2021-09-9 : Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Jim StClair (Lumedic.io) will present an overview of how SSI technologies are progressing through ISO/TC 307 to become a part of ISO standards.
Recording: see below

Connection Info

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

Date

09 Sep 2021 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Name (Organization) <email>
Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
Daniel Bachenheimer (Accenture) <daniel.bachenheimer@accenture.com>

Announcements

IIW #33 (online October 12-14): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-identity-workshop-iiwxxxiii-33-2021b-tickets-160257990965)
Kiva released "Indy-Diem" - provides an "Indy transaction layer" on top of the Diem ledger (https://github.com/kiva/indy-diem)
Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee elections are underway. Please vote. (invite will come to your email that is registered with LF)
- This week is the deadline for nominations. Voting is starting next week (?)

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Meeting Notes: 2021-06-23
- “eIDAS.2 – digital identity wallets on the way”
  - EU announcement: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_2663
  - EU PROPOSED Revised Regulation: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/trusted-and-secure-european-e-id-regulation
    - The reference above includes the implications of the draft EU law, with the legal basis for digital wallets
  - SSI vs national identity schemes
  - Attestation of attributes
  - requirements for European digital identity wallets
- Slides: Hyperledger EIDW presentation - FINAL.pdf
- Meeting recording: zoom_0.mp4

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2021-08-31 Indy Contributors Call
  - Indy-Plenum
    - CI/CD nearly complete, 16.04 and 20.04 (fixing publishing structure)
  - Indy-Node - in progress
  - indy-test-automation - ready
  - Sovrin Release - pending Node and Plenum
  - Indy SDK
    - Async libindy: merge pending review https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/pull/2319
    - IndySDK LibVCX - consensus to remove from SDK, PR: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/pull/2416
    - Should Indy CLI be moved into standalone repository?

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - Meeting Agenda & Notes: Aries Working Group
  - The A & B working groups merged into a single weekly call during the A call's time slot (7am PT, 4 PM CET)
  - 2021-09-08-Aries Working Group Call
    - Discussion about the status of the DID Spec in the W3C
    - Community Response to the DID v1 REC vote
    - Presentation on KERI
    - Previous discussions
      - IHAN Blueprint: https://media.sitra.fi/2018/12/22091907/ihan-blueprint-2-5.pdf Services Section 3.5
      - Reference about fat protocol: https://www.usv.com/writing/2016/08/fat-protocols/
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
- Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
  - 2021-09-01 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
  - Release 0.7.1 PRs merged since 0.7.0
  - Aries Agent Test Harness work - Results page: https://aries-interop.info
  - Zoom recording: 20210901 ACA-Pug Community Meeting Recording.mp4
- Aries Language Frameworks, Libraries, and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
- Tools (great for interoperability testing)
  - Aries Toolbox (v 0.1.0) https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite (v 0.1.0) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-agent-test-harness
    - Test Run Status: https://aries-interop.info
    - New! Mobile Wallet Test Agent for any mobile wallet
Hyperledger Ursa
- Homepage: Hyperledger Ursa (EOL)
- 2021-09-01 Meeting Notes
  - Ursa calls are the same time as the Aries calls (considering moving time)
  - Discussion on accumulators.
    1. Are class groups suitable for accumulators?
  - Ethereum attestation service–comparison to Indy?
  - Brief discussion on "Threshold Schnorr with Stateless Deterministic Signing from Standard Assumptions" (https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1055.pdf)

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 18 Aug 2021: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-08-18+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Special topic:
      - Trust Registries (e.g., Governance Authorities, government border systems, etc.) and how they fit in ToIP architecture
      - Trust Registries: CCI and Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH)
    - Slides: 2021 08 18 ToIP All Members Meeting.pdf
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 24 Aug 2021: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-08-24+Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
    - Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=75979
    - Administrative issues
    - Slides: 082421 Steering Commitee Plenary Meeting.pdf
    - Recording: Link
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - Meeting notes: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-09-03+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
    - Process for BLOGs, Positions, etc.
    - Community Response to the DID v1 REC vote
    - Slides: Communications Committee Meeting September 3 2021.pdf
  - Governance Stack
    - 9 Sep 2021 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-09-09+GSWG+Plenary+Meeting+Notes
    - Trust Assurance TF,
  - Technical Stack - Interoperability Taskforce
    - Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Technology+Stack+Working+Group
    - 23 Aug 2021: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-08-23+Weekly+Meeting+Notes
      - Trust Registry TF
        Comment period for Trust Criteria Matrix and Trust Criteria Companion Guide has completed.
        Governance Architecture TF
        Terminology development to support the terms defined in the ToIP Governance Architecture Specification and ToIP Governance Metamodel Specification
        ToIP Stack Design Principles TF
      - ACDC TF (Authentic Chained Data Container)
      - Design Principles TF
  - Utility Foundry
    - 31 Aug 2021 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2021-08-31+Meeting+Page
      - Intro to KERI
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 12 Aug 2021 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2021-08-12+Meeting
      - "The Current State of Self-Sovereign Identity". Current State of SSI - ToIP Meeting (3).pdf
        Background, current state, benefits & challenges, collaboration with ToIP
  - Decentralized Semantics
    - Deliverables
      - Standard Data Models and Elements (GHPC) - initial draft completed
    - Items for open review (ongoing)
      1. OCA specification work
      2. GHP credential data capture specification work [GHP Data Models tech implementation]
      3. OCA-FHIR specification work [GHP Data Models tech implementation]
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - Deliverables
      1. ToIP Term Tool Specification (including data model and hyperlink solution)
      2. ToIP Term Wiki (“Termopedia”)
    - Open For Review
      - ToIP Term Tool specification
  - Good Health Pass Working Group
    - GHP Interoperability Blueprint approved deliverable on 26 July 2021
      - PDF

DIF DIDComm Working Group
- Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
- Meeting on 6 Aug (US holiday)?
- 19 July 2021 meeting
  - PRs
    - 225 - thid and pthid
    - 227 - sender key protection
    - 230-235 Daniel PRs
DIF Interoperability Group
- Summer vacation: back on Sep 1
- 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
  - 8 Sep 2021
    - Aries - aries protocols and test suite
    - Veramo - work done towards did com and potentially credential exchange
    - Spruce - unsure what would be different from veramo?
    - Matter - Talk about how they tackle introp in SVIP and participation of VC http api?
Sovrin Foundation
- Discussing new fee structure for Sovrin Networks
- Technical Governance Board (TGB)
  - 19 Aug 2021 Meeting Minutes:
    - Administrative issues
    - Indy release update
      - Ubuntu upgrade: Status Document
      - Should have release date at next meeting
    - Procedural and pricing updates
- Steward Council
  - Rolling Agenda:
  - On summer / winter break until August
  - 24 June 2021
    - Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qGAhxIfFNWyvgCNUYmRqaxUqU4MVmmrPGnExo0b5HX4/edit#slide=id.g4227fd63e5_0_225
    - Update on Sovrin upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04

W3C Standard
- Verifiable Credentials Working Group
- DID Working Group

Other?

Presentation:

Future Topics

Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org)

Identity Special Interest Group