2024-01-31 Aries Working Group Call
- Sam Curren
- bruce_conrad@byu.edu
- Akiff Manji
Owned by Sam Curren
Summary:
- RFC Status Change
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93803916577?pwd=UWdLSTJ2b0kvZTRyc1hZTUdQQ3ZFZz09
Recording:
Date
(7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)
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Attendees
- Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>
- Alex Metcalf (BC Gov) <alex.metcalf@gov.bc.ca>
- Akiff Manji (BC Gov / Petri Dish Development) <amanji@petridish.dev>
- Kim Ebert (Indicio) <kim@indicio.tech>
- Stephen Curran (Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
- Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
- bruce_conrad@byu.edu (Pico Labs) <picolabs@sanbachs.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
- Release 0.3.3 Bugfix (bug was in the python wrapper)
- Indy Verifiable Date Registry - Ledger Interface https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
- 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
- 0.12.0rc0 – Peer DID support, many enhancement/fixes, nothing breaking yet but at least one will be made before finalized.
- Credo (Agent-Framework-JavaScript) https://github.com/openwallet-foundation/credo-ts, Meetings: Credo Meetings
- 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
- 0.5 in the works
- Aries VCX (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx, Meetings: Aries-VCX Meetings
- aries-vcx as repository now contains 2 project families:
- aries
- didcore
- aries-vcx as repository now contains 2 project families:
- 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)
- Aries-CloudAgent-Python https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python, Meetings: ACA-Pug Meetings, Documentation: https://aca-py.org
- 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 Mobile Agent React Native, aka Aries Bifold https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobile-agent-react-native, Meetings: Aries Bifold User Group Meetings
- 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
- Aries testimonials / examples of use
- Please help us showcase Aries and build interest
- https://forms.gle/B3UUZtyaEoEoU6eS7
- Annual Report Update – Draft Aries Report, TOC Annual Report Requirements
- Request for Demos
- Interop Target suggestions
- RFC Status Change
- Status Names: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs?tab=readme-ov-file#rfc-lifecycle
- Adopted Candidates:
- 8 Message ID and Threading
- 5 DID Communication
- 3 Protocols
- 23 DID Exchange Protocol
- 31 Discover Features
- 36 & 37 Issue Credential and Present Proof 1.0
- 48 Trust Ping Protocol
- 95 Basic message
- 160 Connection Protocol (Retired?)
- 302 Aries Interop Profile (new profiles?)
- 434 Out of Band
- 453 & 454 Issue Credential and Present Proof 2.x
- 592, 593, 510 Credential Exchange Attachments
- Retired Candidate:
- 348 Transition Message Type to HTTPs
- PR Review
- 799 LTS
- Open Discussion
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?