2020-09-10 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/244779296 

Date

27 Aug 2020 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

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Attendees

• Name (Organization) <email>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>

Announcements

• Sep 10:  Core public utility technologies for a “Next Generation” Internet
  

  https://humancolossus.foundation/blog/invitation-core-public-utility-technologies-for-a-next-generation-internet

  Thursday, September 10 th @ 9am US PT / 6pm CET
  Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/2157245727 (Password: 1234)

• Sep 16:  Trinsic SSI Dev Seminar, September 16, key speakers:  Tomislav, Nathan George, Stephen Curran)

• Oct 20-22:  Internet Identity Workshop (IIW -- to be held online) 

• New Canadian Standard for Digital Trust and Identity (https://ciostrategycouncil.com/2020/09/cio-strategy-council-announces-new-national-standard-for-digital-trust-and-identity/)
• Central repo for meeting slides (?):  

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Meeting Notes:  2020-08-19
  • Presentation on TrustID by Maria Teresa Nieto Galan. Blockchain Specialist at Telefónica. (video available), 
    • Docs:  https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/TrustID
  • Discussion on:  DIDs, decentralized authentication, user custody of keys, interoperability 

• Hyperledger Indy
  • Code Management Updates
    • Migrate Jira to Github issues
    • Moving from Jenkins to GitHub actions
    • Revocation 2.0 (target:  available Summer 2020) – It's in the code, has it officially launched?
  • Contributors Meeting
    • 2020-09-01 Indy Contributors Call - CANCELLED
    • Indy Interop-athon:  Agenda (with links to meeting notes)
  • Indy Node
    • Pending release:  as soon as possible (date TBD) 
    • Replacing Indy Crypto with Ursa .
    • Discussed "rich schema" objects
    • Planning for Ubuntu 20.04 - other dependencies - Jira Issue
  • Indy SDK
    
    • Indy VDR into LibIndy
    • Indy Credx into LibIndy
  • Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
    • Aries Shared:
      • indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      • indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
      • indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
      • aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
      • Aries Secure Storage initiatives
  • Indy Semantics WG
    • ODCA pilots underway
    • The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call: 

• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings:
    • Meeting Agenda & Notes:  Aries Working Group
    • WG A:  2020-09-09-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
      • Summary of Indy Interop-athon (Stephen Curran)
      • Aries Architecture – Open Discussion  (Robert Mitwicki)
    • WG B:  2020-09-09-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
      • DirectTrust TIM+ (Trusted Instant Messaging Plus) ANSI-Consensus Body and Hackathon. (Vince Albanese)
        • https://github.com/DirectStandards
        • Direct Patient Address. looks like an email address
      • Indy-Interopathon summary
      • RFC's & PR's
        • PR 532 - Status Update on community coordinated type transition.
        • RFC 430
        • Email ownership Governance Framework (draft)
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Aries Cloud Agent Python - ACA-Py User Group (ACA-Pug) Bi-weekly meetings
      • Release 0.5.4 done - Release Notes
        • simplification of revocation handling
        • simplification in the controller space
    • Static Agent Python - Release 0.7.1 - Patch to accept base64url encoded values with or without padding
    • Toolbox - Various improvements including Transaction Author Agreement support for Indy ledgers requiring it
  • Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    • indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      • Verifiable Data Registry (VDR; ledger)
    • indy-credx / aries-credx (merging)
      • Rust layer that wraps Anoncreds (1.0 currently) 
      • https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
      • https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
    • Aries-KMS
      • Mike's presentation in Aries WG A
      • Mike and Cam's aries-core-rs → aries-kms-mayaguez
        https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-kms-rs
      • Indy wallet crate might move to start another aries-kms implementation → aries-kms-vostok
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
    • Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
      • Finishing removal of legacy KMS.
      • Controllers now have gomobile bindings. Still need to add bindings for notifications.
      • Investigating BBS+ JSON-LD signatures
      • Investigating DIF attachments in issue credential and present proof protocols (and relevant implementation aspects in the Go framework).
        • Presentation Exchange
        • Credential Manifest
    • Aries-MobileAgent-Xamarin (Aries MAX) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-mobileagent-xamarin
    • Aries-SDK-Ruby 
      • JSON-LD 1.1 Signatures adding updates
      • Exploring BBS+ Signature support via rust bridge
      • Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (https://github.com/johncallahan/activestorage-horcrux)
  • Tools
    • Aries Toolbox – converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo https://github.com/thclab/aries 
    • Aries Protocol Test Suite - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
      
    • Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness

• Hyperledger Ursa
  • Homepage:  Hyperledger Ursa (EOL) 
  • 2020-09-02 Meeting Agenda
    
    • Using Ursa with Javascript–Hyperledger Cactus is interested.
    • Outstanding PRs and further discussion.
    • Post-quantum crypto discussion and questions?

• Trust Over IP Foundation
  • Main site:  https://trustoverip.org/ 
  • Wiki:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation 
  • Steering Committee:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
  • 9 Sep 2020 - Steering Committee Meeting:  
  • ToIP Working Groups:
    • Communications Committee
      • https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee 
      • Confluence wiki organization, development, templates, and training
      • V2 of our ToIP stack diagram
      • V2 of our Introducing the Trust over IP Foundation white paper
      • New ToIP Interoperability Profiles white paper
    • Governance Stack
      • Governance models & standards https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0289-toip-stack 
      • Main WG Page:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page 
      • 9 Sep 2020 meeting slides:  
        • • Launching the Governance Architecture Task Force
      • ToIP Standards Specification (TSS) - defines overall governance framework model, intended to become an industry standard.  May be implemented by multiple TIPs
      • Layer One Utility Governance Framework Templates (based on Sovrin)
    • Technical Stack 
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-08-24+Weekly+Meeting
        • Discussion topics
          
          • Education Meeting - NOTE: David Luchuk to work with Dan Gisolfi to ensure these sessions are recorded and made available.
            • Blockchain Automation Framework: Scheduled for 31 August 2020. See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
            • Aries DID Ledger Architecture: Scheduled for 14-Sep-2020; See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
            • Decentralized DID Namespace Registry (DDNR): Scheduled for 23 September 2020. See Slack Channel and Mailing List for details.
          • ToIP and TSWG Deliverables and Process
            • Understanding TOIP Deliverables Version 5
            • Review TSWG Deliverables Process (NOTE: this document is currently not publicly visible. Is that on purpose?)
            • TIP Incubation and Graduation Process (work-in-progress)TIP Process Activities
      • ToIP Interoperability Profile (TIP) - a specific combination of technology layers for a full ToIP stack (e.g., Layer 1: Indy, Layer 2: Aries, Layer 3: Aries, etc.)
      • Layers - technical description & scope, required functionality, interfaces to other layers, certification testing standards
    • Utility Foundry
      • Focus on Layer One (e.g., Indy ledger) utility projects
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/UFWG+Meeting+Page
      • Bedrock
        1. Call for interested companies that may be interested in joining.
      • SSI4DE
        1. Co-Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs.
      • Sovrin MainNet
        1. Transition Team has commenced work. Stability of MainNet is the focus. There is focus on membership ramp-up and acquiring new funds for the Sovrin Foundation to have operational stability and hire for new positions including a Community Manager 
    • Ecosystem Foundry
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+Meeting+Page
        • Patient Identity Task Force introduction - Dinocrates Group LLC
        • Human Trafficking Ecosystem Task Force introduction - Secours.io
        • Entidad Ecosystem Use Case - entidad.io
        • Ecosystem template and term definitions
    • Decentralized Semantics
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-09-08+Weekly+Meeting

        • Presentation: Interoperable schema (Presented by Robert—10 mins)

          • Ref.: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/II/Agenda?preview=/36734080/39617940/20200902%20IIO%20Vision%20For%20Interoperable%20Schema_0.mp4

    • Concepts and Terminology 
      • WG:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=65700
      • Develop a glossary of shared concepts and terminology  

• Sovrin Foundation
  • Technical Governance Board (TGB)
    • Meeting Minutes:  
    • 3 Sept 2020
      • Discussed the roles of user / author, trustee, & stewards
      • More trustees?
      • Discussed a consensus issue (Lohan)
      • Update from Interop (Agenda)
  • Steward Council
    • All Steward Call 8-20-2020
    • Steward Council Meeting Page:  
    • Reviewed Workstreams (1) Health monitoring, 2) technical, 3) community engagement)
    • 
  • Network is healthy with near 100% uptime

• DIF DIDComm Working Group
  • WG Rolling Agenda 
  • What are the possibilities for didcomm.org?
  • Discussion of DIDComm Errors (https://hackmd.io/NgbwTRg1RfKAQJ6QRUizKg)

  • PR/Issues:

    • Essential Protocols #81

    • Message Authorization Section #69

  • DID Relationships and Connections

    • https://hackmd.io/3TWLuQsYQ4-oJwnRNBYGFA

• DIF Interoperability Group
  • https://identity.foundation/interop/ 
  • Participation does not require DIF membership 
  • DIF Interop WG Charter Draft 

• W3C Standard
  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group
  • DID Working Group
    • DID Working Group Face-to-Face this week. Expect freeze to standard in May.

• Other?

Open Discussion

Future Topics

• Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org) 

Call Recording