Summary:

PR Review
RFC Status Change

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09

Recording:

Date

24 Jan 2024 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

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Attendees

Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
bruce_conrad@byu.edu (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.com>
Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
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
  - 0.12.0rc0 – Peer DID support, many enhancement/fixes, nothing breaking yet but at least one will be made before finalized.
    - This could be 1.0.0 as well...
  - Traction Sandbox now available - https://traction-sandbox-tenant-ui.apps.silver.devops.gov.bc.ca
    - Workshop Tutorial for using Traction, AnonCreds and Aries
    - Repo - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-controllers/tree/main/TractionIssuanceDemo
- 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

Annual Report Update – Draft Aries Report, TOC Annual Report Requirements
PR Review
- Unqualified DIDs CCU Status Update https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/810
- W3C DI Attach https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/809
- DIDComm JSON-RPC https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/804
- Trust Input Protocol https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/803
Aries RFC Status Changes Needed
- What needs to change?
Open Discussion
- Interop between ACA-Py and Veramo
  - Issue of DIDComm v1 (ACA-Py) and v2 (Veramo)
- Aries Agent Test Harness
  - Peer did tests
  - needs an update to the credo (afj) backchannel
    - aca-py has some tooling that allows easier testing, porting those to credo would be very helpful
    - (agent launch configurations)
  - volunteers welcome.
- Interopathon?
  - JFF PlugFest involvement
  - Other community specific event?
    - AIP v2
    - DIDComm v2 adoption
  - Survey for interop events
    - targets
    - actions
    - dates - March?
  - marketing call next tuesday
- protocol updates for DIDComm v2?
  - only some.

Other Business

Future Topics

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?

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Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09

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Welcome / Introductions

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