2021-01-28 Identity Implementers WG Call

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

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

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• 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

• 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

• 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