPM packaging, and repository naming.
  2. Support from Staff Member Ry: Ry is assisting both OWF and Hyperledger in onboarding projects, facilitating smoother transitions.

Process

  1. Community Consultation at Bifold Meeting:
    Soliciting community feedback.
    Submitting a proposal to OWF's "How to Become a Project" process, aiming for recognition as a growth project.
    Possibly presenting to the technical oversight committee, including individuals like Tracy Khurt.
    Deciding on a new repository name, with "Bifold" as a suggested option, subject to community input.

Notes

- Come in as "growth" prject
- TAC votes on the proposal.
- Bifold's mandate may need to change to be more vocal about being inclusive of other credential formats.
- OWF Prject Proposal Process slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NzDIcN63OURfGenSFMvpaPwveTk2Hpyys7CJIYlxb7A/edit#slide=id.g21f63e63bba_0_77
- Proposal via GitHub: https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/project-proposals
- Project lifecycle: https://tac.openwallet.foundation/governance/project-lifecycle
- Bifold would be a good referenec implementation of how to stich together many OSS projects into an actual usable product. 
- Would we need to support move VDRs as part of the OWF.
- Jason to check on GitHub org parity.
    - https://tac.openwallet.foundation/governance/paid-tooling-policy/
    - https://tac.openwallet.foundation/governance/project-and-lab-services/

Next Meeting

  • Maintainers can vote on moving the project to the OpenWallet Foundation.

Future Topics


New Action Items

  • Update OCA package documentation to discuss usage, card layout (1.0, 1.1), etc.

Recording / Slides