2024-1-25 Aries-vcx community call

Note:

• If you are planning on attending aries-vcx call, feel free login to wiki and update the agenda below to include your discussion topic / question
• Alternatively you can simply join the call and we can discuss your questions and concerns  

Reminders

• Community updates

  • DIF DIDComm Users Group Meets 2,3, and 4th Mondays: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/blob/main/schedule.m

Agenda:

• Start meeting discussion
  
  • Agenda overview and ad-hoc additions ( you can add your discussion your point )
• Overview of recent work done
  • Refactoring test_utils:
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1100
  • Nom based did parser
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1099
• In review
  
  • DidCore, did-exchange refactoring
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1075
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1097
  • Askar implementations
    • Trait adustments https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1084
    • Codebase trait sync up https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1093
    • Askar implementation:
      
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1085
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1088
      • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1092
  • anoncreds-rs integration
  • issue/presentation V2 protocols implementation https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/987
• In progress
  • Mediator errors https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1072
• Planned
  • ..
• 2024 outlook
  • Core:
    • Didexchange interop
    • Askar
    • Anoncreds-rs ---> w3c credential format
    • Break down `aries-vcx-core` crate
    • support for qualified anoncreds identifiers
  • Features:
    • Additional DID methods: did:ethr, did:cheqd, did:indy, did:webs
    • Anoncreds resolver
  • Developer onboarding
    • Example for every crate!
    • Develop crates.io workflow for at least 3 crates; good candidates:
      
      • did_doc
      • did_parser
      • messages
    • Improve documentation
  • Deprecation:
    • connection protocol
    • agency_client
  • Other:
    • crate benchmarking
  • Mentorship 2024:
    • Project yet to be specified, rough ideas:
      • mediator client
      • didcomm chat
      • tbd.
  • New ventures:
    • issuer/verifier agent
    • PoC high level message processing "framework"; could be reused in:
      
      • AATH backchannel agent
      • a CLI application
      • issuer/verifier agent
    • didcomm v2