2023-11-02: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Otto Mora and Oleksandr Brezhniev (Polygon ID): Polygon ID: Decentralized Identity leveraging ZK proofs

Connection Info

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

Date

02 Nov 2023 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

Presentation Slides:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-10-24 Indy Contributors Call
  - IIW Recap
  - Indy 2.0 initiative for Hyperledger repo/naming (Renata Toktar): Google form
    - Updates?
  - Report on upgrades or documentation contributions
  - Indy SDK – Deprecation Notice PR
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/pull/2605
    - https://github.com/WadeBarnes/indy-sdk/tree/deprecation-notice#warning-deprecation-notice-warning
  - 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:
  - 2023-11-01 Aries Working Group Call
    - Unqualified DIDs
    - Reasons for DIDComm v2 move
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-10-24 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Welcome Back
    - Bifold Update
    - IIW
    - Work Update
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-10-31 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Next Release
    - PRs and Issues - status update
    - Presentation: Please Ack Protocol in ACA-Py
    - Presentation: Load Testing ACA-Py-based Issuers, Verifiers and Mediators
    - IIW Follow Up
- 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
    - 2023-10-12 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
  - 18 October 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-10-18+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - New task forces
      - TSWG - Credential Exchange Protocols TF Wednesdays 01:00 pm UTC Lead: Mathieu Glaude
      - GSWG - Issuer Requirements TF Wednesdays 02:00 pm UTC Lead: Neil Thomson
      - TSWG - did:webs TF Fridays 02:00 pm UTC Leads: Lance Byrd, Markus Sabadello, more
    - IIW Recap
      - The Trust Spanning Protocol, Trust Registry Protocol, did:webs, and ToIP governance were all strong topics at IIW
- 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
    - 31 October 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-10-31+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        Example Use Cases for the ToIP Stack is largely done (just final comments cleanup).
        ToIP Glossary is largely ready (awaiting TEv2 tooling from the Concepts and Terminology WG to apply it to the spec).
        Work on the third generation ToIP stack diagram is ongoing (very active discussions in the Governance Architecture TF).
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        Registry of Registries concept being explored - this may be different than the Trust Registry Protocol or just an extension.
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        Two presentations (one for Muggles and one for Wizards) were giving on the TSP at Internet Identity Workshop (see links above).
        Wenjing continues to make steady progress on the Working Draft.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        Updates for ACDC spec revised format workflow.
        KERI spec is first, PRs are up and comments would be great!
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        The AIM Task Force just submitted its response to US Copyright Office’s RFC on “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright”. Here is the link if you are interested in a read. Wenjing plans to publish a blog post to make it more accessible to ToIP members. For more related discussions, please join the AIM Task Force #tswg-aim-tf
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
        Judith reported that the TF has put together an extensive spreadsheet of the four major protocols. They are now discussing the details and trying to extract the most important details for specific audiences.
        https://www.trustoverip.org/blog/2023/10/10/simplifying-the-selection-process-for-credential-issuance-and-presentation-protocols/
        did:webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Phil Feairheller Markus Sabadello
        Kevin reported that at IIW, Markus Sabadello did a fantastic demo of did:webs, showing how it protects against attacks on the DID document. The link is https://github.com/peacekeeper/did-webs-iiw37-tutorial
        There is discussion going on about a universal "Whois" capability for DIDs.
        The TF is getting close to have a finished spec.
  - 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
    - 23 October 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-10-23+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Tremendous progress has been made on editing the ToIP Glossary Workspace document, which now contains over 300 terms
      - Progress on Terminology Engine v2

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
  - 11 October 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
  - October 17: CCG Traceability Call
  - October 16: Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
Other?

Presentation

Otto Mora and Oleksandr Brezhniev (Polygon ID): Polygon ID: Decentralized Identity leveraging ZK proofs

Recording:

Presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EVMZCkYTsfzTgfTfI_H6jVnut2Tfop1U84hQVOwcF3I/edit?usp=sharing