2024-03-06 Aries Working Group Call

Mar 6, 2024 (7AM Los Angeles, 10AM New York, 3PM London, 4PM CET, 18H Moscow)

• @Sam Curren  (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>

• IIW - April 16-18

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.

    • Release 1.0.0 Checklist has been created and is being worked on.

    • 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

  • 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)

      • W3C issuance and verification of AnonCreds credentials

      • did:peer:2 and  did:peer:4 support and did rotate protocol

    • Continuing working on SD-JWT and OpenID4VC support

  • 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

• Ecosystem Diagram / Document - David Boswell

  • Fabric Ecosystem ecosystem

  • We need one for Aries

    • Sam will make a wiki page.

• Credential Protocols for DIDComm v2

  • https://identity.foundation/waci-didcomm/

    • https://github.com/decentralized-identity/waci-didcomm/blob/main/issue_credential/README.md

    • https://github.com/decentralized-identity/waci-didcomm/blob/main/present_proof/present-proof-v3.md

  • Wishlist / Goals?

    • (all assigned)

  • Done / Almost Done

    • Features that may not be necessary - patrik

    • reverting .1 and .2

    • Removal of any reference to payments.

  • DIDComm v2 conversion

    • Smaller changes may mean faster adoption

    • negotiation pulled out into a sibling protocol - (nobody using negotation? Subhasis referenced use.)

      • propose message moves to different family.

    • Document the short-circuted use of the protocol that starts at issuance directly, depending on needs of credential type.

    • we need to be careful not to match protocol to UX human steps on a 1 to 1 basis

    • abandoned state - if a user declines to present, what should happen between the holder and verifier?

      • problem report sent (or no message, see below) on decline - should be documented

    • explicit 'no' messages instead of a problem report when it's an explicit no, instead of an error.

    • document use of timeout for offers (didcomm v2 friendly, perhaps a field within the protocol.

  • After DIDComm v2 conversion

    • return of supplements

      • credential chains

      • OCA / ux

      • needs a re-think

        • hashlinks

        • signatures?

    • different protocols for different credential types? (needs discussion)

      • make sibling protocols for each credential type instead of being universal?

    • preview model doesn't work for vc data model creds. could allow an unsigned version of the credential being issued.

    • cred def reference - did:indy and language that makes clear DIDs can (should?) be used.

      • requirements for DID methods that resolve to cred related assets

  • Deferred / Maybe Never

    • Different protocols for different sections?
      
      

      • offer/request

      • actual issuance

• Niels Klomp offered a deeper dive into the openid4vc related flows

• 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?