2023-10-05: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Karla McKenna (GLEIF) and Lance Byrd (GLEIF): Organizational Identity: Interoperability vLEI and Hyperledger

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93003523877?pwd=Q3VvMnJ1N0lSUEZSc283SmFGRk9SQT09

Date

Oct 5, 2023 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

https://youtube.com/live/8Pb9SFdlsu4

Meeting Chat

Presentation Slides:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

@Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>
@Vipin Bharathan vip@dlt.nyc
Karla McKenna
Lance Byrd
Maria Teresa Aarão
Sean Bohan
Jim Mason
Tim Spring
Sam Curren
Sean Mouton
Lynn Bendixen
Tim Bloomfield
Daniel Lenksjo
Elisabeth California
Rickard Israelsson

Announcements

Animo recently announced Making Aries Framework Javascript a Global Framework. It is a call for sponsors and partners to make it easy to build EU suitable applications with Aries Framework JavaScript. Find out more here
ID SIG has a YouTube playlist including presentations from previous ID WG and Identity Implementers calls. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MZ85B_96CF2of1wYrBpHPYlRWxQeyB1

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-09-26 Indy Contributors Call
  - Network Upgrade Progress
  - Indy Ecosystem Summit meeting – Indy on Besu discussion
  - 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:
  - 2023-10-04 Aries Working Group Call
    - Credential Protocols
    - Unqualified DIDs
    - DID Rotation Signatures
  - 2023-09-27 Aries Working Group Call
    - Unqualified DIDs
    - Credential Protocols
    - AFJ OWF Proposal
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-09-26 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Welcome Back
    - Bifold Update;
    - Machine Readable Governance Presentation
    - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-10-03 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Next Release
    - OpenID4VCs Discussion
    - PRs and Issues - status update
    - Open Discussion
- Aries Cloud Agent Python Maintainers Meeting
  - Focused on current PRs, planned PRs, and Release Management. ACA-Pug will continue to focus on initiatives in the community, with demos and presentations from members from User Group members.
  - Calendar info
  - 2023-09-26 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting
    - 0.10.3? #2486
    - Timing/Content for the next release
    - Offer to implement OpenID4VCs – guidance?
    - AnonCreds RS in ACA-Py progress/next steps
    - Open PR / High Priority Issues
    - 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
    - 2023-09-28 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Moving to OWF
      - Separating the storage layer
      - DIDComm v2
      - 0.4.2 release
      - 0.5.0 release
- 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
- EOL (End of Life): https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa/pull/233
  - This repository has been archived by the owner on May 30, 2023. It is now read-only.

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2023-10-02 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - The CredX repository – the AnonCreds v2 glue for the Agora libraries
  - 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
  - 20 September 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-09-20+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Digital Trust in the Age of Generative AI
    - Guest Speaker: Wenjing Chu
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 18 August 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-08-18+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOG Updates and Approvals
      - Event participation updates and discussion of new proposals
      - Webpage Updates
      - LF Digital Trust - do we wish to leverage it
  - Governance Stack
    - 5 October 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-10-05+GSWG+Meeting+Note
      - Update from Attraction Pass Taskforce
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 3 October 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-10-03+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        Drummond reported on progress on the Example Use Cases and Glossary.
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        The Trust Registry Service Profiles spec is making good progress.
        The ToIP Trust Registry Protocol Specification V2 is also advancing.
        Carly Huitema presented a proposal for a Trust Registry Catalog specification. This had...
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        Drummond reported that the Working Draft is proceeding nicely, with the first two sections (Introduction and Verifiable Idenitifiers) being done (pending outstanding issues) and the third section on Messages being in process.
        We are looking forward to presentations and discussions of the Trust Spanning Protocol at IIW next week.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        effort continues - specification format revision for future standardization
        more implementations should help delineate the architecture as well.
        Signify (signing at the edge; keys at the edge)
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        US/EU - not present
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
        US/EU - not present
        DID Method webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Stephen Curran Phil Feairheller
        Kevin - github is active;
        Discussions sound early
        did:web+ did:web2.0 ... (DNS/http-server anchored DIDs)
        did:webs resolver is at Hyperledger (Labs)
      - did:webs TF - TF Leaders TBD
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 14 September 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-09-14+Meeting+-+Continuum+Loop
      - Welcome & Introductions
      - vLEI Public Review
      - ContinuumLoop Presentation
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 25 September 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-09-25+CTWG+Meeting+Notes+Template
      - Updates on the Terminology Engine V2
      - Updates on TNO Terminology Design work

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
  - Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - No September meeting
  - 2 October 2023: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?view#Meeting---2-October-2023---1500-ET
    - Welcome / Introductions
    - Announcements
    - Discussion
      - Possibility of advancing DIDComm to the IETF
        Existing active working groups
        Action Items:
        Talk with TOIP
        Talk with IETF Directors to determine right location
      - DIDComm Demo
      - DIDComm Marketing
      - IIW Topics

- 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
  - 18 September Meeting
    - Nick Reynolds presented a proof-of-concept DIDComm protocol for communicating with AI agents
    - Jesús Diaz (a researcher at IOG) presented some research / formal analysis of DIDComm and offered some possible improvements
    - James Ebert presented an Invitation Service that makes improvements to existing OOB protocol (when you scan a QR code on device to begin DIDComm convo)
  - 11 September Meeting
    - Roles in a protocol: using them to indicate support for a subset of the protocol
    - PR for DIDComm Book Organization: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-book/pull/8
- 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
  - Meeting recordings
  - 27 June Meeting
    - Recording
    - Presentation by Meyer Mechanic (Founder at Vaultie): User Adoption and Interoperability

- 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
  - 13 September Meeting
    - Meeting recording
    - Discussion of IoT SIG Potential Work Items
  - 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.
  - https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2022-02-11-did
    - DID Method: "did:id"
    - DID Method: "did:keri"
- Community Credentials Group
  - September 5: CCG Traceability Call
  - August 21: Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call - Credential Engine Badge Publisher + semantic mapping
Other?

Presentation

Karla McKenna (GLEIF): New Developments on the Verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI)