2021-01-28 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom:  https://zoom.us/my/hyperledger.community.3?pwd=UE90WHhEaHRqOGEyMkV3cldKa2d2dz09

Date

28 Jan 2021 4PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

• Name (Organization) <email>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com> 
• Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) mwherman@parallelspace.net 
• Alexander Jonsson  (Laniakea Health) <alex@seropass.me>
• Sam Curren
• Bill
• Himangshu Pan
• Lokenath Bhowmick
• Rounak Ghosh
• Subhadeep Banerjee

Announcements

• 27 Jan - Mediator Agent Intro - ACA-Py based mediator - Meeting recording:
• IIW Workshop
  • #31 (Oct 2020) Proceedings:  https://internetidentityworkshop.com/past-workshops/
  • #32 (Apr 2021), online, https://internetidentityworkshop.com
• Thoughtful Biometrics - March 9,10,12 thoughtfulbiometrics.org

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Meeting Notes:  2021-01-20
    • "KERI" – Sam Smith
    • KERI White Paper -- (full version; 140 pages)
    • Recording:  VIDEO

• Hyperledger Indy
  • Contributors Meeting
    • 2021-01-19 Indy Contributors Call
      
      • Indy SDK Release
        • RC published and being tested (1.16, Build 170)
        • Release date?
      • Crypto:  moving from indycrypto to Ursa
      • Indy Monitoring - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node-monitor
      • Progress: Indy DID Method (did:indy) Specification 
        
        • Indy DID:Method Spec-ing Meeting - weekly, Tuesday 7AM Pacific - Indy DID Method Specification
    • Build process
      • CI/CD moving from Jenkins to Github Actions
  • Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
    • Donated to Hyperledger (indy-vdr, indy-shared-rs, aries-askar)
    • indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    • indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
    • areis-askar - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
    • Credx:
      • indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
      • aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs

• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings:
    • Meeting Agenda & Notes:  Aries Working Group
    • WG A: 2021-01-27-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
      • Project updates 
      • Id Proofing through signals and artifacts - ledgerless approach to VC
      • Open discussion
    • WG B:  2021-01-13-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
      • AIP Next
        • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/579
        • Credential Manifest
        • Presentation Exchange
        • JWE envelope RFC 334
        • Needed areas of work?
      • Aries Interop Profile AIP RFC 302:  https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0302-aries-interop-profile
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Release 0.6.0 available, includes
      • OOB/DID Exchange support merged – testing/tweaking
      • Adjustments for supporting aries-askar – mostly internal
      • Multi-Tenant Support -  SICPA and collaborators (Animo, Anon Solutions)
      • Mediator Support – Indicio - ACA-Py as mediator, ACA-Py as mediator client (through connections protocol) merged; Admin API, fixes in progress; need to add support for DID Exchange/OOB
    • In Progress:
      • Persistent Queues – Kiva – WIP PR submitted using redis
      • More on OOB
      • Credential Exchange V2 (RFC 0453/0454)
    • Starting soon:
      • Getting to W3C Verifiable Credential support with ZKP and Selective Disclosure with Revocation.
        • DHS SVIP JSON-LD Verifiable Credential exchange in Aries Protocols
  • Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    • Ledger Communication:  indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr - communication with Indy-Node ledgers
    • Credentials:  indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs - includes indy-credx (Anoncreds support) and related packages
    • Wallet:  aries-askar - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar - secure storage (wallet) initiative
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  • Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
    • 2021-01-26 Framework Go Weekly Planning
      
      • Release v0.1.5 (https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/releases/tag/v0.1.5)
        • Remote encrypted storage capability that leverage DIF Confidential Stores
        • Support for WebKMS
        • BBS+ Verifiable Credentials with selective disclosure
        • Support for did:web resolution
  • Aries-SDK-Ruby 
    • Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (0.0.4), moved to https://github.com/decentralized-identity/activestorage-horcrux
  • Tools
    • Aries Toolbox – supports ACA-Py 5.3 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) 
  • 2021-01-20 Meeting Agenda
    
    • Discussion on zero knowledge framework (Avradip).  General discussion.
    • Discussion on signature interface.
      1. Some slight issues with Pairing+:  using old hash to curve.
      2. Discussion of blind signatures.
         1. Tricky to get public interface right.
         2. TODO:  Come up with better blind signature interface that is more misuse resistant.

• Trust Over IP Foundation
  • Main site:  https://trustoverip.org/ 
  • Wiki:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation 
  • All Members Meeting
    • 20 Jan 2021:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-01-20+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
  • Steering Committee Meeting
    • 14 Jan 2021:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/202-01-14+Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
  • Webinar:  Trust over IP and Government (15 Dec 2020)
    • Verifiable Credentials, passports, Covid Credential Initiative (CCI) 
    • https://zoom.us/rec/share/j4vfX47K1RPgZlmGHpfrC6YEh6RXGs86KiEdTmq6z4VUOFM7Aa97u-6Yzz5rZ6dx.jg5BtbuA5HnxYOVL
  • ToIP Working Groups:
    • Communications Committee:  https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee 
    • Governance Stack
    • Technical Stack 
    • Utility Foundry
    • Ecosystem Foundry
    • Decentralized Semantics
    • Concepts and Terminology 

• DIF DIDComm Working Group
  • Rolling Agenda:  https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
  • 25 Jan 2020 meeting:

    • DIF F2F (discussed event)

      • Agenda:  

    • DID Use Cases

      • https://github.com/w3c/did-use-cases/pull/126

    • PRs

      • https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging/pull/140

    • Discussion Topics

      • Localization
        • https://hackmd.io/Bcomd6hqTVOVh7oWjlo6kQ
      • Attachments
        • https://hackmd.io/zPQHVHtpTiShXG64TYHyiQ
• DIF Interoperability Group
  • Main:  https://identity.foundation/interop/ 
  • Wiki:  https://www.notion.so/Interoperability-WG-a42995c37e2a4511a10aea96cdbccc38
  • Rolling agenda:  https://github.com/decentralized-identity/interoperability/blob/master/agenda.md
    • 20 Jan 2021:  
      • Intro - uPort history and relationship between Consensys, uPort, and Veramo
        • Veramo URL: http://veramo.io
        • backward compatibility with uPort, but more easily extensible and modular architecture
        • moving to a more messaging- and event-based structure
      • Architecture tour - highlevel
        • SDR - temporary presentation request while we wait for a wider standard to harden (will replace later with Pres Manifest or such)
        • W3C Credential (JWT)
• Sovrin Foundation
  • Technical Governance Board (TGB)
    • 21 Jan 2021 Meeting Minutes:  

      • Recording:

        • https://zoom.us/rec/share/vcwFb5qAMJ8dK1JDeEEj1wBA5498JIgSlAjEI7I7Nvj6Djm4iK3w2PBSFpLIzvGW.7mstnf9Do4V4IWxI

      • Access Passcode: 1F!Y^PLu

      • KERI overview (Sam)

      • Policies for maintaining the Sovrin.deb package

      • Discussion about removing token code from MainNet

  • Steward Council

    • Presentation:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pa4LGfNqLRCjZphfEwky38YVHIStYd9-Xi-FG9HP44Q/edit#slide=id.g8bdef53c30_0_1 

    • Recording:  

      • https://zoom.us/rec/share/pG8qm0I3T6fscIjZGEBv7ZVQTYzyL4brpoQ1vLdQYqgOzoOoUmaoBSTnclOgJsvn.6pgN_8940GdIo3qG

      • Passcode: 6#KG&e3u

    • Agenda
      • TGB Update
      • Indy Updates
      • Updates from Sovrin Foundation Chairman
      • Overview of last 6 months
      • SC Workstream Updates
        • 

• W3C Standard
  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group
  • DID Working Group

• Other?

Presentation

• Today's call consisted of an update of the above Industry and Working Group calls together with an open discussion of a variety of SSI topics.
• Here are some links that were shared during our discussion:
  • From Michael Herman:  PAPER:  Self-Sovereign Identity Personal Data Usage Licensing (SSI-PDUL) Model: Solution Concept
  • From Sam Curren:  Indicio Meetup recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsELfUYrGM
  • From Alex Jonsson:  https://github.com/smart-on-fhir/health-cards

  • DIF Healthcare SIG:  https://github.com/decentralized-identity/healthcare/blob/main/agenda.md

  • From Alex Jonsson:  https://vaccinationcredential.org/

  • Blog Post:  Getting to Practical Interop With Verifiable Credentials (Daniel Hardman) – https://www.evernym.com/blog/getting-to-practical-interop-with-verifiable-credentials/

Future Topics

• Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org) 

Call Recording