2019-11-07 Identity WG Implementers Call

Summary

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/232861185

Reminder to the host: we plan to record this call.

Date

Nov 7, 2019 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Announcements

• Aries Workshop/Connectathon December 3-5 in Provo, Utah

  • https://www.meetup.com/Utah-Sovrin-Meetup/events/265714942/

• Webinar on peer DIDs Nov 21 at 1 PM MST, ssimeetup.org

• Other Announcements?

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG

  • Discussion on Aadhaar.

    • https://lf-hyperledger.atlassian.net/wiki/display/IWG/2019-10-30

  • Working on the whitepaper (in draft form) - Google Doc is here. 

• Hyperledger Indy

  • Contributors Meeting

    • Discussed future of Plenum ledger.

    • Want people to see Plenum as a general purpose ledger, broader than identity

    • ZMQ upgrade is done. We are happy with it for Node-to-Node communication, and it isn't a current priority to replace it for Node-to-Client communication.

  • Indy Node

    • October release: contains PBFT View Change

    • November release: bug fixes

    • December release: fixing replicas (maybe moving to Aardvark BFT)

  • Indy SDK

    • October and November: bug fixes

    • Evernym is experimenting with LibVCX support for Aries protocols.

  • Indy Catalyst

    • https://github.com/bcgov/indy-catalyst

    • Production deployment testing: volume loads.

      • Trying to identify performance bottlenecks. Currently think it's calls to the database.

      • Performance problems is preventing going to production.

    • Migrating into Hyperledger GitHub org

      • Needs more documentation.

  • Indy Semantics WG

    • ODCA pilots underway

    • The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call: 

      

• Hyperledger Aries

  • Aries Working Group meetings: discussions about naming, plans for core repositories

  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)

    • Cloud Agent Python - Release 0.3.5 released. Release Notes

    • Static Agent Python - Working on release with return routing, other improvements

  • Aries Protocol Test Suite

    • Works, and ready for test contributions

  • Aries Core Libraries (agent storage, resolvers, comms)

    • Moving Indy Wallet crate into aries-ams (might change the repo name)

  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)

• Hyperledger Ursa

  • Ursa 3.0 release is due in November

    • Updated BLS signature (multi-signatures, small-BLS)

    • Compilation optimization for specific hardware

    • Rest of predicates for Anoncreds 2.0 and delegatable credentials

  • Agent Managed storage considerations -

    

• Sovrin

  • Network updates and extensions

  • Lots of progress by the Guardianship Taskforce

    • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ymWzCwu2Ud6FMGZdU8md03KCvaxmT41-gQYIRXo09Xw/edit?usp=sharing

  • Sovrin Governance Frameworks and Trust Architecture

    • Sovrin Governance Framework v2 is approved, final two week comment period concludes this week

      •  https://sovrin.org/library/sovrin-governance-framework/

      • Includes a new version of the Transaction Author Agreement / Data Processor Addendum

  • Transaction Author Agreement is expected to be enforced on the Sovrin Network "soon" (December / January?)

  • Sovrin APAC meetings have started. 1800-1900 US Pacific

  • Sovrin Foundation Webmeeting Info:

    • The WG meets every other week for two regional one-hour Zoom webmeetings. Upcoming 2019 meeting dates: Nov 4/5, Nov 18/19, Dec 2/3, Dec 16/17.

    • US/EU Region meetings are Mondays 08:00-09:00 Pacific Time, 16:00-17:00 UTC.

    • APAC Region meetings are Mondays 18:00-19:00 Pacific Time, Tuesdays 02:00-03:00 UTC, Tuesdays 3-4PM New Zealand.

• W3C Standards

  • Drummond's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSuaCI_igQy7H42-ynaaRYySuspY0rBMWjSgmotS56xJmNm19RZFGaPhmCMyJja6A/pub?slide=id.p1

  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group

  • DID Working Group

• Interop and External updates (@Dmitri Zagidulin) 

  • Helen's excellent DIDs 101 Non-Technical discussion slides from the CCG call, as mentioned earlier

  • Introduction to Self Sovereign Identity IIW slides by Heather Vescent, Karyl Fowler and Lucas Tétrault

• Other?

  • Diversity, Civility, and Inclusion working group preparing for Hyperledger Global Forum. DCI is trying a new format to increase geographic presentation. Two meetings will be virtual - products/projects will be noted and take place in the wiki and rocket chat. Each participant will dedicate one hour sometime on the day+- of the meeting. After two such meetings, we will assess participation. We are working on potential graphics, interactive presentations, and will partner with the Accenture happy hour to promote DCI principles.