2023-02-09: Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91329633752?pwd=elFrVUhOY3lybmRMMEtLS2MwMFNNdz09

Date

09 Feb 2023 4PM UTC, 8AM PST, 9AM MST, 11AM EST

Call Recording: 20230209 Recording

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Lynn Gray Bendixsen (Indicio, PBC) <lynn@indicio.tech>

Char Howland (Indicio, PBC) <char@indicio.tech>

Kyle Robinson

Tim Spring

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Latest meeting: 2022-08-03
  - Identity in the Metaverse: Vipin Bharathan (dlt.nyc)

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-01-31 Indy Contributors Call
  - Update on Sovrin Node pipeline
  - DSR progress report
  - Transition of indy-node from RC to final - branch comparisons
  - Open Discussion
- DID Indy Method
  - Note: Effective April 26, 2022, this call has been merged into the bi-weekly Indy Contributors Meeting.
  - Dominic Wörner's Presentation and Demo of Indy VDR changes: 20220412 DID Indy - Indy-VDR Updates Overview.mp4
  - Daniel Bluhm's Presentation and Demo of Indy Node changes: 20220405 DID Indy - Indy-Node Updates Overview.mp4
  - Spec: https://hyperledger.github.io/indy-did-method/
  - Source: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-did-method

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2023-02-08 Aries Working Group Call
    - Planning for OWF Aries Components Presentation
    - AIP 3 tasks
    - Verifying AnonCreds Presentation Request Intervals
  - 2023-02-01 Aries Working Group Call
    - AIP 3 tasks
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-01-31 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - OCA Demo & Discussion
    - Becoming a Maintainer Discussion
  - Bifold Summit 2023
    - Sessions for the community to discuss issues and the future of the project
  - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-02-07 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Update on BC Gov Code With Us – ACA-Py Indy-SDK to Askar conversion script - Indicio
    - Mediator problem with messages not resent – Issue #2111
    - Presentation Request Revocation Intervals – lessons learned in writing the AnonCreds Specification
    - ACA-Py Documentation site – the plan.
    - Open Discussion
- Aries Language Frameworks, Libraries, and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    - Aries Shared Components
      - now installable via pip; github actions build and test for Windows, Mac and Linux
      - indy-vdr - release 0.3.4 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      - indy-shared-rs - indy-credx release 0.3.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
      - aries-askar (storage) - release 0.2.2 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
  - Aries-Framework JavaScript
    - 2023-02-02 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Aries Bifold (Aries Bifold User Group Meetings)
        Demoed the OCA updates in the wallet
        PR in Bifold that conforms to this specification: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/755
      - Releases
        AFJ 0.3.3 Released
        Release: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/releases/tag/v0.3.3
        Changelog: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#033-2023-01-18
- Tools (great for interoperability testing)
  - Aries Toolbox (v 0.1.0; active) https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite (v 0.1.0; last update Jul 2019) - 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
- Meeting Recordings
- 7 December 2022
  - Open invitation for a maintainer or contributor to take over running the call
- 2022 Q3 Hyperledger Ursa
  - Project health: shaky but optimistic
  - No new maintainers or contributors have been added this quarter
  - Work continues on the security vulnerability mentioned in the last report
  - Code review and assessment of Ursa was completed this past quarter and published by the Digital Identity Lab of Canada (IDLab)
    - Only relatively minor issues identified
  - Hyperledger AnonCreds new project may increase focus and activity in Ursa

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2023-02-06 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - Back to prover_did – not optional/not issuer generated?
  - WQL in Presentation Request?
  - PRs
  - Progress on the anoncreds_rs implementation
  - Open Discussion

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 18 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-18+All+Members++Meeting+Notes
    - Nicky Hickman and Phil Wolff present the white paper Overcoming Human Harm Challenges in Digital Identity Ecosystems
      - Overview: https://wider.team/2023/01/17/what-if-your-identity-ecosystem-caused-pollution/
      - Whitepaper: https://trustoverip.org/wp-content/uploads/Overcoming-Human-Harm-Challenges-in-Digital-Identity-Ecosystems-V1.0-2022-11-16.pdf
    - Recording
    - Slides
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 11 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-11+Steering+Committee+Plenary+Meeting+Notes
    - Open Wallet Foundation Associate Sponsorship
    - Slides
    - Recording
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 13 January, 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-13+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOG Updates and Approvals
      - Website Update
  - Governance Stack
    - 26 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-26+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Vice-Chair Candidate Discussion
      - Overview of the Trust Registry Task Force
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 1 February 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-02-01+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Leadership volunteers
    - Special Topics Task Forces
      Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
      - glossary work and inputs (TRTF, TSPTF) inbound. Work is happening asynchronously.
      Trust Registry TF — Darrell O'Donnell Antti Kettunen
      - TR protocol strawman (RESTful) in github
      - "trust decisions" and roles of trust registries in ecosystems.
      - Concepts & Terminology working group may take on "mental models" effort
      Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Daniel Hardman
      - First 2 meetings were well attended
      - "forerunner" protocols under discussion
      - hourglass (Sam Smith) presentation expected (it was given in the APAC meeting)
      - proposals are the next step
      - Wenjing Chu and Drummond Reed will be presenting on the Trust Spanning Protocol in the OpenWallet Foundation Architecture Task Force next week (OWF Architecture 11am PT - Monday 06FEB2023)
      ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
      - first production use - GLEIF did this in December 2022 - vLEI. Witnesses and Issuer (first) are live in production.
      - currently working on:
        end goal - ACDC TF Spec to go to IETF (new or existing WG)
        IETF is an ISO foundry
        secondary - big tent W3C VC 2.0
        Sam (+Phil and Kevin) will be in Miami at W3C VC Working Group 2 - Miami F2F
      AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF
  - Utility Foundry
    - Hiatus
      - Group members have joined with the Governance Architecture task force
    - Last meeting: 7 June 2022
      - Deliverable 1: Review Discussion -ToIP Layer 1 - Utility Foundry - Google Docs
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 19 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-01-19+Meeting+-+Microsoft%2C+Entra
      - Recording
      - EFWG 2023 Theme and Preview
      - EFWG Community Topics & Announcements
      - Microsoft: Entra Verified ID: A cheaper, faster & more trustworthy way to verify remote employees
    - 5 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-01-05+Meeting
      - EFWG Community Topics & Announcements
      - iDatafy: The Evolving Consumption of Digital Credentials
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 30 January 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-30+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Status report on TEv2 contract
      - Progress report on TEv2
      - Progress report on ToIP Technology Architecture V1.0 Specification Glossary
      - Mental Models Task Force

Decentralized Identity Foundation
- DIF DIDComm Spec Working Group
  - Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
  - Current Agenda: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?both
  - RFC Repository: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging
  - Update to WG: Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - 5 December 2022

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Update: moving from un-sync to sync meetings
    - At the same timeslot at the DIDComm WG meetings, every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mondays of the month
    - Meetings: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/tree/main/meetings
  - Meeting notes on discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 12 December 2022 (Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237827854?pwd=Q3gwakxaWnc2ZjkyTXZrcUYzVW0xUT09)
    - Pavel's presentation on rich chat
    - Nick's libp2p extension for DIDComm
    - Michael - web 7
    - Lance - activity in the Aries DIDCommV2 working group, the DIDComm v2 survey, the DIDComm v1 to v2 RFC, the movement to get more live DIDComm v2 test services out in the wild, a DIDComm v2 test harness, and updates to the DIDCommV2 guidebook
    - peer did PR by Stephen (https://github.com/decentralized-identity/peer-did-method-spec/pull/48)
- 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
  - 14 December
    - Recording
    - Presentation from Sharon Leu from Jobs for the Future Foundation

- IoT Special Interest Group
  - DIF Steering Committee approved the creation of an IoT Special Interest Group
  - Participating in the IoT SIG does not require being a member of DIF so anyone who is interested is welcome
  - Sign up for the mailing list: https://lists.identity.foundation/g/IoT-SIG
  - Last meeting: Wednesday, February 1st at 13:00 EST / 18:00 UK / 19:00 CET
    - Recording
  - Meeting recordings
  - Discord channel

W3C Standard
- DID Working Group
  - Charter: https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html
  - Meetings: https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/
    - W3C Members are invited to join this Working Group. Individuals who wish to participate as Invited Experts (i.e., they do not represent a W3C Member) should refer to the policy for approval of Invited Experts. The group also welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration upon their agreement to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy.
  - 11 Feb 2022
    - https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2022-02-11-did
    - DID Method: "did:id"
    - DID Method: "did:keri"
- Community Credentials Group
  - 9 January 2023
    - W3C CCG Traceability Call
Other?

Identity Special Interest Group