2024-01-11: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Digital Credentials Transforming Mining with Open-Source Innovation from Nancy Norris (Senior Director of ESG & Digital Trust in the Ministry for Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation for the Government of British Columbia) and Kyle Robinson (Senior Strategic Advisor for BC Digital Trust with the Government of British Columbia)

Connection Info

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

Date

11 Jan 2024 4PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

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

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-12-19 Indy Contributors Call
  - Indy Besu update and discussion
  - New bug in Indy Plenum: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-plenum/issues/1643
  - Any updates on upgrade or documentation contributions
  - Open Discussion

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2023-12-20 Aries Working Group Call
    - Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info
    - Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements
  - 2023-12-13 Aries Working Group Call
    - Aries Agent Test Harness -- https://aries-interop.info
    - Aries Shared Components - Indy SDK replacements
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2023-12-19 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Bifold Updates
      - Updated add Thiago Romano dos Santos
    - New Work (In-Progress)
      - Rename "App" to "src" shortly
      - Cache schema and cred deff'n lookups at AFJ level
        This may be done in IndyVDR as Andrew W is currently working on cashing mechanics.
      - Dependency Injection for Customization WIP
        Primary tool will match AFJ: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tsyringe
        PoC from Clecio https://github.com/cvarjao/aries-mobile-agent-react-native/tree/ioc
        Carolina (spelling) from Brazil working on this in Bifold
    - Implementing AnonCreds in W3C Data Format
      - WIP by BC. Introduces into Rust libs.
      - Next steps to introduce in ACA-py and AFJ
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2024-01-09 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Status Updates:
      - AnonCreds RS
      - did:peer and AFJ Interop – where we are
      - Load Generator Testing at BC Gov
      - AnonCreds in W3C Format
    - Prep for Next Meeting: ACA-Py Roadmap for 2024
    - Using ACA-Py with W3C VC Traceability Test Suite
    - Endorser Service UI – Proposal
    - PRs and Issues
- 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
  - 2023-11-21 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting
    - 0.11.0
      - rc2 released, waiting on fix from Daniel and the RevRegEntry Endorser PR
    - AnonCreds RS Branch moving to main
      - Ready to go!
    - Open PRs / High Priority Issues
      - PR Review Required
    - 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
    - 2023-11-09 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Absa wallet: how AFJ reduced thousands lines of code
      - Moving to OWF - proposal
        https://hackmd.io/@animo/H1qPP85Qp
- 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 AnonCreds
- 2024-01-08 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - AnonCreds Roadmap 2024
  - Aries Issue Credential / Present Proof Attachments
- 2023-12-18 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Eliminating having a special `@context` for AnonCreds
  - Aries Issue Credential / Present Proof Attachments

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 15 November 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-15+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Task force updates (see below)
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 3 November 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-03+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOGs being worked on:
        AI Blog by Wenjing
        Trust Registries TF Update BLOG (confirmed)
        ACDC - specs -
        Post-IIW (Mathieu didn’t have time)
        DID WebS TF (Has it launched yet?) - this is drafted. Contact Lance Byrd for an update.
        AI and Metaverse Series - Ziada and Anita
        ID Pro BLOG Repurpose
  - Governance Stack
    - 11 January 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-01-11+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Discuss and vote on the Issuer Requirements Guide
      - Identify and set goals for this year for GSWG
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 28 November 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-28+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
    - Updates from All Members meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-15+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        Work continues on the remaining action item, which is the third generation ToIP stack diagram. The goal is to arrive at consensus on the design by the end of December, so the new version can be professionally designed in January.
        Anyone wishing to contribute to the third generation ToIP stack diagram can do so in either of the following Google Slides decks (see instructions at the start of each):
        Tech Stack version
        Gov Stack version
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        Trust Registry Protocol v2 - Effort to push Spec (Swagger/OAS) and Requirements out for ToIP internal review before year-end.
        Profiles work underway - ACTION Darrell O'Donnell to get summary from Andor.
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        The Working Draft of the specification continues to be driven by Wenjing under the watchful eye of Sam.
        Our goal is to publish an Implementer's Draft in January.
        We then plan to hold a kickoff meeting of interested implementers.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        recent meeting (earlier today) covered Delegated Authority.
        work continues around revised format/template to brief here, then Steering Committee, for publishing.
        Was called "the ISO template" but really should be a "ToIP Specification Template" with our logo, legal, IP linkages, etc.
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        Authentic AI proposal is up for comments and interest - main thrust for 2023 - looking at traceability of (training) data and processing
        Presentation on IoT & IoT by Nicky Hickman (last meeting)
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
        Trust Input Protocol documen → HL-Aries
        ACTION Darrell O'Donnell to contact Mathieu Glaude
        did:webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Phil Feairheller Markus Sabadello
        template is different from "the ISO template" - over time
        announcement of public review draft...
        goal: public review 15DEC2023
        procedure - TF can go to public review OR WG can push to public review
        Before SC, a public review is required.
        ACTION: Drummond Reed, Darrell O'Donnell, Kevin Griffin to contact all TSWG Task Force chairs to make sure they properly prepare for the monthly plenary and submit their bullet reports in advance of the meeting.
  - 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
    - 18 December 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-12-18+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Update on TEv2 progress
      - Scheduling "Putting TEv2 To Work" meeting
      - Transitioning from Rieks to Henk van Cann as new CTWG co-chair
      - Presentation & discussion of KERISSE

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
  - 4 December 2023: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ
    - Discussion
      - Developer Quotes
        https://forms.gle/SBgPF3onxeEWtZZT9
      - DIDComm at the IETF (Sam)
        Process
        IETF Draft (start with current spec)
        WG Adopted
        (Work Happens)
        Approval
        TODO:
        Create draft in proper format
      - PRs
        Merged
        Discussed moving libraries & implementations to didcomm-book
      - January Meeting
        on the 1st - skip due to holiday
      - Demo.didcomm.org
        Mediator options

- 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
  - 25 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
  - November 14: CCG Traceability Call
  - November 13: Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
Other?

Presentation

Digital Credentials Transforming Mining with Open-Source Innovation from Nancy Norris (Senior Director of ESG & Digital Trust in the Ministry for Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation for the Government of British Columbia) and Kyle Robinson (Senior Strategic Advisor for BC Digital Trust with the Government of British Columbia)