2023-02-23: 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

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

Call Recording: 20230223 Hyperledger Identity Implementers WG

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>
Tim Spring
Sam Curren (Indicio) <sam@indicio.tech>

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
- 2023-02-14 Indy Contributors Call
  - Update on Sovrin Node pipeline
  - Transition of indy-node from RC to final - branch comparisons
  - Adding an OCA Bundle object to the Indy Ledger
- 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:
  - 2023-02-22 Aries Working Group Call
    - did:keri lite
    - LegacyPeer vs Transition to did:peer:1 or did:peer:2?
  - 2023-02-15 Aries Working Group Call
    - Planning for OWF Aries Components Presentation
    - LegacyPeer
    - AIP 3 tasks
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-02-14 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Review PR 621 to update maintainers.
    - Review PR 539 to move the project to Yarn.
    - Review PR 604 to update the project branding mechanics.
    - Discuss and document process for becoming a repo "Admin" to update maintainers.
    - Update on ACA-py Issue 2111
  - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-02-21 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Update on BC Gov Code With Us – ACA-Py Indy-SDK to Askar conversion script - Indicio
    - Plugins - documentation and an overview: slides
    - Key Updates needed in ACA-Py: slides
- 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
    - 2023-02-16 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - OWF
      - Shared Components React Native / Bifold integration
    - 2023-02-09 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - .devcontainers demo
      - Return Route toggle/configuration w/Presentations – https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-javascript/issues/1261
      - AFJ as a mediator
      - Shared Components Bifold integration
- 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
- 2023-02-13 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - PRs, Issues
  - Issues to be Closed
  - Progress on the anoncreds_rs implementation

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 15 February 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-02-15+All+Members++Meeting+Notes
    - Slides
    - Working group updates
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 25 January 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-01-25+Steering+Committee+Discussion+Meeting+Notes
    - ToIP Trust Spanning Protocol - Overview by Drummond Reed - Discuss the implications of what this mean
    - Positioning of Trust Over IP in the marketplace
    - Open Wallet Foundation Associate Sponsorship
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 10 February 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-02-10+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - Design Principle BLOGs
      - Open Wallet Quote for PR
      - Questions for Steering Committee Testimonials
      - Recording
  - Governance Stack
    - 9 February 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-02-09+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Recording
      - Update on Governance Task Forces: Trust Spanning Protocol TF and the Trust Registry TF
      - Update on ToIP Governance Design Planning document
    - 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
    - 16 February 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-02-16+Meeting+-+Frankli
      - Recording
      - Presentation: Mansoor Ahmed-Rengers and Matthew Pendlebury of Frankli app will present on the topic “What if your media is lying to you?”
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 13 February 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-02-13+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Mental Model Development Process
      - ToIP member Brian Richter has accepted the bounty to develop the open source code for TEv2

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
  - 6 February 2023
    - Open Wallet Arch Task Force
    - Test Vectors

- 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
  - 13 February Meeting:
    - OWF Meeting
    - Demo material and didcomm.org guidebook
  - 20 February Meeting:
    - Updating the didcomm.org guidebook
- 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
  - 15 February 2023 Meeting:
    - Issues
    - Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
  - 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
  - 21 February 2023
    - W3C CCG Traceability Call
Other?

Identity Special Interest Group